ISDA response to ESMA’s Consultation Paper on Draft regulatory technical standards under the Benchmarks Regulation

On June 8, ISDA submitted a response to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) consultation on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) under the European Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) covering governance, methodology, infringements reporting and critical benchmarks, as mandated under the European Supervisory Authorities review. ESMA is expected to submit the draft RTS to the European Commission (EC) by October 2020. The EC will then have up to a period of three months to adopt the draft RTS.

Documents (1) for ISDA response to ESMA’s Consultation Paper on Draft regulatory technical standards under the Benchmarks Regulation

Letter on EU Legislative Reform

On July 1, ISDA and 11 other trade associations published a statement on enhancing the EU legislative and supervisory framework to support market competitiveness. The statement highlights a significant opportunity to strengthen the EU’s regulatory and supervisory framework through the...

Response to CPMI-IOSCO Margin Proposals

On June 29, ISDA submitted a response to a consultation from the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on updated guidance and public quantitative disclosures to implement the 2025 margin proposals....

US Treasury Repo Clearing Indicators May 2026

The ISDA-Actrix US Treasury Repo Market Clearing Indicators illustrate central clearing adoption in the US Treasury repo market. Sponsored cleared repo volumes are used as a proxy to monitor client participation in central clearing, the key objective of the Securities...