On November 13, ISDA responded to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Reference No. 2020-900 Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) public consultation. ISDA’s members support the FASB’s proposals to address the accounting implications of the discounting transition for derivatives contracts that do not reference a rate that is expected to be discontinued. In the response, ISDA’s members include additional feedback and proposed refinements for the FASB’s consideration.
Documents (1) for ISDA Response on FASB Reference Rate Reform Guidance
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ISDA In Review – August 2026
A compendium of links to new documents, research papers, press releases and comment letters published by ISDA in August 2026.
Remove Bureaucracy from Cross-margin Approvals
Cross-margining programs play a critical role in financial markets. By ensuring margin requirements more closely reflect the actual risk of a portfolio of products, they reduce liquidity strain and improve market efficiency, both of which will become even more important...
Joint Response on CCP Resolution
On September 7, ISDA and FIA responded to a Bank of England (BOE) discussion paper on central counterparty (CCP) resolution. The associations support greater clarity on valuation capabilities prior to a crisis scenario and the boundary between recovery and resolution,...
Expanding Legal Agreement Coverage in the CDM
This paper examines the recent extension of the Common Domain Model (CDM) to represent two of the most significant, and previously undeveloped, areas of its legal agreement model: umbrella agreements and contract amendments. Umbrella agreements are widely used to document...