ISDA Responds to European Commission’s Draft Margin Equivalence Decision

On February 17, 2021, ISDA responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the proposed Article 13 equivalence decisions under the European Market infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) for prudential regulators in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and US, in the context of margin requirements under EMIR.

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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,...