ISDA and FIA Respond to EC’s Roadmap Consultation on CSDR

On April 4, 2021, ISDA and FIA submitted a joint response to the European Commission’s (EC) roadmap consultation on the review of Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). In the response, the associations outline the need to clarify the scope of the settlement discipline regime with respect to derivatives transactions. In the context of margin transfers and physically settled derivatives, the associations ask the EC to prioritize reforming the settlement discipline regime’s mandatory buy-in rules in the upcoming CSDR review.

Pursuing Efficiencies of Tokenization

As we mark the 10-year anniversary of the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM), which was launched in September 2016 to coincide with the first phase of initial margin (IM) requirements for non-cleared derivatives, we’ve been reflecting on its...

Transition to Mandatory Central Clearing

US Treasury securities sit at the heart of global financial markets and serve as one of the primary forms of high-quality collateral across derivatives and securities financing markets. The transition to mandatory central clearing of US Treasuries therefore has implications...