SEC SBS Transaction Reporting Party Requirements

The Security-Based Swap (SBS) Transaction Reporting Party Requirements Suggested Operational Practices (SOP) establishes the hierarchy and tie-breaker logic to determine a single reporting counterparty for SEC security-based swap reporting (SBSR). The document leverages the existing reporting party standards published by ISDA for CFTC and Canada, therefore allowing reporting entities to reuse aspects of their existing builds and to accommodate multi-jurisdictional reporting by a single reporting entity.

The document was updated on February 11, 2022 to reflect agreed suggested operational practices for Section 2 “SBS RCP Determination- Industry Standard Approach” Scenario #2 for SBS where a Non-US SBSD faces a Relying Entity.

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,...