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.

Market Transformation – IQ May 2026

On the 250th anniversary of American independence, this year’s ISDA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in Boston, a city that played a prominent role in the American Revolution. In his opening remarks, ISDA chief executive Scott O’Malia drew a...

Letter to EC and ESMA on Derivatives Framework

On March 27, ISDA sent a letter to the European Commission (EC) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to highlight several technical issues arising from the interaction between the delegated regulation (EU) 2025/1003 on identifying reference data to...