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.

Paper on Liquidity Assessment for Single-name CDS

On September 5, ISDA submitted a paper to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Commission in support of its earlier response to ESMA’s Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MIFIR) review consultation package 4 (CP4) on transparency...

Response to EC on Delegated Regulation

On September 4, ISDA responded to the European Commission’s (EC) consultation on amendments to delegated regulation (EU) 2017.567. The key area of interest for ISDA was the proposed insertion of a new article 16a that establishes what constitutes a post-trade...

Raising Clients’ Awareness on Portability

Clients accessing a central counterparty (CCP) via a client clearing service provider (CCSP) for over-the-counter (OTC) and exchange-traded derivatives should consider what may happen to their positions and collateral in a scenario in which the CCSP defaults. While regulatory regimes...

Response to FCA on Ancillary Activities Test

On August 28, ISDA and FIA submitted a joint response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation paper CP25/19 on the ancillary activities test to determine if commercial users or producers of commodities that trade in commodity derivatives, emission allowances...