ISDA Responds to SEC Rule Proposal: ESG Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies

On August 16, 2022, ISDA filed the attached comment letter with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to the agency’s rule proposal regarding ESG disclosures for certain investment advisers and investment companies. The SEC’s proposal addresses a number of issues related to the manner in which funds and advisers incorporate ESG factors in to their investor disclosures. ISDA’s comments are limited to the aspects of the proposal that reference derivatives instruments.

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Refreshing the FX Definitions

A lot has changed in the FX derivatives market since 1998, when the last set of standard definitions for FX transactions were published. Trading volumes have grown substantially, and average daily turnover has risen by six times. Market practices have...

ISDA & EMTA Publish New FX Definitions

ISDA and EMTA, Inc., the trade association for emerging markets, have jointly published a revised set of standard definitions for foreign exchange (FX) derivatives transactions, which update key market practices and consolidate various FX and FX-related product templates and provisions...

ISDA Position Paper on SFDR Review

On February 27, ISDA and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) published a position paper on the European Commission’s (EC) proposed revisions to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR 2.0). The paper welcomes the EC’s proposal as a...