ISDA Commentary on Pre-trade Transparency in MIFIR

On September 16, ISDA finalized a paper on the pre-trade transparency requirements for derivatives under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MIFIR) following the European Parliament’s draft report on the review of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive/MIFIR. ISDA supports Danuta Huebner’s suggested deletion of the pre-trade transparency requirements for on-venue request-for-quotation and voice trading.

Documents (1) for ISDA Commentary on Pre-trade Transparency in MIFIR

ISDA Omnibus Canadian Representation Letter

On September 2, ISDA published the Omnibus Canadian Representation Letter, which combines previously published representation letters drafted to assist firms in compliance with Canadian trade reporting, business conduct, regulatory margin and clearing classification rules. The Omnibus Canadian Letter is designed...

Joint Response on Cross-margining

On August 31, ISDA and FIA submitted a letter to the US Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the agencies’ joint request for comment on the implementation of portfolio margining and cross-margining...

Response to SEC on FICC Guaranty Fund

On September 1, ISDA and FIA submitted a joint response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), supporting the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s (FICC) proposal to establish a dedicated guaranty fund at its government securities division (GSD). FICC had...