ISDA Response to FCA Consultation on Trading Venue Perimeter

On November 25, 2022, ISDA and UK Finance responded jointly to a consultation on UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance on the trading venue perimeter. In the response, the associations highlight that the FCA guidance should only capture genuine multilateral systems and not capture technology innovations, which have digitalized bilateral trading interactions. The UK regulatory framework should continue to support the development of technology solutions that encourage innovation, increase market efficiency and create more competition in the UK market.

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10 Years of the ISDA SIMM

As the derivatives industry prepared for the September 2016 implementation of initial margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives, one challenge stood out: counterparties needed to agree on the amount of initial margin to be exchanged. But if each firm developed its...

Expanding the Universe of Eligible VM

ISDA conducted a series of interviews with buy- and sell-side firms to understand the drivers of a growing use of non-cash assets as variation margin (VM) for non-cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and the barriers that remain to expanding the use...

ISDA Response on Hedge Accounting Guidance

On August 14, ISDA responded to an exposure draft from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). ISDA broadly supports the FASB’s proposed targeted improvements to hedge accounting, including allowing interest rate hedging of held-to-maturity (HTM) debt securities, recognizing all Secured...