ISDA USD LIBOR ICE Swap Rate Future Cessation Guidance – 2021 and 2006 ISDA Definitions

ISDA has updated the attached guidance for parties to over-the-counter derivative transactions that are affected by the announcement made on November 14, 2022 by the ICE Benchmark Administration relating to the future cessation of all tenors of the USD LIBOR ICE Swap Rate and the announcement made on April 13, 2023 confirming that the USD SOFR Spread-Adjusted ICE Swap Rate will be available for use as a benchmark in financial contracts and instruments from June 30, 2023.

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Response to FCA on Commodity Derivatives Clearing

On April 9, ISDA, the Commodity Markets Council Europe (CMCE), Energy Traders Europe (ETE) and FIA jointly responded to Chapter 7 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Quarterly Consultation CP26/8 on increasing the clearing threshold for commodity derivatives under the UK...

Response on EC’s SFR Proposal

On April 9, ISDA published technical comments on the European Commission’s (EC) proposed Settlement Finality Regulation (SFR) as it applies to designated EU systems and registered third-country systems. One significant concern is that the scope of insolvency protections provided to...

Natixis CIB Adopts ISDA’s DRR

ISDA has announced that Natixis CIB has adopted ISDA’s Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) solution, enabling the bank to meet regulatory reporting requirements more efficiently and accurately. The ISDA DRR uses the Common Domain Model (CDM) – an open-source data standard...

Paper on MIFIR PTT

On April 7, ISDA, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the European Banking Federation (EBF) published a paper on proposals relating to post-trade transparency (PTT) under the Markets in Financial Instruments...