ISDA Position on Key MIFID-MIFIR Trilogue Issues

On April 17, ISDA finalized and circulated its position on the key issues of concern for derivatives market participants in the final phase of EU negotiations on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive/Regulation, including the consolidated tape, trade transparency and other issues.

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Strengthening DC Governance

The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees (DCs) play a vital role. Without a single, industry-wide determination on whether a credit event has occurred, it simply wouldn’t be possible to clear credit default swaps (CDS), making the market less safe and less...

ISDA CSA Significant Errors Notification SOP

The ISDA CSA Notification of Significant Error or Omissions Suggested Operational Practices (SOP) considers current institutional processes and outlines suggested operational practices related to the new requirement under §26.3(2) of the Canadian Trade Repositories and Derivatives Data Reporting rules rewrite...

ISDA Paper on UPI Identifiers

On July 16, ISDA submitted a paper (UPI as the Foundation for OTC Derivatives Reporting: The Case for UPI) to the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The paper was developed to complement ISDA’s response to the FCA’s discussion paper DP24/2:...

IRD Trading Activity First Quarter of 2025

This report analyzes interest rate derivatives (IRD) trading activity reported in Europe. The analysis is based on transactions publicly reported by 30 European approved publication arrangements (APAs) and trading venues (TVs). Key highlights for the first quarter of 2025 include:...