ISDA Animation Video: A Digital Approach to Documentation

The legal and regulatory provisions of a derivatives contract are traditionally negotiated with multiple drafts of paper documents or PDFs. This process sucks up substantial resources and delays the start of business with a new customer. ISDA’s new animation explains how there is a digital alternative for derivatives documentation, allowing firms to take on new business more quickly, cut errors and risk, and redeploy resources.

This video is also available on ISDA’s YouTube channel.

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