On June 12, ISDA submitted a response to the joint Bank of England and UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consultation on part two of the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation (UK EMIR) Refit reporting Q&A and proposed updates to validation rules. In the response, ISDA highlights several topics, including the reporting of equity resets, commodity basis swaps and excess collateral under UK EMIR. ISDA welcomes the opportunity to raise additional items to be considered in the final Q&A to promote alignment with EU EMIR where appropriate or deviation if required.
Documents (1) for ISDA Response to FCA and BoE on UK EMIR Refit
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