ISDA Response to BoE and FCA on UK EMIR Refit

On July 23, ISDA responded to a consultation from the Bank of England (BoE) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on the additional draft Q&A for position-level reporting of spread bets under the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation (UK EMIR) Refit. ISDA agreed with the proposal to require reporting of spread bets at position level only, while highlighting the requirement for all derivatives to be reported at the trade level, and the mutual agreement needed between parties for position-level reporting to occur.

Recognition of Cross-product Netting is Critical

US regulators are in the process of making important changes to the regulatory capital framework by proposing modifications to the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio, which should help stop it from acting as a non-risk-sensitive constraint on bank capacity – a...

ISDA, GFXD Response to FCA on SI Regime

On September 10, ISDA and the Global Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD) of the Global Financial Markets Association responded to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) consultation paper CP25/20 on the systematic internalizer (SI) regime for derivatives and bonds. ISDA and the...

ISDA Response on Clearing Costs

On September 8, ISDA responded to consultation by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on a draft regulatory technical standard on clearing fees and associated costs (article 7c(4) of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)). In the response, ISDA...