ISDA Best Practices for Confirming Reference Obligations or Standard Reference Obligations

ISDA has published updated Best Practices for Single-name Credit Default Swaps regarding Reference Obligations or Standard Reference Obligations.

This document sets out suggested best practices for confirming the Reference Obligation or Standard Reference Obligations (SRO) for single-name Credit Default Swaps and is an update to the Best Practice Statement that was published by ISDA on November 18, 2014.

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