ISDA AGM Studio: Tyler Wellensiek and Stephen Berger

The first phase of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Treasury clearing mandate will come into effect in December 2026 – a requirement that will have a significant impact on both US and non-US market participants. Tyler Wellensiek, ISDA board member and managing director, head of fixed income market structure at Barclays, and Stephen Berger, managing director and global head of government and regulatory policy at Citadel, talk to Ann Battle, ISDA’s senior counsel, market transitions, about the global impact of the rules and the challenges that still need to be addressed.

A Path to Greater CFTC-SEC Alignment

Earlier this week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held a roundtable on regulatory harmonization – an initiative we wholeheartedly support. The US regulatory framework has evolved over time to facilitate financial markets...

Working Towards Tokenized Collateral

One of the lessons learned from recent market shocks – including the 2020 dash for cash and the UK gilt market crisis in 2022 – is that when volatility strikes and market participants must suddenly generate large amounts of cash...