Paper on Treatment of Banking Organization Contributions to a QCCP Default Fund

On July 14, ISDA, FIA and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) have published a discussion paper that addresses the current treatment under the US regulatory capital rules of banking organization contributions to a qualifying central counterparty (QCCP) default fund and proposes potential targeted changes to the US regulatory capital rules applicable to default fund contributions to more appropriately reflect the economics and risk offsets of QCCP cross-margining arrangements.

Documents (1) for Paper on Treatment of Banking Organization Contributions to a QCCP Default Fund

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...