Pursuant to an Executive Order of the President of the United States, December 24 and December 26 have been designated as federal holidays for U.S. federal government purposes.
The designation of such dates as U.S. federal holidays is not expected to affect the calculation or publication of the benchmarks referenced in the USD Floating Rate Options incorporated in the Floating Rate Matrix to the 2021 ISDA Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions (“2021 Definitions”).
Both December 24, 2025 and December 26, 2025 are expected to be good New York City Business Days, U.S. Government Securities Business Days and New York Fed Business Days as defined in the 2021 Definitions.
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Refreshing the FX Definitions
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ISDA & EMTA Publish New FX Definitions
ISDA and EMTA, Inc., the trade association for emerging markets, have jointly published a revised set of standard definitions for foreign exchange (FX) derivatives transactions, which update key market practices and consolidate various FX and FX-related product templates and provisions...
ISDA Position Paper on SFDR Review
On February 27, ISDA and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) published a position paper on the European Commission’s (EC) proposed revisions to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR 2.0). The paper welcomes the EC’s proposal as a...
ISDA Response to HKMA SFC Consultation on Clearing Rules
On February 27, ISDA responded to a joint consultation by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities Futures Commission (SFC) on proposed amendments to schedule 2 of the clearing rules for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. The proposed amendments introduce...