ISDA Letter to FASB on Agenda Consultation

On June 30, ISDA submitted a comment letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in response to the proposal File Reference No. 2025-ITC100, Agenda Consultation. In the letter, ISDA believes the highest priority should be given to expanding the hedge accounting model to address its limitations in aligning accounting outcomes with actual economic exposures and actual entities’ risk management practices. ISDA also highlights that expanding the hedge accounting model through a dedicated broad scope project or projects should be among the FASB’s highest priorities. The objective of hedging is for an entity to minimize the potential impacts of economic risks. In the letter ISDA’s members explore different approaches to align hedge accounting with real-world risk management activities and addressing these challenges would meaningfully enhance the relevance and decision-usefulness of financial reporting for financial statement users.

Documents (1) for ISDA Letter to FASB on Agenda Consultation

Maintaining Focus on Basel III Endgame Recalibration

In its original form, the US Basel III endgame proposal would have resulted in disproportionate increases in capital for trading book activities, forcing banks to make difficult choices about their participation in certain businesses. After two-and-a-half years, a revised proposal...

IRRBB Management in EMDEs

Interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) has become a growing priority for banks and regulators in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). As many of these countries face monetary tightening cycles and ongoing macroeconomic volatility, bank balance sheets...

Response to CPMI-IOSCO on Consultation

On February 5, ISDA and FIA responded to the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation on the management of general business risks and general business losses by financial market infrastructures (FMIs)....