ISDA responds to the IFRIC on IFRS 9 Financial Instruments

ISDA has responded to the International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretations Committee’s tentative agenda decision made at its March 2017 meeting. This was as a result of a request submitted by a stakeholder to clarify whether an entity should recognize an adjustment to amortised cost in profit or loss when a financial liability is modified or exchanged, and that modification or exchange does not result in the derecognition of the financial liability.

10 Years of the ISDA SIMM

As the derivatives industry prepared for the September 2016 implementation of initial margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives, one challenge stood out: counterparties needed to agree on the amount of initial margin to be exchanged. But if each firm developed its...

Expanding the Universe of Eligible VM

ISDA conducted a series of interviews with buy- and sell-side firms to understand the drivers of a growing use of non-cash assets as variation margin (VM) for non-cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and the barriers that remain to expanding the use...

ISDA Response on Hedge Accounting Guidance

On August 14, ISDA responded to an exposure draft from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). ISDA broadly supports the FASB’s proposed targeted improvements to hedge accounting, including allowing interest rate hedging of held-to-maturity (HTM) debt securities, recognizing all Secured...