Credit Derivatives / Credit Default Swaps

This section catalogues ISDA’s work across the credit derivatives space:  documentation, public policy, market structure, market practices, research and other areas.

Key links

Definitions, Matrices and ISDA Library page

Credit Derivatives Initiatives

 

Links to documentation, matrices, best practice statements, guidance notes, FAQs, memorandums and other useful material pertaining to the Credit Derivatives on the Market Infrastructure and Technology page:

As with all market information and guidance that ISDA disseminates, parties are free to choose alternate means of addressing the event. Each market participant remains responsible for considering its own documentation and the specific terms of its own trades and forming its own conclusion on the proper interpretation of events.

ISDA Response to EC on Environmental Legislation

On September 10, ISDA, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) submitted a joint response to the European Commission’s (EC) call for evidence on reducing the administrative burden in environmental...

Credit Derivatives Trading Activity Q2 2025

This report analyzes credit derivatives trading activity reported in Europe. The analysis shows European credit derivatives transactions based on the location of reporting venues (EU versus UK) and product type. The report also compares European-reported credit derivatives trading activity to...

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...