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 Bookstore page

  • 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions
  • ISDA Bookstore Credit Derivatives page
  • 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, Physical Settlement Matrix and Related Material

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.

CDS Governance Committee Public Consultation

ISDA is pleased to present the proposed Charter for the Credit Derivatives Governance Committee and accompanying DC Rule changes to implement. Pursuant to the announcement made in 2024, an ISDA working group formed from ISDA’s Credit Steering Committee has worked...

TD Securities Integrates ISDA Create

ISDA has announced that TD Securities has completed its integration of ISDA Create across its global suite of client trading and regulatory agreements. Powered by CreateiQ and S&P Global Market Intelligence, ISDA Create allows users to digitally transform the trading...

ISDA to Extend DRR to cover MIFID/MIFIR Reporting

ISDA has announced it will extend the ISDA Digital Regulatory Reporting (ISDA DRR) solution to cover reporting requirements under the EU and UK Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MIFIR), and is working with...