The purpose of this group is to identify opportunities for further standardization and digitization of legal documentation and to support the development of technology-enabled contract delivery solutions and common legal agreement data standards. This Working Group will collaborate with the ISDA Smart Contracts/ DLT Legal Group in working to build the legal foundation upon which new technologies such as DLT and smart contracts can be developed and adopted for use in the derivatives industry.

Discussion with ISDA and other trades on CCPs’ provision of required data for capital calculation, especially for default fund contributions.

The objective of the Margin and Collateral Processing Working Group is to design and develop an operating framework to support collateral management efficiencies. This workstream will focus on identifying and implementing operational and technology solutions industry-wide to support a holistic collateral management ecosystem. Work products will include ISDA Margin InfoHub UMR and Suggested Operational Practice resources.

The Legal Opinion Contacts Distribution List provides a forum to discuss and exchange ideas relating to the scope of ISDA Legal Opinions as well as other related topics. Involvement in the distribution list is not mandatory and can be used as a means to stay updated on the work related to ISDA Legal Opinions.

The Japan Trust Bank’s Fund Account Sub-Working Group discusses regulatory issues including LEI relating to the transactions conducted with Japanese trust banks’ fund account, involving global dealers and investment managers. Please be advised that this working group is conducted in Japanese.

This distribution list is a spin-off from the existing WG whose role is to address industry compliance and implementation issues related to transaction reporting under Japanese regulatory requirements to focus on implementation readiness, which consists solely of member firms from financial institutions.

The Operations Distribution List deals with a wide range of middle and back-office related issues and initiatives including implementation of FpML (Financial products Markup Language), promotion of STP (straight through processing) and automation of various trade processes such as generation and matching of trade confirmations, and pre-settlement matching of cash flows.

Group looking at rescaling/rebasing events and material changes to indices and their impact on inflation swaps.

The Task Force focuses on the EMIR Intragroup transaction exemptions, specifically seeking to make them of more practical benefit, or at least, to extend the existing time-limited derogation from clearing of intragroup exemptions, which expires in December 2018.

General distribution list for legal aspects relating to Interest Rates documentation and other legal issues.