Welcome to ISDA

ISDA fosters safe and efficient derivatives markets to facilitate effective risk management for all users of derivatives products. ISDA achieves its mission by representing all market participants globally, promoting high standards of commercial conduct that enhance market integrity, and leading industry action on derivatives issues.

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Marking a Milestone – IQ January 2025

It was a different time and a very different market, but 1985 remains a seminal year in the history of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives – the year that ISDA was established and the very first industry standard document was published. While modest in its scope and ambitions, the Code of Standard Wording, Assumptions and Provisions for Swaps (Code of SWAPS) put in place a new status quo, based on the recognition that collaboration was the best way to solve shared industry challenges. Forty...

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ISDA Solutions InfoHub

The ISDA Solutions InfoHub integrates ISDA’s full suite of mutualized digital solutions, covering legal, data and risk. Each solution is designed to help firms standardize, optimize and automate key aspects of the derivatives process cost-effectively and at scale.

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The Value of OTC Derivatives: Empowering Organizations to Manage Risks, Enhance Returns and Optimize Liquidity

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market is a cornerstone of the global financial system, enabling corporations, governments and financial institutions around the world to manage risk, enhance returns, optimize liquidity and efficiently allocate capital. This creates value for users by fostering predictability, reducing costs, protecting against losses and dampening the impact of volatility on earnings – in turn, generating value for the broader economy by bringing greater stability...

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The Value of OTC Derivatives

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market is a cornerstone of the global financial system, enabling corporations, governments and financial institutions around...

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