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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ISDA Proceeds with Development of an Industry Notices Hub

ISDA will proceed with the development of an industry-wide notices hub, following strong support from buy- and sell-side institutions globally. The new online platform will allow instantaneous delivery and receipt of critical termination-related notices and help to ensure address details for physical delivery are up to date, reducing the risk of uncertainty and potential losses for senders and recipients of these notices. The decision to move ahead with the ISDA Notices Hub follows an...

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