ISDA/AFME response to the Consultation Paper on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (‘RTS’) to the European Banking Authority (EBA)

On June 11, ISDA and AFME submitted an industry response to the EBA on the Consultation Paper on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (‘RTS’) which was published in March of this year on the conditions for assessing the materiality of extensions and changes of internal approaches when calculating own funds requirements for credit, market and operational risk.

Attached:
Industry comments (marked up) of the EBA Consultation Paper (March 2013)
Cover letter to the EBA
Industry response paper

Documents (3) for ISDA/AFME response to the Consultation Paper on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (‘RTS’) to the European Banking Authority (EBA)

Remove Bureaucracy from Cross-margin Approvals

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Joint Response on CCP Resolution

On September 7, ISDA and FIA responded to a Bank of England (BOE) discussion paper on central counterparty (CCP) resolution. The associations support greater clarity on valuation capabilities prior to a crisis scenario and the boundary between recovery and resolution,...