Industry Survey Results – Packaged Transactions

In late 2014, ISDA carried a survey of firms who report trades under EMIR – firms were asked to respond to questions about how different trade types are reported and why. The purpose was to understand the approach firms take to trades representation when reporting and to see if there were specific problems for particular products or events which might be standardized by a best practice for trade representation.

Remove Bureaucracy from Cross-margin Approvals

Cross-margining programs play a critical role in financial markets. By ensuring margin requirements more closely reflect the actual risk of a portfolio of products, they reduce liquidity strain and improve market efficiency, both of which will become even more important...

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,...