JAC Letters to European Authorities Seeking Clarity on PRIIPs Regulation

On February 17, 2016, the Joint Associations Committee on Retail Structured Products (JAC) sent two letters above to the European Authorities. The first letter sought to highlight the four very significant issues relating to the scope of the PRIIPs regulation which remained unclear: scope, territoriality, secondary trading issues and grandfathering and gold plating. The second letter sets out the detailed aspects of the regulation and RTS which the JAC felt required clarification prior to implementation.

Paper on Proposal 6 on Margin Transparency

On November 16, ISDA published a document that looked at proposal 6 in the final Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) report on margin transparency. Proposal...

Tender Issued for DC Administrator Role

ISDA and the Credit Derivatives Governance Committee have issued an invitation to tender for an independent regulated entity to serve as the administrator for the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees (DCs), which includes assuming the role of DC secretary. The DC...

ISDA SIMM: The Standard for IM Calculations

The ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM) plays an important role in ensuring margin calculations are consistent, transparent and aligned with global best practices and regulatory requirements. Since its launch in 2016, the model has been rigorously tested, regularly...