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.

Future Path - IQ December 2025

At the start of ISDA’s 40th anniversary year, IQ convened the pioneers of the association to reflect on how a desperate need for standardization in the early days of the derivatives market brought dealers together to develop a dictionary of...

Addressing Termination Troubles

When Enron announced a shock $618 million loss on October 16, 2001, it took a further 47 days until it filed for bankruptcy. For Bear Stearns, it took 266 days between its bailout of a structured credit fund run by...