ISDA responds to the FASB on improvements to hedge accounting rules

On November 4, 2016, ISDA’s Accounting Committee responded to a Financial Accounting Standards Board proposal on Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), which proposes certain modifications to the hedge accounting rules. In the letter, ISDA stressed that the primary focus of these efforts is to make hedge accounting more consistent with risk management practices and less complicated for practitioners to apply in certain areas.

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Safe, Efficient Markets for SFTs

Securities financing transactions (SFTs) – including repurchase agreements (repo), securities lending, buy/sell backs and margin lending – are foundational to the functioning of modern financial markets. They support the day-to-day distribution of liquidity, enable collateral to move efficiently across cash...

ISDA Recommendations to Simplify EU Regulation

On March 9, ISDA submitted a paper to the European Commission setting out focused proposals to improve the functioning of the EU regulatory framework for derivatives. The paper comprises eight targeted recommendations to simplify selected Level 1 provisions in a...