ISDA Publishes ISDA SIMM™ 2.0

ISDA has published the ISDA SIMM™ Methodology, version 2.0, with an Effective Date of December 4, 2017. This version of SIMM includes updates based on the full recalibration and industry backtesting of the methodology. It also includes new risk factors for equity volatility indices, quanto CDS, and municipal swaps, as well as enhancements for vega and a separate risk weight bucket for commodity indexes.

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Response to FCA on Post-trade Transparency

On October 16, ISDA responded to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation CP26/30.  While the consultation is principally focused on cash equity market structure and transparency, ISDA responded to questions on the potential inclusion of equity swaps in the scope...

Efficiency is Vital to Delivering Resilience

With less than three months to go until implementation of US Treasury clearing begins at the end of this year, it’s critical that the mandate is safely implemented without compromising market efficiency. This represents a huge change in market structure,...