ISDA Responds to EFRAG on Prepayment Options with Negative Compensation

ISDA has responded to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group’s (EFRAG) invitation to comment on the EFRAG’s Assessment on Prepayment Options with Negative Compensation, and requests EFRAG to urgently support the EU endorsement of the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) IFRS 9 amendments. The objective of the amendment is to address the classification of particular financial assets with prepayment options when applying IFRS 9 Financial Instruments. More precisely, this issue addresses the situation in which the party that exercises an option to prepay a financial asset could receive a compensation payment from the other party. This is referred to as negative compensation.

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,...