ISDA Publishes 2018 Arbitration Guide

The 2018 ISDA Arbitration Guide provides updated guidance on the use of an arbitration clause with an ISDA Master Agreement and includes an expanded range of “ISDAfied” model arbitration clauses for a larger number of arbitration institutions and seats around the globe (compared to the 2013 version of the Guide) in Appendices A-L. You can download the 2018 Arbitration Guide here.

Note: This document supersedes the 2013 ISDA Arbitration Guide, which can be found here.

Response to FCA on Commodity Derivatives Clearing

On April 9, ISDA, the Commodity Markets Council Europe (CMCE), Energy Traders Europe (ETE) and FIA jointly responded to Chapter 7 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Quarterly Consultation CP26/8 on increasing the clearing threshold for commodity derivatives under the UK...

Response on EC’s SFR Proposal

On April 9, ISDA published technical comments on the European Commission’s (EC) proposed Settlement Finality Regulation (SFR) as it applies to designated EU systems and registered third-country systems. One significant concern is that the scope of insolvency protections provided to...

Natixis CIB Adopts ISDA’s DRR

ISDA has announced that Natixis CIB has adopted ISDA’s Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) solution, enabling the bank to meet regulatory reporting requirements more efficiently and accurately. The ISDA DRR uses the Common Domain Model (CDM) – an open-source data standard...

Paper on MIFIR PTT

On April 7, ISDA, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the European Banking Federation (EBF) published a paper on proposals relating to post-trade transparency (PTT) under the Markets in Financial Instruments...