On November 13, ISDA responded to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Reference No. 2020-900 Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) public consultation. ISDA’s members support the FASB’s proposals to address the accounting implications of the discounting transition for derivatives contracts that do not reference a rate that is expected to be discontinued. In the response, ISDA’s members include additional feedback and proposed refinements for the FASB’s consideration.
Documents (1) for ISDA Response on FASB Reference Rate Reform Guidance
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Response on EMIR Active Account Consultation
On January 27, ISDA responded to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) consultation on the active account requirement (AAR) introduced under the revised European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3.0). In the response, ISDA highlighted significant concerns about the proposed...
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ISDA Publishes Equity Definitions VE, Version 2.0
ISDA has published version 2.0 of the ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (Versionable Edition) (the “Equity Definitions VE”) on the MyLibrary platform. This publication includes, among other updates, provisions that can be used for documenting transactions with time-weighted average price or volume-weighted average price features,...