ISDA AGM Studio: Jack Hattem and Tom Wipf

ISDA’s Ann Battle talks to Jack Hattem, ISDA board member and managing director, global fixed income, at BlackRock, and Tom Wipf, ISDA board member, vice chairman of institutional securities at Morgan Stanley and chair of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, about the shift from 30 LIBOR settings at the end of 2021, and lessons that can be learned ahead of the transition from five US dollar LIBOR tenors in mid-2023.

A Positive Step to Improve the FRTB in the EU

As the Basel III capital reforms are finalized for implementation in key jurisdictions, ISDA is maintaining a laser focus on making sure the rules are robust and risk-appropriate. Simply put, if capital requirements are set disproportionately high, this will have...

Appropriate Capital Rules Critical for Markets

“Setting capital requirements for globally active banks is a fine balanc­ing act. As regulators learned during the global financial crisis, insuffi­cient capital creates vulnerabilities in the banking sector that can have damaging consequences in times of stress. However, if banks...