ISDA AGM Studio: Tom Wipf and David Bowman

Ann Battle, senior counsel, market transitions at ISDA, talks to David Bowman, senior associate director at the Federal Reserve, and Tom Wipf, vice chairman at Morgan Stanley and chair of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, about the role of the ISDA IBOR fallbacks in the transition from US dollar LIBOR.

ISDA Omnibus Canadian Representation Letter

On September 2, ISDA published the Omnibus Canadian Representation Letter, which combines previously published representation letters drafted to assist firms in compliance with Canadian trade reporting, business conduct, regulatory margin and clearing classification rules. The Omnibus Canadian Letter is designed...

Joint Response on Cross-margining

On August 31, ISDA and FIA submitted a letter to the US Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the agencies’ joint request for comment on the implementation of portfolio margining and cross-margining...

Response to SEC on FICC Guaranty Fund

On September 1, ISDA and FIA submitted a joint response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), supporting the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s (FICC) proposal to establish a dedicated guaranty fund at its government securities division (GSD). FICC had...