ISDA

April 30th, 2013	The Bumpy Road of the European Addendum; Concerns Remain over Cleared Derivatives Standard Document After many months, the European ISDA cleared derivatives addendum is near completion. This agreement, which is a template to be used to document the relationship between the customer and clearing member for clearing derivatives via a central counterparty (CCP), is complicated, and the negotiations have been fraught with delays. Too complex
February 14th, 2013	Mandatory Clearing Looms Large: Will You be Compliant?
August 1st, 2012	Bankruptcy Under the ISDA Master Agreement
April 27th, 2012	Section 2(a)(iii): Clarification Provided. But For How Long?
December 7th, 2011	ISDA’s New Standard Credit Support Annex Michael Beaton of Derivatives Risk Solutions explains the Standard Credit Support Annex (SCSA), which is not mandatory for counterparts to derivatives transactions, but is likely to significantly impact the future shape of the derivatives industry.
October 3rd, 2011	LEIs, CCPs and Collateral Twenty years ago when confirmations for OTC products were produced using Word for Windows 2.0 and sent by FAX for manual review, identifying the legal entity was a hit and miss affair.
May 22nd, 2013	ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos, S.A.B. de C.V. Failure to Pay Credit Event The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), today announced that its Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a Failure to Pay Credit Event occurred in respect of Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos, S.A.B. de C.V. The Committee determined that an auction will be held in respect of outstanding CDS transactions. ISDA will publish further information regarding the auction on its website, www.isda.org/credit, in due course.
May 13th, 2013	ISDA Publishes ISDA 2013 Reporting Protocol and Side Letters The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the launch of the ISDA 2013 Reporting Protocol. The ISDA 2013 Reporting Protocol, which contains a counterparty’s consent to the disclosure of information, is intended to facilitate market participants’ compliance with mandatory trade reporting requirements.
April 25th, 2013	ISDA Publishes 2013 Operations Benchmarking Survey The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today released its 2013 Operations Benchmarking Survey at its 28th Annual General Meeting in Singapore.
April 24th, 2013	OTC Derivatives Markets Poised for Growth in Asia, According to Report Published at ISDA’s 28th Annual General Meeting The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets are poised for further growth in Asia, according to a report published today by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) at the outset of its 28th Annual General Meeting, which is being held in Singapore. The report, The Asian OTC Derivatives Markets, was prepared for ISDA by Celent, a division of Oliver Wyman.

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SEF Rules Passed by CFTC this Week

After much anticipation, the CFTC passed final rules on the governance of swap execution facilities (SEFs) including rules on the minimum quotes required and swaps block rules.

Views vary on many elements of the newly approved rules with some industry participants believing the rules to be fair and others very problematic.

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