Thomson Reuters Session 1: Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Registered Mutual Funds: What's Happening Now?
The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published a spotlight review on ways to improve uncleared margin for OTC derivatives, along with a press release. It builds on findings from the Bank of England's Post-Trade...more
On January 21, 2025, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published version 2.0 of the 2002 Equity Derivatives Definitions (Versionable Edition) (Equity Definitions VE). The updated version...more
Renewable power purchase agreements that do not require the physical delivery of energy between parties ("Financial Power Purchase Agreements" or "FPPAs") have been on the rise across the globe, leading many market...more
WHAT ARE DETERMINATIONS COMMITTEES AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? Credit derivative Determination Committees (DCs) are specialised regional panels which have been established to make binding decisions on issues related to...more
The delivery of an effective notice under an English law 1992 or 2002 ISDA Master Agreement is a necessary precursor for the operation of certain key provisions in those contracts, including the designation of an Early...more
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) recently commissioned law firm Linklaters to conduct an independent assessment of the function, governance and membership of the Credit Derivatives...more
The white paper examines how generative AI might shape the global derivatives markets, including new opportunities for industry stakeholders. ISDA Future Leaders in Derivatives (IFLD) is a cohort of emerging leaders in...more
January 29, 2024, marks the end of an era for the interest rate derivatives (“IRD”) markets, since on this date the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) and Clarus Financial Technology (“CFT”) published...more
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published a new ISDA SLD Clause Library (SLD Provisions) containing standardized clauses and definitions for use in sustainability-linked derivatives (SLDs). The...more
On December 15, 2023, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) published its legal opinion (the “ISDA RMI Opinion”) as to the enforceability under the law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands of...more
Background - The governing agreements for a wide range of transactions, from the most basic financing arrangements to the most complex derivatives trading relationships, frequently include a “cross-default” event of...more
In 2013, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) started publishing the General Disclosure Statement for Transactions document (“General Disclosure”) with annexes containing disclosures of risks that are...more
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) opened the ISDA 2023 Equity Swap – 2021 Definitions Protocol (the “Equity Swap Protocol”) on October 30, 2023. The Equity Swap Protocol allows adhering parties to...more
On September 28, 2023, the Nitijela of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Nitijela”) during the 44th Constitutional Regular Session, 2023, enacted the Netting Act, 2023 (the “Netting Act”), which was certified by the...more
As a response to member feedback relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and following a period of consultation with its members beginning in 2022, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published a number...more
On 26 January 2023, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published new standard documentation for the trading of digital asset derivatives (the Digital Asset Definitions), and a whitepaper titled...more
The Definitions aim to support the safe and efficient development of the digital asset derivatives market through consistent contractual standards. On January 26, 2023, the International Swaps and Derivatives...more
On January 26, 2023, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. (ISDA), the leading trade organization for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets, published the ISDA Digital Asset Derivatives Definitions...more
On January 26, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) published the ISDA Digital Asset Derivatives Definitions (the “Definitions”). The Definitions are intended for documenting privately negotiated...more
The High Court of England and Wales has recently provided welcome clarification around the nature of events of default under derivatives contracts governed by the ISDA Master Agreement, in particular in relation to whether an...more
The U.S. dollar London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) publication is scheduled to end by June 30, 2023. With roughly nine months to go as of this writing, parties still have time to make modifications to existing debt...more
The first in-person ISDA annual general meeting (“AGM”) after the COVID-19 pandemic is wrapping up today in Madrid, Spain. This conference follows the Futures Industry Association Law and Compliance (“FIA L&C”) annual...more
If you trade interest rate derivatives, it is virtually certain that your trade confirmations incorporate the 2006 ISDA Definitions. As market practice and regulation have developed over the past 15 years, the 2006...more
On March 15, 2021, ISDA published the ISDA 2021 Security-Based Swaps (SBS) Top-Up Protocol (the SBS Top-Up Protocol). The SBS Top-Up Protocol enables SBS dealers (SBSDs) and other market participants to comply with certain...more
I. A Growing Risk - The United States, along with the United Kingdom and European Union, has increasingly wielded economic sanctions against major commercial actors and financial transactions, sometimes roiling global...more