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Market Infrastructure
RFR Adoption Reaches New Heights in Key LIBOR Markets
By Manesh Samtani | 18/09/2021
RFR adoption jumped in August in Japan and Switzerland. The US and UK are seeing steady progress. ISDA chief Scott O’Malia says there is no room for complacency.
Big Picture
ISDA Publishes New Papers Examining ESG Market
By Editors | 10/09/2021
The papers focus on KPIs for sustainability-linked derivatives and the accounting treatment for ESG transactions.
Securities / Derivatives
ISDA, ICMA, ISLA Sign MoU on Common Domain Model
By Editors | 02/08/2021
The MoU establishes a framework for closer collaboration on the development of the Common Domain Model across financial markets.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA, NAFMII Publish Standard Text to Enable IBOR Fallbacks in China
By Editors | 31/07/2021
New definitions will come into effect on 29 October 2021 to enable firms to include contractual IBOR fallbacks into onshore derivatives transactions.
Market Infrastructure
ASX to Replace Standard Definitions for Interest Rate Swaps
By Editors | 29/07/2021
From 4 October, all OTC interest rate derivatives contracts will be treated as if they incorporated the new 2021 ISDA Definitions.
Big Picture
FRTB May Constrain Growth of Carbon Trading Market
By Manesh Samtani | 28/07/2021
ISDA suggests in a new paper that the risk weight for carbon certificates under FRTB should be reduced and the tenor correlation parameter should be increased.
Fintech / Regtech
New Body Formed to Promote Open Standards for Capital Markets
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/07/2021
The GLML Foundation is developing general-purpose legal markup language as an open data standard for capital markets.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA to Implement Fallbacks for GBP & USD LIBOR ICE Swap Rates
By Manesh Samtani | 25/07/2021
A consultation on whether ISDA should implement fallbacks for GBP and USD LIBOR ICE Swap Rates received support from a “significant majority” of respondents.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA Launches Microsite to Facilitate Understanding of IBOR Fallbacks
By Editors | 22/07/2021
The microsite provides information about adoption rates for the ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol and graphs comparing LIBOR and fallback rates.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA Publishes First Digital Definitional Book for Interest Rate Derivatives
By Editors | 16/07/2021
The digital format will create efficiencies in how firms use and interact with the definitions, reducing complexity and the potential for error, ISDA says.
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