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Market Data & Technology
Bloomberg Begins Publishing IBOR Fallback Rates for Derivatives
By Editors | 21/07/2020
The calculations being published include the adjusted RFRs, the spread adjustment and the ‘all in’ IBOR fallback rates for certain key IBORs across various tenors.
Sustainable Finance
The Role of Derivatives Markets in Sustainable Finance
By Editors | 16/07/2020
The derivatives market can contribute in the transition towards a low-carbon economy, due its ability to facilitate capital-raising via the hedging of risks related to sustainable investments.
Trading & Investment
ASIFMA Publishes IBOR Transition Guide for Asia
By Editors | 14/07/2020
The guide provides an overview of issues for FIs to consider in their LIBOR transition programmes and an implementation checklist.
Structural Regulation
Industry Bodies Call on EU to Reform Benchmarks Regulation
By Editors | 30/06/2020
The majority of third-country benchmarks pose no systemic risk but could nevertheless be barred from use in the EU due to a costly and burdensome third-country benchmark regime.
Trading & Investment
Singapore Banks Ready to Trade SORA Derivatives
By Editors | 29/06/2020
The ABS and SC-STS say “significant progress” has been made in key technical work to support Singapore’s transition from SOR to SORA.
Market Data & Technology
ISDA to Launch 2020 Definitions on Digital Platform by Year-End
By Editors | 31/05/2020
Over time, the platform will allow information contained in the ISDA 2020 Definitions to automatically flow through to trading, operational and risk management systems.
Trading & Investment
ISDA Publishes Final Report on Pre-cessation Fallbacks for LIBOR
By Editors | 15/05/2020
ISDA expects to publish amendments to the 2006 ISDA Definitions to incorporate the fallbacks for new trades in July, along with a protocol to allow participants to incorporate the revisions into legacy trades.
Structural Regulation
EU Benchmark Equivalence Regime Not Scalable: ISDA, FIA
By Manesh Samtani | 07/05/2020
While the Associations welcome the legal approach taken, they highlight that the draft equivalence decision excludes the widely referenced Nikkei and JPX benchmarks.
Clearing & Post-Trade
Industry Bodies Request Margin Exemption Extensions under EMIR
By Manesh Samtani | 06/05/2020
ISDA and other industry associations are asking for equivalence decisions for all jurisdictions that have implemented margin rules in line with the BCBS-IOSCO framework.
Structural Regulation
HKMA Survey Highlights LIBOR Transition Challenges
By Editors | 23/04/2020
About HK$1.4tr in assets, HK$0.5tr in liabilities, and HK$14.7tr in derivatives still referencing LIBOR will mature after end-2021 and don’t have fallbacks in place.
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