International Swaps and Derivatives Association

On October 14, ISDA, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) submitted a joint response to the Dutch Ministry of Finance on its proposed measures on dividend stripping. While supporting the policy objective, the associations stress that the rules must not inadvertently disrupt legitimate trading, hedgi...

ISDA has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) agent for its Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) solution that will bring greater transparency to users by tracing the rules and decisions that have guided the development of the DRR.

The ISDA DRR Tracer Agent will allow users to look back at the history of DRR decision-making to understand when and why coding choices w...

ISDA has expanded its SwapsInfo website to include data on US foreign exchange (FX) derivatives, extending the platform’s coverage beyond interest rate and credit derivatives to a third over-the-counter derivatives asset class.

The US FX Derivatives Review covers trading activity from the first quarter of 2024 to the second quarter of 2026. Traded notional rose 27.1% t...

On October 16, ISDA responded to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation CP26/30.  While the consultation is principally focused on cash equity market structure and transparency, ISDA responded to questions on the potential inclusion of equity swaps in the scope of public transparency and the proposed introduction of a three-year window for back-reporting of inco...

With less than three months to go until implementation of US Treasury clearing begins at the end of this year, it’s critical that the mandate is safely implemented without compromising market efficiency. This represents a huge change in market structure, and capital and margin requirements must be properly aligned with economic risk to avoid constraining banks from providing ...