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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.
Securities / Derivatives
Industry Bodies Partner to Adapt CDM for Repo, Bonds
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/07/2021
Implementation of the Common Domain Model for repo and bonds is expected to deliver industry wide efficiency gains, ICMA says.
Market Infrastructure
FCA Consults on Intention to Compel Publication of Synthetic LIBOR
By Editors | 25/06/2021
The FCA intends to compel publication of synthetic versions of GBP and JPY LIBOR, using forward-looking term version of RFRs.
Capital / Liquidity
ISDA Chief Calls for Use of Common Risk Data Reporting Standard
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 14/06/2021
CRIF will reduce the risk data reporting burden, increase the accuracy and consistency of the information reported, and allow for more automation.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA Consults on Fallbacks for GBP & USD LIBOR ICE Swap Rates
By Editors | 14/06/2021
Current fallbacks are not expected to be able to function effectively upon a permanent cessation of the GBP and USD LIBOR ICE Swap Rates.
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