International Swaps and Derivatives Association

Structural Regulation

CFTC Clarifies Substituted Compliance Procedures for Non-US Swap Entities

By Manesh Samtani | 22/05/2025

New guidance details how CFTC will handle potential breaches of foreign rules by registered non-US swap market participants.

AI Risk & Governance

ISDA Publishes Paper on Use of GenAI for CSA Digitisation

By Nithya Subramanian | 20/05/2025

GenAI can accurately extract and digitise legal clauses from credit support annexes, which can help to improve efficiency and reduce costs for the industry.

Clearing & Post-Trade

ISDA Paper Proposes Reforms to Optimise Derivatives Market

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/05/2025

New whitepaper outlines 15 specific measures that could unlock billions in annual savings for the derivatives market.

Structural Regulation

ISDA Proposes Reforms to Enhance CDS Determinations Process

By Nithya Subramanian | 15/05/2025

ISDA said a new governance committee will be established for the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees.

Market Risk

EU Commission Reconsiders FRTB Implementation Plan

By Manesh Samtani | 27/03/2025

The EU Commission is considering postponing implementation by an additional year or applying a set of targeted amendments for a three-year period.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Industry Bodies Caution Against FSB Proposals for Addressing NBFI Leverage

By Thisanka Siripala | 11/03/2025

UK Finance and ISDA said regulators should first improve their use of existing data before imposing new reporting requirements.

Clearing & Post-Trade

US Treasury Clearing Mandate Should be Postponed: ISDA

By Thisanka Siripala | 28/01/2025

ISDA says a number of issues remain unresolved and the number of in-scope entities around the world will likely run into the thousands.

Custody & Infrastructure

Canton Network Initiates Collateral Management Project for Crypto Derivatives

By Manesh Samtani | 17/01/2025

The project is being launched in partnership with Digital Asset and QCP to address collateral management inefficiencies in the crypto derivatives market

Clearing & Post-Trade

JSCC to Adopt Standardised Framework for Regulatory Reporting

By Thisanka Siripala | 17/01/2025

JSCC will start using ISDA’s Digital Regulatory Reporting for reporting to the FSA and CFTC starting in June.