International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda)
Half of interest rate swaps now being cleared, says Isda
$601 trillion notional OTC figure reduced to $0.9 trillion gross value after netting, collateral
Isda chairman: US banks could be hamstrung by Dodd-Frank
Isda chairman warns House Committee on Agriculture that extraterritorial application of swaps proposals could make US banks less competitive
Worry about Greek CDS misguided, dealers suggest
Dealers believe fears about Greek sovereign CDS trigger event are overplayed
Isda elects new chairman
Isda elects new chairman
Isda's Pickel addresses friction between rules and commitments
Speaking in a video interview, Isda executive vice-chairman Robert Pickel said regulators are aware that inconsistencies could emerge between legislative requirements and Fed letter commitments
Banks will pass on regulatory costs of derivatives transactions to clients, says Shirvani
Outgoing Isda chairman Eraj Shirvani spoke to Risk's deputy editor Duncan Wood about how derivatives operations, and end-users, will have to adapt to the impact of new rules
Video: Industry executives consider future of derivatives market
Isda's Conrad Voldstad, along with Credit Suisse's Eraj Shirvani and Stephen O'Connor of Morgan Stanley discuss the near future for the derivatives industry
Stephen O'Connor elected new chair of Isda
Morgan Stanley's global head of OTC client clearing takes the helm
Isda AGM: industry fears post-trade transparency effects
Panellists discussed the blow-back the proposed 15-minute block-trade rule could have for end-users, as well as real-time trade transparency regulatory co-ordination
Isda AGM: Fed letters 'not a waste of time', banks argue
Industry defends decision to set up recently sidelined TriOptima rates repository and argues voluntary commitments have value
Isda AGM: CCPs 'thinly capitalised' warns UniCredit's Mustier
In addition to margin requirements, UniCredit's head of corporate and investment banking argues clearing houses might need more capital
Isda AGM: 2011 Margin Survey shows decrease in collateral agreements
Survey released today in Prague also shows increases in portfolio reconciliation
Isda AGM: dealers, CCPs debate risks of lowering bar to entry
Weaker clearing members could be overstretched by a crisis, dealers warn - but LCH.Clearnet and CME differ on the risk of wider access
Isda AGM: regulators must work together to avoid fragmented market, warns Credit Suisse’s Rohner
Institutions will be weaker and markets will be riskier if new rules vary between jurisdictions, Credit Suisse vice-chair warns
Isda AGM: Morgan Stanley's O'Connor takes chairman's role
Stephen O'Connor to succeed Eraj Shirvani as chairman of International Swaps and Derivatives Association
Isda AGM: industry getting to grips with nuts and bolts of reform
No-one’s talking about existential threats to the derivatives market any more – but the more practical questions that have now taken centre stage may prove harder to resolve
Isda raises concerns over Russian netting laws
Despite the challenges involved, banks and brokers are excited by the progress being made to open up the Russian market
CFTC proposals render TriOptima rates repository unfit for purpose
Industry launches new process to select rate derivatives repository, after CFTC proposals far exceed tasks TriOptima’s repository was asked to perform by dealers and bank regulators
Dealers fear Sef rules will hurt OTC market liquidity
Customers will lose out if clearing-eligible trades are forced into open competition, industry warns
Latest ODSG letter shows dealer aims weakened by Dodd-Frank Act
Dealers say they have little appetite for voluntary change when facing big mandatory reforms
Multi-currency CSA chaos behind push to standardised CSA
The evolution of swap pricing
A practical challenge for collateral optimisation
Collateral conundrum
Equity derivatives
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