International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda)

Battle formations

Major Chinese entities and international banks are steeling themselves for a protracted battle on multiple fronts related to the use of over-the-counter derivatives. The confrontation is killing business and preventing some Chinese entities from hedging…

The Thomson test

A restructuring of debt by Paris-based media and electronics firm Thomson has provided an early test for the small bang protocol. The initial stages of the settlement process highlighted a number of outstanding issues, not least the treatment of index…

Net results

A master agreement for over-the-counter Islamic derivatives is in the final review stages and could be published in 2009. After years of debate, the difficult issue of close-out netting appears to be close to resolution. By Alastair Marsh

Conflict's end

The second phase of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's collateral dispute resolution protocol prescribes a market polling mechanism for settling disputes involving illiquid and complex transactions. How will the market poll work and…

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