International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda)
Isda gives cautious welcome to Basel Committee progress report
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association today issued a cautious welcome to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s latest progress report on the state of the new capital adequacy directive, Basel II.
Isda gives cautious welcome to Basel Committee progress report
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association today issued a cautious welcome to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s latest progress report on the state of the new capital adequacy directive, Basel II.
DTCC set to launch automated payment reconciliation service
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) will this month introduce an automated payment reconciliation service. The move is one of a number of initiatives the US company has planned for the coming months aimed at reducing risk and improving…
Sovereign overhaul
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) has released its first master confirmation agreement to standardise the trading of credit derivatives referenced to sovereign issuers.
Isda pushes for automated trade verification for derivatives
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the trade body representing over 600 institutions working in the derivatives industry, has moved to accelerate the transition to automated over-the-counter derivatives trade processing by publishing a…
Isda pushes for automated trade verification for derivatives
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the trade body representing over 600 institutions working in the derivatives industry, has moved to accelerate the transition to automated over-the-counter derivatives trade processing by publishing a…
SwapsWire launches automated credit derivatives confirmation service
SwapsWire, the UK-based electronic trading platform backed by 23 leading international banks, has developed an automated confirmation-delivery system for credit default swaps (CDS). It believes the service should ultimately reduce processing time from…
Risk management held back by lack of clear definition
Risk managers must collectively define the value of their trade to be taken seriously, according to Andrew Smith, chief financial risk officer of UK bank HBOS.
SEC produces maverick Basel II framework, redefines op risk
Throughout the Basel Accord revision process, US regulators have had a reputation for going their own way on key issues, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is no exception.
Associations to perform economic capital model convergence study
According to the response to the US's advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR), written jointly by the Bond Market Association (BMA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a number of trade associations are organising a study on the…
US Senate rejects energy derivatives legislation
The US Senate yesterday voted down proposed legislation that sought to impose tighter controls over energy derivatives trading.
Moody's hits out at combined cash and synthetic CDOs
Moody's Investors Service has warned investors that the International Swaps and Derivatives Association legal documentation underpinning combined cash and synthetic collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) is far from perfect.
Isda publishes new weather index confirmations
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published new confirmation templates for swaps and options on weather indexes.
Credit derivatives set to hit $10 trillion by 2007, says Deutsche’s Misra
The credit derivatives market is set to hit $10 trillion in notional value within five years, with the number of actively traded credit default swaps set to double by 2007 to 600, according to Deutsche Bank’s global head of integrated credit trading…
New Isda credit derivatives chair warns against complacency
Derek Smith, head of US credit derivatives trading at Goldman Sachs and the new North American chair for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's credit derivatives market practice committee, believes market participants need to beware of…
Forum codifies Chinese Walls in credit trading
The Joint Market Practices Forum - an ad hoc group of four market trade associations – has produced a set of principles and recommendations tackling the contentious issue of Chinese Walls between credit trading and lending functions.
Isda opens Washington office in lobbying push
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the New York-based trade association for the over-the-counter derivatives industry, is opening an office in Washington DC to increase its lobbying of the US government.
Interest rate products dominate OTC derivatives growth in H1
The over-the-counter vanilla interest rate derivatives market grew 24% in the first six months of the year, to $123.90 trillion in notional outstanding, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
Sponsor's article > Reason for hope
One disappointing aspect of the Basel II deliberations has been the lack of any proposed change in the treatment of counterparty credit exposures. David Rowe argues that recent dialogue between the Basel Committee and industry representatives offers hope…
Derivatives industry achieves new targets in confirmation processing, says Isda
The derivatives industry is setting and achieving new targets on confirmation processing, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
Isda releases new draft of FpML 4.0
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has released the second working draft for Financial products Markup Language (FpML) version 4.0.
CP189: the FSA yet to clarify rules for key op risk issues
LONDON - UK firms are faced with more questions than answers in the operational risk portions of the latest consultation paper from the FSA, CP189: Report and first consultation on the implementation of the new Basel and EU capital adequacy standards,…
Isda and BMA propose 35% charge for restructuring risk
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) and the Bond Market Association (BMA) submitted a comment letter today to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in which they argued that, for the sake of capital calculations, loans hedged…
Isda publishes 2002 master agreement protocol
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published a protocol for the 2002 Isda master agreement.