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    Securities / Derivatives

    ISDA, ICMA, ISLA Sign MoU on Common Domain Model

    By Editors | 02/08/2021

    The MoU establishes a framework for closer collaboration on the development of the Common Domain Model across financial markets.

    Market Infrastructure

    ISDA, NAFMII Publish Standard Text to Enable IBOR Fallbacks in China

    By Editors | 31/07/2021

    New definitions will come into effect on 29 October 2021 to enable firms to include contractual IBOR fallbacks into onshore derivatives transactions.

    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.

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