International Swaps and Derivatives Association

Fintech / Regtech

Implementing Singapore’s New OTC Derivatives Reporting Regime

By Manesh Samtani | 20/05/2024

Broadridge’s Carl Hovland and David Farmery talk to Regulation Asia about the measures firms should consider as they implement new OTC derivatives reporting requirements in Singapore.

Securities / Derivatives

SIFMA to Lead Shared Ledger Project for Multi-asset Transactions

By Manesh Samtani | 10/05/2024

The project participants and contributors include Citi, JP Morgan, Mastercard, Swift, Visa, Broadridge, DTCC, ISDA, and others.

Enforcement

FCA Defends Proposal to Name Firms Under Investigation

By Editors | 09/05/2024

The government, lawmakers and industry worry that the ‘name and shame’ approach will harm the market and individual companies.

ESG / Sustainability

ISDA Offers Recommendations to Address Greenwashing in VCMs

By Editors | 21/04/2024

Firms should improve third-party oversight and monitoring in respect of the due diligence being done on VCCs, protocol quality, rating programmes and advisors.

Big Picture

ISDA Offers Guidance on Using GenAI in Derivatives Markets

By Manesh Samtani | 19/04/2024

The report identifies use cases for GenAI in the OTC derivatives market, and explores regulatory issues, challenges and risks.

Fintech / Regtech

ISDA Extends Digital Regulatory Reporting Initiative

By Editors | 17/04/2024

The initiative is being extended to cover new derivatives reporting rules in the UK, Australia and Singapore.

Securities / Derivatives

Industry Collaborates to Test Digital Regulatory Reporting

By Editors | 12/04/2024

The first phase of the collaboration between DTCC and REGnosys will test the ISDA DRR for derivatives reporting in Japan and the EU.

Market Infrastructure

NAFMII Publishes Standard Agreement for Swap Connect

By Editors | 10/04/2024

The agreement is intended for use by domestic and foreign counterparties trading interest rate derivatives under Swap Connect.

Big Picture

Industry Bodies Push Back Against BCBS Crypto Treatment

By Manesh Samtani | 04/04/2024

ISDA, GFMA, FIA and other trade bodies say banks should not be penalised for trying to innovate with public permissionless blockchains.