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DateTitle / DescriptionDocuments
January 19, 2012
ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: Eastman Kodak Company Credit Event
Press Release
Kodak Credit Event Release 2012-01-19.pdf
January 17, 2012
ISDA Updates Greek Sovereign Debt Q&A
Updated Greek Sovereign Debt Q&A
GreekSovQandAUpdate2012-01-16_FINAL.pdf
January 11, 2012
ISDA Announces Membership and Mission of the Industry Clearing Committee
Press Release/ICC Membership List
11.01.12ICCRevised_pdf.pdf ICCMembershiplist.pdf
December 21, 2011
ISDA Updates OTC Derivatives Market Analysis: Despite Increase in Notionals, Over 50% of IRS Market Is Cleared
Market Analysis / Press Release (Corrected)
OTC Derivatives June 2011 Market Analysis FINAL.pdf ISDA Market Analysis Press Release CORRECTION.pdf
December 20, 2011
ISDA Publishes Draft OTC Taxonomies for a 30-Day Comment Period
Press Release
OTC Taxonomies linked.pdf
December 19, 2011
AFME, ICMA and ISDA Publish Paper Analyzing the Impact of European Sovereigns’ Collateral Policies
Press Release / ISDA-AFME-ICMA Research Paper
European Sovereign collateral paper_REVISED.pdf IMPACT OF DERIVATIVE COLLATERAL POLICIES OF EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNS.pdf
December 19, 2011
Northern Rock Asset Management Credit Event
Press Release: ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: Northern Rock Asset Management Credit Event.
19.12.11News_Release.pdf
December 2, 2011
ISDA and SIFMA File Lawsuits Challenging Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Rule on Position Limits
Position Limits Backgrounder / Position Limits Rule Fact Sheet / Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia / Petition for Review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia / Press Release
Position Limits BACKGROUNDER - EXT.pdf Position Limits FACTSHEET - EXT.pdf Complaint (filed 12-2-11).pdf Petition for Review (filed 12-2-11).pdf Position Limits PRESS RELEASE.pdf
December 1, 2011
ISDA Publishes the Recommendation for FpML version 5.2
Press Release
FpML version 5.2.pdf
December 1, 2011
ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: SEAT PAGINEGIALLE Credit Event
Press Release
SEAT Credit Event Release 20111201.pdf
November 28, 2011
ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee Sends SEAT Question to External Review
Press Release
20111128.pdf
November 23, 2011
Joint Associations Committee Releases Translations of Combined Principles for Retail Structured Products
Press Release
Principles translation press release 20111123.pdf
November 10, 2011
ISDA Publishes Discussion Paper on: “Costs and Benefits of Mandatory Electronic Execution Requirements for Interest Rate Products”
Press Release / Discussion Paper
Mand EE release.pdf ISDA Mandatory Electronic Execution Discussion Paper.pdf
November 10, 2011
Robert Pickel Appointed Chief Executive Officer of International Swaps and Derivatives Association; Conrad Voldstad to Serve as Special Advisor to the Board
Press Release
RP Appointment - 11-10.pdf
November 10, 2011
ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee Resolves an Auction Will be Held for Dynegy Holdings, LLC
Press Release
Dynegy 2011-11-10.pdf
November 8, 2011
Monoline Exposures Resulted in $54 Billion in Charges for Banks, According to New ISDA Study
Press Release / Study
Monoline Exposure Release 11-8 1230.pdf Counterparty Credit Risk II (Monolines).pdf
November 3, 2011
ISDA Leads Industry Effort to Standardize the Credit Support Annex
Press Release/ SCSA Slide Presentation
Standard CSA Press Release 11 3 2011.pdf SCSA Media Slides 11 2 2011 (revised).pdf
October 31, 2011
ISDA Statement on CDS Credit Event Process
Press Release / Updated Q&A
Greek debt statement 2011-10-31.pdf Greek Sov QandA 2011-10-31.pdf
October 27, 2011
ISDA Updates Greek Sovereign Debt Q&A
Press Release / Q&A
Updated Greek Q&A.pdf Update on Greek Q and A 27 10 11.pdf
October 20, 2011
ISDA Comments on EC’S MiFID Proposals
Press Release
MiFID Proposal.pdf
October 19, 2011
ISDA Unveils New Mission Statement
Press Release
Mission Statement 101911 FINAL.pdf
September 29, 2011
ISDA Comments on EC’s Proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax
Press Release
092911 Comment on FTT.pdf
September 26, 2011
ISDA Reiterates Support for Global Trade and Counterparty Exposure Repositories in Comment Letter on CPSS/IOSCO Consultative Report
Press Release / Letter
CPSS-IOSCO Comment Letter FINAL 092611.pdf IOSCO-CPSS 20110923final versionv2.pdf
September 26, 2011
ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee Resolves One Auction Will be Held for Victor Company of Japan, Limited
Press Release
092611 Victor Company of Japan Auction.pdf
September 13, 2011
ISDA and S&P Indices to Co-brand S&P Credit Default Swap Indices
Press Release
SP-ISDA CDS Indices2011-09-13.pdf
August 30, 2011
George Handjinicolaou Rejoins ISDA as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Europe
Press Release
George Handjinicolaou Rejoins ISDA.pdf
August 26, 2011
ISDA Determinations Committee: Irish Life & Permanent plc Second Restructuring Credit Event
Press Release
0826 Irish Life and Permanent plc Second Restructuring.pdf
August 5, 2011
ISDA Publishes Analysis of Counterparty Credit Risk Management in the US OTC Derivatives Markets
Press Release / Analysis
CounterpartyCreditRiskMgmtAnalysisRELEASEAug2011.pdf CounterpartyCreditLossesAug2011.pdf
July 21, 2011
ISDA Marks First Anniversary of Dodd-Frank Act: Clearing, Transparency Drive Improvements in OTC Derivatives Markets
Press Release
ISDA DFA Anniversary 7-21 Final.pdf
July 20, 2011
ISDA Hosts Regional Regulators Workshop
Press Release
AsiaRegulatoryWorkshop-release-Final21July.pdf
July 11, 2011
ISDA Publishes 2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions
Press Release
20110711 New Equity Defs RELEASE.pdf
July 6, 2011
Associations Warn of Harmful Effects of Extra-territoriality
Letter / Press Release
JT associations letter re extra territoriality 5 july FINAL approved.pdf ISDA Press Release July06.pdf
July 6, 2011
Determinations Committee: Irish Life & Permanent plc Restructuring Credit Event
Press Release
ILP Restructuring CE.pdf
July 5, 2011
ISDA welcomes European Parliament decisions on Market Infrastructure and on CDS and Short Selling
Press Release
Press Release 20110705 EuroParliament.pdf
June 21, 2011
ISDA Determinations Committee: Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. Failure to Pay Credit Event
Press Release
AlliedIrishFtP.pdf
June 16, 2011
FIA and ISDA Publish Documentation for Cleared Swaps
Press Release. For the documents, visit: http://www2.isda.org/clearing-and-portfolio-compression
ISDAFIAJointCDEA press release.pdf
June 14, 2011
ISDA Announces New IIGC Co-chairs
Press Release
IIGC CoChair Release.pdf
June 14, 2011
ISDA Announces Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository Selection
Press Release
CommodityRepositorySelection.pdf
June 13, 2011
ISDA Determinations Committee: Allied Irish a Restructuring Credit Event
Press Release
AlliedIrishRestructuring.pdf
May 27, 2011
ISDA Releases 2011 Operations Benchmarking Survey Results
Press Release / Survey
Ops Survey 2011 G14.pdf OBS 2011 FINAL.pdf
May 26, 2011
ISDA Publishes OTC Derivatives Market Analysis
Market Analysis / Press Release
OTC Derivatives YE2010 Market Analysis final.pdf ISDAPublishesOTCDerivativesMarketAnalysis_final.pdf
May 25, 2011
ISDA Welcomes European Parliament Progress on EMIR
Press Release
Press Statement - EMIR vote.pdf
May 23, 2011
Joint Associations Committee Releases Combined Principles for Retail Structured Products
Press Release / Principles
JAC principles release_May 2011.pdf A13302988 v0.25 2011.pdf
May 23, 2011
ISDA Publishes “The Economics of Central Clearing: Theory and Practice,” A Discussion Paper on Clearing Issues
Press Release / Discussion Paper
Pirrong Release 052311.pdf ISDAdiscussion_CCP_Pirrong.pdf
May 19, 2011
ISDA Hosts Asia Pacific Regulators Summit
Press Release
Regulator Summit release-Final _2_.pdf
May 13, 2011
ISDA Responds to the Financial Stability Board Report on OTC Derivatives Markets Reforms Implementation
Press Release / Cover Letter to FSB / Paper to FSB
Press release_FSB Progress report_May 2011_draft 3.pdf ISDA response to FSB paper - cover letter - final - May 2011.pdf ISDA response to FSB paper - final - May 2011.pdf
May 11, 2011
ISDA Announces Interest Rate Derivatives Trade Repository Selection
Press Release
InterestRatesRepositorySelection.pdf
May 3, 2011
Financial Industry Trade Associations Coalition Releases Framework for a Global Legal Entity Identifier System
Joint Association Press Release
5.3.11_RELEASE_LEI_requirements.pdf
April 29, 2011
ISDA Comments on FASB/IASB Exposure Draft
Press Release / Comment Letter
AccountingCommentLetter20110429 - release.pdf ISDA Comment Letter on Offsetting final 04-28-2011 _2_.pdf
April 14, 2011
ISDA Operations Benchmarking Survey 2011
Press Release
Ops Survey Final Version Immediate Release.pdf