Examples of ISDA methodology in a sentence
There is no requirement for counterparties to a derivative to use the ISDA methodology.
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We encourage the Participating Jurisdictions to incorporate the ISDA methodology language or to confirm that adhering to the Canadian Representation letter online would satisfy the requirement to enter into a written agreement.
The corresponding draft CMRA Regulation 91-502 does not refer to the ISDA methodology, but rather, requires the parties to enter into “a written agreement” which is to be “kept in a safe location and in a durable form and provided to the regulator within a reasonable time following request”.
ISDA has settled on the principles of the spread methodology, the historical mean/median approach, but the details have yet to be finalized (e.g. lookback period, using a mean or median, etc.).- To the extent that an issuer wishes to be an early adopter of the ISDA methodology, the fallback language for the securitization would need to specify that they are using historical mean/median approach.
Thus, in order to make the rates more comparable and in line with each other, a credit adjustment spread (CAS) is added to the risk-free rate.LIBOR + Margin = RFR + CAS + MarginThe credit adjustment spread calculated as per the ISDA methodology uses the 5-year lookback historical median approach.
Usually the evaluator(s) go through the interface/web site at least twice: the first time is to become familiar with it and the second is to perform the evaluation against the list of standardized rules, as described in detail in Chapter 3.1.1. After that the findings are collected, analyzed and reported, with a list of the usability problems discovered and usually also a list of recommendations for the product developers (Barnum 2002: 36).
In each case, the CFTC waterfall provides for a methodology of who should report based on entity type, provided that for off-SEF trades between two dealers or major swap participants, the parties will agree as to which party will report (it is generally settled that ISDA methodology will determine who will report in this instance).
The choice of 10 days follows the ISDA methodology preference for either 5 or 10 busi- ness days average forward spread.