Derivatives and Structured Products
Our global derivatives and structured products practice comprises over 150 experts globally with key hubs in London, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and Germany.
Sustainable finance remains a firm priority for the regulators, and we expect to see this keeping the derivatives and structured products world busy over the coming months. This note explores in more detail what to think about in the context of EU ESG regulation and its impact on derivatives and structured products.
On Thursday 2 April, we held a cross-practice client webinar covering the legal framework, some practical considerations of electronic and virtual signing from an English perspective, German perspective and US perspective.
On Friday 20 March, DSP hosted a lunchtime client webinar on Covid-19. The webinar is a follow-up to the recent cross-practice publication DSP contributed to: Covid-19: A UK guide to significant commercial and legal issues and video which focused specifically on derivatives and structured products.
Deepak Sitlani shares some key themes likely to impact the derivatives market in 2020 which include LIBOR, sustainable finance, EMIR, Brexit and derivatives.
With 2020 now upon us, we examine the key topics we expect to have an impact on derivatives and structured products over the coming year. Explore the tabs below to see our high level guides on what to look out for across interest rate reform, EMIR, SFTR, the Prospectus Regulation, PRIIPs, Sustainable Finance, CSDR, and Brexit.
In this short video, Leanne Banfield provides a recap of the topics discussed on our January “Repackaging Unpacked” industry forum call, which include sustainable finance, CLN developments, EMIR and SFTR reporting, Brexit and interest rate reform.
We hold calls regularly, please email the DSP team if you would like more information or to be added to the invite list.
The new regime established by the Prospectus Regulation (EU 2017/1129) applies in full across the EU from 21 July 2019. The aim of the Regulation is to achieve greater harmonisation of prospectus rules throughout the European Union.
The transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other IBORs is unlike any previous regulatory reform – underpinning loans, debt and derivatives contracts estimated at $350 trillion globally, its scale is potentially larger, it will involve a great number of granular moving parts and is technically challenging.
ISDA Create is a new platform that allows firms to negotiate and execute derivatives documentation online. Developed by ISDA and Linklaters Nakhoda, ISDA Create dramatically reduces the time it takes to negotiate documentation and allow firms to digitally capture, process and store the data within those documents.
The securities lending market is at a crossroads. The market is becoming increasingly complex, and regulation increasingly onerous. As a result, processes and systems that have until now served the market well are proving increasingly cost- and time-intensive, given the degree of fragmentation and reliance on manual processes.
The CCP Risk Review is the leading comparison tool for CCPs, created by Linklaters, the FIA and Milbank. It is a subscription service, providing standardised, comprehensive overview and analysis of the rules and procedures governing certain CCPs.
