Derivatives and Structured Products

Our global derivatives team regularly host webinars and forums to keep our clients up to date on regulatory and market developments. Swap shop, Repackaging Unpacked and Index Insights are all regular forums.

If you want to find out more or be added to the invite list please email DSPmailbox@linklaters.com.

With 2022 now upon us, we examine the key topics we expect to be relevant to derivatives and structured products over the coming year. Explore the tabs below to see our high level guides on the CLO market, CSDR, EMIR, ESG, fintech, interest rates and the new risk-free rate environment, retail structured products developments and synthetic securitisations.

ISLA, in collaboration with Linklaters, has published the latest in a series of papers which looks at the future of the securities lending market. The latest paper builds on the previous two papers and looks at some of the use cases of technological change in the industry.

ISDA Create is a platform that allows firms to negotiate and execute derivatives documentation online. Developed by ISDA and Linklaters, ISDA Create dramatically reduces the time it takes to negotiate documentation and allows firms to digitally capture, process and store the data within those documents.

ISDA Create is a module of CreateiQ, the contract management platform developed by Linklaters.

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 involves a great number of granular moving parts and is technically challenging.

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.