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ISDA and AFME publish paper on instruments with embedded derivatives

Published on: 26 September 2022

Published by LNB News

LNB News 26/09/2022

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Issue Date: 26 September 2022

Published Date: 26 September 2022

Jurisdiction(s): United Kingdom

Article summary

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) have published a whitepaper on the prudential boundary between the banking and trading books in Europe and how that relates to instruments with embedded derivatives. The paper provides an overview of the different types of instruments with embedded derivatives, as well as the accounting and current prudential treatment of these products.

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