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Benchmarking?
ISDA benchmarking of standardized approaches (SA) helps firms, solution providers and regulators achieve
consistent and accurate implementation of the standardized approaches for regulatory capital for market risk
(known as the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, or FRTB), counterparty credit risk (CCR) and credit
valuation adjustment (CVA) risk.
About ISDA
Since 1985, ISDA has worked to make the global derivatives markets regional banks. In addition to market participants, members also
safer and more efficient. Today, ISDA has over 925 member institutions include key components of the derivatives market infrastructure, such
from 75 countries. These members comprise a broad range of as exchanges, intermediaries, clearing houses and repositories,
derivatives market participants, including corporations, investment as well as law firms, accounting firms and other service providers.
managers, government and supranational entities, insurance Information about ISDA and its activities is available on the
companies, energy and commodities firms, and international and Association’s website: www.isda.org. Follow us on Twitter @ISDA.
medium, high
correlation scenario)
Process: Each bank generates
risk measures across Reconcile ISDA output ISDA to consolidate
hypothetical portfolios. Results ISDA to run the with participant’s participant’s output
participant’s SA-CRIF submission and generate and disclose agreed
are submitted by risk class and through its SA engine drill-down analysis aggregated data points
risk measure. Firms also submit
input data using the SA-CRIF
format to enable further drill
Firms to report results
down into any differences Book HPE instruments to national regulators
in results. ISDA generates (if requested)
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