Watch experts from Linklaters’ Derivatives and Structured Products group and market participants explore emerging market trends in the credit space and hear updates on relevant credit related regulatory developments.

With 2023 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.

Listen to experts from Linklaters’ Derivatives and Structured Products group discuss the hottest topics in the synthetic securitisations space and hear market participants talk about their experience in this area and offer some insight into current market trends.

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 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.

Linklaters has advised the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) on its publication of the 2021 ISDA Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions. These will be published on ISDA’s MyLibrary a new online user interface designed and developed by Linklaters> Nakhoda and Kinetix Trading Solutions.

As we settle into 2021, we look at the key topics we expect to be relevant to derivatives and structured products over the course of the year. Explore our high-level horizon scanner on interest rate reform, sustainable finance, the CLO market, EMIR/UK EMIR, CSDR/UK CSDR, Capital Markets Recovery Package and PRIIPs, the work under way on the UK’s future regulatory framework and reform to the Retail Prices Index.

Linklaters has prepared a guide to assist with an understanding of, and key considerations relating to, the ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol and the Supplement to the 2006 ISDA Definitions which are some of the key documents ISDA has prepared to assist market participants in managing the transition away from IBORs.

Linklaters has been named “Global Law Firm of the Year” at the GlobalCapital Global Derivatives Awards, “Americas Law Firm of the Year” at GlobalCapital’s Americas Derivatives Awards and “Derivatives Law Firm of the Year” at the Asia Risk Awards.

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 2020, 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 2020, 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.