1339: FPML Business Center code for Gibraltar

We have been asked internally to provide a way to represent the Gibralter business calendar for a given set of trades. From a bit of digging Gibralter aligns with the UK holiday calendar in the main, but has some additional local holidays, which need to be considered for these trades. I see that Gibralter is … Continued

1337: CreditDefaultSwap add calculationAgent element

Good day,   I have the following question regarding the calculation agent in the CreditDefaultSwap scheme. As you know, starting with ISDA 1999 and ending in 2014, the term calculationAgent, which takes part in many important processes, was often referred to.  In FpML version 5.12 (confirmation), there is no such element for creditDefaultSwap. In contrast, … Continued

1336: Annotations of SettlementTypeEnum values

The annotations of the enumerated values for SettlementTypeEnum are option specific but the type is being used in the future underlyer, productSummary, and the genericProduct. Should we update the annotations to make them more generic or have a more specialized type that is not option specific? “Cash”: The intrinsic value of the option will be … Continued

1335: Part 43 Regulatory Reporting – FPML Schema Validation

DTCC has told us that we should direct this inquiry to “ISDA / FpML” . The issue is with reporting PPD messages to the DTCC for rates trades that have an amortization schedule. With the latest UPI implementation , DTCC will be adding additional validation rules on PPD messages that the FpML scheme for “transparency” … Continued

1334: floatingRateMultiplierSchedule

Good afternoon, I have a question about the FloatingRate.model section, which is located in the floatingRateCalculation section.   1) Do I understand correctly that this section is used to explicitly provide information about what actually happened with the reference rates, i.e. to provide clear dates and rate values for these dates that were previously provided … Continued

1333: knownAmountSchedule section in Cross Currency fixed/floating IR Swap

Hello, could you please clarify how the knownAmountSchedule section will be represented for the Cross Currency fixed/floating IR Swap instrument? Do I understand correctly that for such an instrument, the <step> section inside <knownAmountSchedule> should be applied. For example I expect the following representation: <knownAmountSchedule> <initialValue>1000000</initialValue> <step> <stepDate>2023-09-05</stepDate> <stepValue>1500000</stepValue> </step> <currency>EUR</currency> </knownAmountSchedule> where <initialValue> will … Continued

1331: observationShift (SetInAdvance, Standard, FixingDate)

Good day ! I have a question regarding the observationShift section, in particular the observationPeriodDates element. The element contains three options: SetInAdvance, Standard, FixingDate. Everything seems clear with the SetInAdvance value, but there are questions about the other two.   1) Can you explain with an example what “Standard” actually means? Am I correct in … Continued

1330: observationShift (SetInAdvance, Standard, FixingDate)

Good day ! I have a question regarding the observationShift section, in particular the observationPeriodDates element. The element contains three options: SetInAdvance, Standard, FixingDate. Everything seems clear with the SetInAdvance value, but there are questions about the other two.   1) Can you explain with an example what “Standard” actually means? Am I correct in … Continued