Marking the 10 year anniversary of the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM), Joel Clark, senior director, communications, at ISDA, speaks with Nnamdi Okaeme, ISDA’s head of SIMM, and John Pucciarelli, head of partnerships and director of industry engagement at Acadia, LSEG, about the role the ISDA SIMM plays in today’s derivatives market and how it continues to support efficient compliance as initial margin rules evolve globally.

Julia Hueckel, director of global regulatory policy at Coinbase, and Chris Zuehlke, global head of Cumberland and partner at DRW Cumberland, speak with Nicolette Cone, ISDA’s chief of staff and associate general counsel, on the rapidly evolving legislative framework for digital assets in the US, and whether regulatory guidance on tokenized collateral is helping to unlock wider adoption in derivatives markets.

Participants from ISDA’s Future Leaders in Derivatives (IFLD) program discuss the opportunities and issues raised by the shift to digital assets and the insights gained from collaborating with peers through the IFLD. Nikita Cotton, senior associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, and Claire Gerrand, senior research lead at D2 Legal Technology, share their perspectives with Andrew Bayley, senior director, regulatory reporting transformation EMEA, at ISDA.

Darcy Bradbury, ISDA board member and managing director at D. E. Shaw, and Tyler Wellensiek, managing director and global head of market structure at BlackRock, speaks with Chris Young, ISDA’s head of US public policy, about how the post‑crisis regulatory framework needs to evolve to support the modernization of markets, and what the forthcoming US Treasury clearing mandates for cash and repo trades mean for the industry.

Jenny Cosco, global head of government relations and regulatory strategy at LSEG, and Jason Granet, chief investment officer at BNY, speak with Tara Kruse, ISDA’s global head of derivative products and infrastructure, about how firms can manage liquidity pressures during periods of market volatility, the risks posed by sudden spikes in margin calls, and whether recent policy measures on margin preparedness go far enough to strengthen market resilience.

Joana Schlenczek, ISDA board member and head of FI rates structuring and client solutions at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking, and Nate Wuerffel, global head of market structure and head of product, global collateral, at BNY, speak with Panayiotis Dionysopoulos, global head of financial and enterprise risk at ISDA, about the growing interlinkages between derivatives and securities financing transactions, evolving margining and collateral dynamics, and the implications of the forthcoming US Treasury clearing mandates.

Mark Uyeda, commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks with ISDA CEO Scott O’Malia about implementation of the US Treasury clearing mandate and how the SEC is thinking about extraterritorial reach and the treatment of interaffiliate trades.

Bill Borden, corporate vice president, worldwide financial services, at Microsoft, speaks with Mark New, ISDA’s co-head of digital transformation and senior counsel, about how artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping the future of financial markets and the key factors firms should consider to enable the successful deployment of AI.