Helen Nicol

Provides legal support services

International Swaps & Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) is a trade association established in 1985 that supports safe, efficient, and transparent derivatives markets for users of derivative products. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada and the United Kingdom. ISDA represents over 1,000 member institutions across more than 79 countries, including corporations, investment managers, banks, exchanges, clearing houses, and service providers. The association develops industry standards such as the ISDA Master Agreement to reduce credit and legal risks in derivatives trading and offers digital, legal, and risk management solutions to standardize, optimize, and automate derivatives processes. Key offerings include the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM®), Common Risk Interchange Format (CRIF), capital models benchmarking, Common Domain Model (CDM), ISDA Amend, ISDA Reference Data, and ISDA Analytics™. ISDA also supports governance and operational infrastructure for credit derivatives and collaborates with policymakers to enhance derivatives regulation and market infrastructure. The company was founded in 1985 by Patrick de Saint-Aignan, Thomas W. Jasper. Scott D. O'Malia has been the CEO of the company since 2014.