Déjà vu for common domain model

Piecemeal progress on ambitious derivatives data standard raises questions over business case

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

Or, for the non-Francophones among us: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

The phrase may have particular resonance for observers of the so-called common domain model (CDM), a derivatives data standard first proposed in 2017 by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Two years after its inception, Risk.net reported that only a few banks and clearing houses were actively engaging with the standard. Today, little has changed.

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