The ISDA SwapsInfo Quarterly Review provides analysis on interest rate derivatives and credit default swap index trading activity. The report provides a breakdown of publicly available data to analyze the impact of regulatory change on swap execution facility and bilateral trading volumes, as well as cleared and non-cleared activity.
Interest rate derivatives and CDS index notional volume and trade count data is taken from the ISDA SwapsInfo site (swapsinfo.org), using data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and Bloomberg swap data repositories.
Documents (1) for SwapsInfo Second Quarter 2016 Review
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Paper on Liquidity Assessment for Single-name CDS
On September 5, ISDA submitted a paper to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Commission in support of its earlier response to ESMA’s Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MIFIR) review consultation package 4 (CP4) on transparency...
Response to EC on Delegated Regulation
On September 4, ISDA responded to the European Commission’s (EC) consultation on amendments to delegated regulation (EU) 2017.567. The key area of interest for ISDA was the proposed insertion of a new article 16a that establishes what constitutes a post-trade...
Raising Clients’ Awareness on Portability
Clients accessing a central counterparty (CCP) via a client clearing service provider (CCSP) for over-the-counter (OTC) and exchange-traded derivatives should consider what may happen to their positions and collateral in a scenario in which the CCSP defaults. While regulatory regimes...
Response to FCA on Ancillary Activities Test
On August 28, ISDA and FIA submitted a joint response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation paper CP25/19 on the ancillary activities test to determine if commercial users or producers of commodities that trade in commodity derivatives, emission allowances...