The latest ISDA SwapsInfo Quarterly Review shows that trading volume for interest rate derivatives (IRD) and credit derivatives increased in 2022 compared to the previous year. Â
Key highlights for the full year 2022 include:
- Total IRD traded notional rose by 26.7% to $292.8 trillion in 2022 from $231.2 trillion in 2021. Trade count increased by 20.5% to 2.3 million from 1.9 million over the same period.
- Cleared IRD transactions represented 74.7% of total IRD traded notional and 76.0% of total trade count.
- IRD traded on swap execution facilities (SEFs) made up 58.4% of total IRD traded notional and 69.6% of total trade count.
- Credit derivatives traded notional increased by 50.8% to $14.4 trillion in 2022 from $9.5 trillion in 2021. Trade count grew by 63.3% to 396.9 thousand from 243.1 thousand over the same period.
- Cleared credit derivatives transactions accounted for 83.7% of total credit derivatives traded notional and 88.0% of total trade count.
- SEF-traded credit derivatives comprised 82.6% of total credit derivatives traded notional and 87.1% of trade count.
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Documents (2) for SwapsInfo Full Year 2022 and the Fourth Quarter of 2022 Review
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