Our recent blog noted that FRA compressions were $18.8 trillion of the total $97.4 trillion SDR-reported in H1 2025. The $18.8 trillion FRA compressions were dominated by the EUR currency and by the OSTTRA Rest platform. I skipped further analysis to tee up a separate analysis in this blog. Key takeaways Background Multilateral reset optimization […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Clearing houses have published their latest CPMI-IOSCO Quantitative Disclosures for Q2 2025. Key takeaways Background Under the CPMI-IOSCO Public Quantitative Disclosures, central counterparties (CCPs) publish over 200 quantitative data fields covering margin, default resources, credit risk, collateral, liquidity risk, back-testing, and more. CCPView has more than 8 years of these quarterly disclosures for 44 clearinghouses, each with multiple Clearing […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Following our blog in April 2024, we further explore the volume expansions and market transitions in JPY IR derivatives. Key takeaways Cleared OTC interest rate derivatives (IRD) volumes As noted in our quarterly CCP IRD volumes blog, JPY IRD volumes exploded in 2024 and 2025. I wanted to look over a longer period to see […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Following our introductory blog, 2024 US SDR-Reported IR Compression, published in May 2025, we review today the same compression volumes for the first half of (H1) 2025. Key takeaways Background Note that SDRView is roughly half the total swaption compression volume, because trades are only reported to SDRs if they involve a US party. Nonetheless, […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Today we look at issuer names most actively traded in trades reported to US SEC Securities Based Swap Data Repositories (SBSDRs) in July 2025. The prior similar blog covered April 2025. Today’s iteration also includes a brief review of overall single-name CDS volumes. CDS on sovereigns We start with USD CDS on sovereign names. Table […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Today, we look at the GBP rates derivatives markets, which we do about once a year. The last time was a blog in July 2024. Summary Cleared GBP derivatives market size and share The total DV01 traded in cleared GBP cleared rates derivatives (swaps and futures) has broken recent records, as CCPView shows. Chart 1: […]| Clarus Financial Technology
This blog reviews central counterparty (CCP) volumes and market share for cleared credit derivatives (CRD) and FX derivatives (FXD) in Q2 2025. For all-currency CRD, comparing Q2 2025 with Q2 2024, we see 45 percent volume increases, with indexes up 46 percent, single-names up 11 percent, and swaptions up 152 percent. Analyzing by currency shows that: […]| Clarus Financial Technology
I wanted to do a long-overdue follow-up on a blog I wrote in 2019, ISDA SIMM FX Optimization and NDFs. That blog outlined the growth of G10 NDFs in response to the initial phases of UMR go-live from 2016 onwards, hypothesizing that multilateral FX IM optimization was driving the trend. (Note that another term was […]| Clarus Financial Technology
This post looks at USD swaptions activity in Q2 as part of our regular quarterly coverage, the most recent of which was Swaption Volumes by Strike – Q1 2024. We use SDRView data, which shows all trades reported by US financial firms to US SDRs. If you are new to swaptions, some basics are outlined […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Clarus CCPView has daily volume and open interest (OI) data published by each CCP, which is filtered, normalized, and aggregated to allow meaningful volume comparisons. This blog looks at single-sided gross notional volume in vanilla cleared swaps referencing IBORs and RFR indexes for quarter two (Q2) 2025 and the prior four quarters in all major currencies and regions. This comprises: Read […]| Clarus Financial Technology