Chris Barnes


Chris has over 19 years experience in OTC Derivatives markets. He started out trading Cross Currency Swaps at HSBC in London between 2002 and 2010, before helping to launch Rates Trading at State Street in London (2010-2012). Having relocated to Switzerland, he also served as the Director of Product Development at Gottex.

Chris holds an MA from the University of Cambridge in Natural Sciences, where his dissertation on artificial intelligence was published in 2001.


Posts by chris:

  1. 30 Nov 2023, What You Need to Know About INR Swaps
  2. 22 Nov 2023, Swaption Volumes by Strike Q3 2023
  3. 15 Nov 2023, New Musings on RFRs
  4. 08 Nov 2023, A new look at €STR Futures
  5. 01 Nov 2023, Is Chris Barnes actually a robot?
  6. 17 Oct 2023, Is volatility in RFR Adoption here to stay?
  7. 11 Oct 2023, Using SACCR to monitor Counterparty Credit Risk
  8. 04 Oct 2023, Clarus data reveals the truth about SONIA derivatives liquidity
  9. 27 Sep 2023, Clarus Goes Podcasting – What Do You Think?
  10. 19 Sep 2023, RFR Trading Is Now Back on Track – August 2023
  11. 13 Sep 2023, Brexit continues to impact EUR Swaps market share for CCPs and SEFs
  12. 05 Sep 2023, JPY TONA Futures: A Rising Star in the RFR Market
  13. 30 Aug 2023, What You Need to Know about BRL Swaps
  14. 23 Aug 2023, Clearing of US Treasuries – What Are People Saying?
  15. 16 Aug 2023, RFR Adoption July 2023
  16. 25 Jul 2023, Even More on Blocks and new rules for FX
  17. 19 Jul 2023, New Block Trading Rules Will Now Start in December 2023
  18. 12 Jul 2023, We Need to Talk About the Clarus API
  19. 04 Jul 2023, Bollinger, Greenspan and The Millennium Bug: LIBOR Is Now Dead
  20. 27 Jun 2023, The Latest on Canada and the Transition from CDOR to CORRA
  21. 20 Jun 2023, Gilty Secrets Of GBP Swaps
  22. 13 Jun 2023, Find Out What Was Weird About RFR Trading In May
  23. 06 Jun 2023, We Need to Talk About €STR Futures
  24. 31 May 2023, Now LCH Have Converted Your USD Swaps too!
  25. 17 May 2023, Do you know how much now trades in RFRs after the CME conversion exercises?
  26. 10 May 2023, Is Now The Time to Optimise Your Initial Margin?
  27. 03 May 2023, CME converted your Eurodollars. This is what happened next.
  28. 24 Apr 2023, There is a new MAT Filing!
  29. 18 Apr 2023, The Eurodollar is no more…
  30. 03 Apr 2023, I asked ChatGPT to write a Clarus blog. Here is what happened….
  31. 27 Mar 2023, Tracking CAD and SGD RFRs
  32. 20 Mar 2023, Credit Suisse & UBS LIVE Blog
  33. 14 Mar 2023, How to Trade A Bank Run
  34. 08 Mar 2023, Clearing Houses are about to convert your USD LIBOR swaps. What do you need to know?
  35. 01 Mar 2023, The Most Popular SOFR Trades
  36. 22 Feb 2023, Now everyone can understand bank capital requirements
  37. 13 Feb 2023, Why Did SOFR Trading Decrease in January?
  38. 01 Feb 2023, CORRA First – Clients don’t get it
  39. 25 Jan 2023, Are Fed Funds the latest winner from benchmark reform?
  40. 18 Jan 2023, Cross Currency Swap Review 2022
  41. 11 Jan 2023, Can $62Trn really be about to simply disappear?
  42. 20 Dec 2022, CORRA First in CAD Markets
  43. 13 Dec 2022, RFR Adoption – Is This Groundhog Day?
  44. 07 Dec 2022, The Latest in Aussie and Kiwi Swap Markets
  45. 25 Nov 2022, NDF Clearing – What’s New in 2022?
  46. 22 Nov 2022, What’s New in Term SOFR?
  47. 15 Nov 2022, A New Plateau in RFR Adoption?
  48. 09 Nov 2022, Have you seen the BIS Triennial Survey 2022?
  49. 02 Nov 2022, Have You Listened to our new Podcast yet?
  50. 12 Oct 2022, New RFR Trading Records Everywhere we Look
  51. 05 Oct 2022, How Kwasi Kwarteng Has Increased Your Initial Margin
  52. 27 Sep 2022, The GBP Financial Meltdown – what is still trading?
  53. 20 Sep 2022, RFRs are now half of the market
  54. 14 Sep 2022, Here Are 6 Things I learnt after writing 400 blogs
  55. 07 Sep 2022, What is new in GBP Swap Markets?
  56. 30 Aug 2022, Microservices to monitor new Inflation data
  57. 24 Aug 2022, CDS Volumes now $6.6Trn higher than last year
  58. 16 Aug 2022, Do you know what LIBOR cessation has done to volumes?
  59. 10 Aug 2022, SOFR Futures are now bigger than Eurodollars
  60. 03 Aug 2022, Are We In A Summer Lull?
  61. 27 Jul 2022, Cross Currency Volumes head to the moon!
  62. 19 Jul 2022, The latest on RFR Adoption
  63. 28 Jun 2022, Are Inflation Expectations Becoming Entrenched? The Data.
  64. 22 Jun 2022, Did You Know That SACCR Now Makes FX Trading More Expensive?
  65. 15 Jun 2022, SOFR is now over half the market
  66. 14 Jun 2022, Mechanics and Definitions of SA-CCR (Part 3)
  67. 08 Jun 2022, FX Clearing 2022
  68. 30 May 2022, CDS Data Made Simple
  69. 25 May 2022, For the first time, we see over $1Trn in Initial Margin
  70. 10 May 2022, RFR Adoption increases again but markets see lower volumes
  71. 04 May 2022, Most Actives in CDS Trading
  72. 27 Apr 2022, A First Look at Total Return Swaps
  73. 19 Apr 2022, Have You Seen This 60% Decrease In RUB Derivatives?
  74. 13 Apr 2022, Latest Data Shows SOFR Trading Soaring
  75. 05 Apr 2022, Swaption Volumes by Strike Q1 2022
  76. 30 Mar 2022, The First Cross Cryptocurrency Swap?
  77. 23 Mar 2022, STIR Trading Volumes – Will They Recover?
  78. 15 Mar 2022, SOFR Adoption Hits New Highs
  79. 09 Mar 2022, Russia CDS Trades are now showing in SBSDR Data
  80. 02 Mar 2022, RUB Derivatives Are Still Trading
  81. 22 Feb 2022, Mechanics and Definitions of SA-CCR (Part 2)
  82. 15 Feb 2022, What did January teach us about RFR trading?
  83. 09 Feb 2022, Big Volumes In Credit And Inflation Plus European Equivalence
  84. 02 Feb 2022, What is now Trading in RFR Cross Currency Swaps?
  85. 26 Jan 2022, Mechanics and Definitions of SA-CCR (Part 1)
  86. 19 Jan 2022, What Now for SOFR?
  87. 12 Jan 2022, Deciphering the end of LIBOR in the data
  88. 21 Dec 2021, The Latest RFR First Initiative in Cross Currency Swaps
  89. 15 Dec 2021, The $7 Trillion Increase in New RFR Positions
  90. 08 Dec 2021, How Much of the Derivatives Market is Now Cleared? (2021 Edition)
  91. 30 Nov 2021, What is a Consolidated Tape?
  92. 24 Nov 2021, Consolidated Tape: Don’t let perfection be the enemy of good for derivatives
  93. 10 Nov 2021, SOFR First in Swaptions
  94. 03 Nov 2021, Did The Latest USD Move Really Result In Blood On The Street?
  95. 19 Oct 2021, SOFR Now 78% of Interdealer Market
  96. 12 Oct 2021, There Are Now Over 1,000 Clarus Blog Posts!
  97. 06 Oct 2021, Mechanics and Definitions of RFR Cross Currency Swaps
  98. 29 Sep 2021, SACCR Multipliers, Initial Margin and KCCP
  99. 21 Sep 2021, LIVE BLOG: RFR First in Cross Currency Swaps
  100. 15 Sep 2021, RFR trading is now at 50% in CHF and JPY!
  101. 08 Sep 2021, Latest EUR Swaps market share for CCPs and SEFs
  102. 01 Sep 2021, August 2021 – What Happened?
  103. 26 Jul 2021, SOFR First – LIVE Blog
  104. 21 Jul 2021, Clearing Mandates and new Trading Obligations – regulatory change is happening.
  105. 14 Jul 2021, Is RFR Trading Now Ready for Lift-Off?
  106. 07 Jul 2021, What Is The Outlook for Trading Volumes From Here?
  107. 29 Jun 2021, Using the Clarus API to monitor the latest Brexit impacts
  108. 23 Jun 2021, G3 Inflation Swap Volumes are on the up
  109. 14 Jun 2021, 10.7% of New Risk Traded versus an RFR
  110. 07 Jun 2021, JPY TIBOR And RFRs: Is There A New Path?
  111. 01 Jun 2021, CE3 Currencies and Derivatives Clearing
  112. 19 May 2021, New: What caused volumes to decrease in April?
  113. 11 May 2021, JSCC and CME RFR Adoption Indicators
  114. 05 May 2021, Swaption Volumes by Strike Q1 2021
  115. 27 Apr 2021, You Need To See This SEF Liquidity In RFRs Now
  116. 21 Apr 2021, Latest: More EUR Are Trading on-SEF than ever before
  117. 14 Apr 2021, What happened to reduce RFR trading?
  118. 06 Apr 2021, LIBOR LIVE – Is GBP LIBOR now dead in derivatives?
  119. 31 Mar 2021, ESG Basics and Fundamentals in Fixed Income
  120. 24 Mar 2021, The New Status Quo For Derivatives Markets After Brexit
  121. 17 Mar 2021, What’s New in USD Rates?
  122. 10 Mar 2021, SONIA is now the Benchmark Rate in GBP Markets
  123. 03 Mar 2021, Here is what is happening to derivatives market liquidity right now
  124. 24 Feb 2021, What is happening now with negative rates in the UK?
  125. 15 Feb 2021, Did You Know That The New Amount of SOFR Risk Hasn’t Changed for 3 Months?
  126. 09 Feb 2021, US SEFs now have 20-40% of European Derivatives
  127. 03 Feb 2021, Have You Seen This New Idea for Execution Analysis?
  128. 26 Jan 2021, New Brexit Rules Move $4Trn Of Derivatives To The US
  129. 20 Jan 2021, 3 New Fed Fund Charts You Need to See
  130. 12 Jan 2021, Cessation of LIBOR: Why is so much new risk still being transacted?
  131. 06 Jan 2021, Cross Currency Swap Review 2020
  132. 21 Dec 2020, Toxic FRAs, Fallbacks and Single Period Swaps
  133. 14 Dec 2020, RFR Trading November 2020
  134. 09 Dec 2020, GSIBs in 2020
  135. 02 Dec 2020, Will anyone trade LIBOR after 2021?
  136. 01 Dec 2020, Margin Calls Q2 2020
  137. 24 Nov 2020, Anonymous Trading on SEFs
  138. 11 Nov 2020, ISDA-Clarus RFR Indicator: SOFR, So Good
  139. 26 Oct 2020, SONIA Day 2 – LIVE Blog
  140. 16 Oct 2020, SOFR Live Blog
  141. 14 Oct 2020, LCH SOFR Auction Versus The Market
  142. 06 Oct 2020, CME Volumes
  143. 30 Sep 2020, New Block Trading Rules for Derivatives
  144. 23 Sep 2020, Spreadovers vs SOFR
  145. 16 Sep 2020, SOFR Swap Nuances
  146. 10 Sep 2020, RFR Data: Where is the €STR risk?
  147. 07 Sep 2020, SGD Rates: SORA and the Fallback Rate (SOR)
  148. 01 Sep 2020, 40% of the GBP Market Trades Versus SONIA
  149. 26 Aug 2020, US Treasury Quarterly Refunding: Traded Volume Data
  150. 18 Aug 2020, YouTube: Markets and COVID-19
  151. 11 Aug 2020, RFR Data: SOFR Sees Record Risk Traded
  152. 04 Aug 2020, ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator Analysis – June 2020
  153. 29 Jul 2020, ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator
  154. 27 Jul 2020, €STR Discounting Switch
  155. 22 Jul 2020, Clarus at the CFTC
  156. 15 Jul 2020, Margin Calls During COVID-19
  157. 07 Jul 2020, SONIA Q2 2020 Update
  158. 01 Jul 2020, LIBOR Discontinuation has been Preannounced
  159. 24 Jun 2020, What Is the Total Size of Rates Markets?
  160. 17 Jun 2020, US Treasury Market Volumes During COVID
  161. 10 Jun 2020, What You Need to Know About CNY Swaps
  162. 02 Jun 2020, $300bn FX Swap Rollover
  163. 27 May 2020, Will GBP Interest Rates go negative in the UK?
  164. 19 May 2020, Are USD Rates About to Go Negative?
  165. 12 May 2020, CFTC Block Trading Consultation May 2020
  166. 06 May 2020, How Much Margin? 2019 Edition
  167. 28 Apr 2020, US Treasury Volumes and Market Size
  168. 21 Apr 2020, The GSIB Framework and Window Dressing
  169. 14 Apr 2020, Central Bank Responses to COVID-19: FX Swap Arrangements
  170. 07 Apr 2020, Swap Markets see Record Trading Volumes in response to COVID-19 Market Turmoil
  171. 01 Apr 2020, MIFID II Transparency – Can we get it right this time?
  172. 25 Mar 2020, USD Swap Markets during COVID-19 Pandemic
  173. 20 Mar 2020, Mechanics of Central Bank FX Swap Lines
  174. 18 Mar 2020, Cross Currency Swaps Trading During a Crisis
  175. 17 Mar 2020, Want to know all about Global Systemic Banks? Introducing GSIBView
  176. 11 Mar 2020, Is Transparency Helping Markets Function?
  177. 11 Mar 2020, SONIA Update
  178. 02 Mar 2020, SONIA Day – LIVE Blog
  179. 25 Feb 2020, Block Trades in HKD Derivative Markets
  180. 19 Feb 2020, Trading RFRs
  181. 10 Feb 2020, Block Trading
  182. 04 Feb 2020, Risk Free Rates Trading January 2020
  183. 28 Jan 2020, Will GBP LIBOR stop trading on 2nd March 2020?
  184. 21 Jan 2020, £700bn SONIA Traded on a Single Day
  185. 14 Jan 2020, NOK Rates: What You Need to NOWA
  186. 08 Jan 2020, What You Need to Know about MXN Swaps
  187. 18 Dec 2019, MIFID II Data for Bonds
  188. 11 Dec 2019, Four Trends in Swaps Data 2019
  189. 04 Dec 2019, G-SIB Scores for US Banks
  190. 26 Nov 2019, G-SIB Mechanics and Definitions
  191. 19 Nov 2019, Mechanics and Definitions of ISDA IBOR fallbacks
  192. 12 Nov 2019, SONIA Term Rates – which is best?
  193. 06 Nov 2019, What we need to do to fix MIFID II Data
  194. 22 Oct 2019, What does SOFR volatility mean for LIBOR Fallbacks?
  195. 15 Oct 2019, CAD Rates Markets and CORRA Reform
  196. 09 Oct 2019, NDF Clearing September 2019
  197. 02 Oct 2019, ISDA September 2019 Consultation on Final Parameters
  198. 25 Sep 2019, BIS Triennial Survey 2019
  199. 19 Sep 2019, SOFR Fixed at 5.25%. What happened to the volumes?
  200. 18 Sep 2019, SACCR vs CEM for FX Products
  201. 11 Sep 2019, Four Things to Understand about USD SOFR
  202. 04 Sep 2019, 5 Things That Are Making MIFID II Data Useless
  203. 04 Sep 2019, ESMA: Let’s Get Transparency Right
  204. 28 Aug 2019, SACCR vs CEM Comparisons
  205. 21 Aug 2019, USD Fed Funds and the FHLBs
  206. 30 Jul 2019, CCP Basis – The Cost of Clearing Fragmentation
  207. 09 Jul 2019, USD SOFR Volumes June 2019
  208. 02 Jul 2019, SEK STIBOR Reform
  209. 17 Jun 2019, Mechanics and Definitions of Singapore Benchmark Rates (SGD SOR and SGD SIBOR)
  210. 12 Jun 2019, LIBOR Fallbacks and Uncleared Margin Rules
  211. 04 Jun 2019, LIBOR Fallbacks Again
  212. 28 May 2019, NDF Clearing 2019
  213. 22 May 2019, Current Clearing Rates
  214. 07 May 2019, USD SOFR Volumes April 2019
  215. 30 Apr 2019, Indices are the best way to calculate compound interest
  216. 24 Apr 2019, Ameribor: The $1.5bn Index That You Need to Know About
  217. 17 Apr 2019, MIFID II Transparency Update
  218. 10 Apr 2019, NOK Rates – NIBOR and NOWA
  219. 02 Apr 2019, USD Swap Spreads Review Q1 2019
  220. 26 Mar 2019, €STR – What You Need to Know
  221. 20 Mar 2019, LIBOR Fallbacks – What will the GBP spread be?
  222. 13 Mar 2019, KCCP – Clearing is Getting Cheaper
  223. 04 Mar 2019, Is the Leverage Ratio impacting Swaps Trading?
  224. 27 Feb 2019, Compression Auctions for RFRs
  225. 20 Feb 2019, USD Swaps Market vs Futures Market Size
  226. 12 Feb 2019, What Traded On-SEF in 2018?
  227. 06 Feb 2019, What Traded Off-SEF in 2018?
  228. 24 Jan 2019, JPY Swaps – A Market Overview
  229. 16 Jan 2019, Mechanics and Definitions of Carry in Swap Markets
  230. 09 Jan 2019, ESTER Term Rates
  231. 19 Dec 2018, RFRs – CHF SARON Activity
  232. 12 Dec 2018, What is Left Uncleared in 2018?
  233. 04 Dec 2018, LIBOR Basis Swaps
  234. 27 Nov 2018, RFRs – ISDA announce LIBOR fallback methodology
  235. 20 Nov 2018, RFRs – OIS trades are getting longer!
  236. 07 Nov 2018, SA-CCR for US Banks
  237. 31 Oct 2018, SOFR Swaps – Block Trades and Fannie Mae Issuance
  238. 23 Oct 2018, CLARUS01 Risk Free Rates
  239. 17 Oct 2018, Scandie Swaps
  240. 02 Oct 2018, Cross Currency Basis and Turn of the Year
  241. 18 Sep 2018, ESTER – What You Need To Know
  242. 04 Sep 2018, Mechanics of FRA Risks
  243. 29 Aug 2018, SONIA Term Rates
  244. 22 Aug 2018, LIBOR OIS August 2018 Update
  245. 14 Aug 2018, USD Spreadovers and SEF Market Share
  246. 01 Aug 2018, How much of the swaps market is traded as an OIS?
  247. 25 Jul 2018, LIBOR Fallbacks
  248. 17 Jul 2018, SOFR Swaps Are Trading!
  249. 09 Jul 2018, How Much Data Do We Have?
  250. 05 Jul 2018, FRTB – Basic Approach for CVA
  251. 26 Jun 2018, Benchmark Reform – An EONIA replacement is coming very soon!
  252. 19 Jun 2018, FRTB in Excel
  253. 13 Jun 2018, Settle To Market – What You Need To Know about STM
  254. 05 Jun 2018, FICC Markets Standards
  255. 29 May 2018, MIFID II Data – It’s Finally Good News!
  256. 29 May 2018, Current Exposure Methodology – What You Need To Know
  257. 22 May 2018, NDF Volume Data
  258. 16 May 2018, SOFR – What you need to know
  259. 09 May 2018, Swaps Regulations Are Changing – Part Two, Capital and CCPs
  260. 02 May 2018, Swaps Regulations Are Changing – Part One, SEFs
  261. 25 Apr 2018, OIS Volumes – What is the Trend?
  262. 18 Apr 2018, USD Libor is changing!
  263. 09 Apr 2018, Cross Currency Swaps and Libor-OIS
  264. 04 Apr 2018, LIBOR OIS – March 2018 Update
  265. 27 Mar 2018, MIFID II Data – APA Market Share
  266. 21 Mar 2018, SONIA Market March 2018
  267. 20 Mar 2018, Libor OIS – What is Going On?
  268. 14 Mar 2018, NDF Clearing February 2018
  269. 06 Mar 2018, MIFID II Data – Bond Trading
  270. 27 Feb 2018, All time record volumes in Cross Currency Swaps
  271. 14 Feb 2018, Clarus Daily Briefing
  272. 06 Feb 2018, Tradeweb and Bloomberg MTF Market Share
  273. 31 Jan 2018, Tradeweb APA Data and the Trading Obligation
  274. 24 Jan 2018, Tradeweb MIFID Data – Interest Rate Swaps
  275. 17 Jan 2018, MIFID II Data – Bonds on Bloomberg
  276. 15 Jan 2018, MIFID II Data – $4trn in Compression
  277. 10 Jan 2018, Bloomberg MTF Data – Week One
  278. 04 Jan 2018, MIFID II Data Day Two
  279. 03 Jan 2018, MIFID II Live Blog – The Data
  280. 19 Dec 2017, FSB Survey on Derivatives
  281. 12 Dec 2017, G10 FX NDF Clearing
  282. 05 Dec 2017, LIBOR Reform – Latest Developments
  283. 28 Nov 2017, What is going on in Uncleared Derivative Markets?
  284. 21 Nov 2017, We found the CHF SARON Swaps!
  285. 15 Nov 2017, FX Clearing – the $750bn market that keeps growing
  286. 08 Nov 2017, CHF SARON – What is Going On?
  287. 08 Nov 2017, Bank Ring Fencing – What You Need to Know
  288. 31 Oct 2017, Initial Margin, Compression Volumes and why the time to Optimise is now
  289. 30 Oct 2017, Cross Currency Swap Volumes
  290. 10 Oct 2017, MIFID II – ESMA Finalises the Trading Obligation
  291. 03 Oct 2017, AUD Swap Markets in August 2017
  292. 26 Sep 2017, Libor Reform – What You Need to Know
  293. 20 Sep 2017, Introducing Our Daily Briefing, Direct to your inbox
  294. 12 Sep 2017, ISDA SIMM 2.0 – What You Need to Know
  295. 05 Sep 2017, VM Big Bang – Impact on FX Markets
  296. 30 Aug 2017, MIFID II Transparency will leave us in the dark
  297. 22 Aug 2017, Curve Trading in USD Swaps
  298. 16 Aug 2017, MAC Swap Trading
  299. 16 Aug 2017, Our Response to the ESMA Trading Obligation Consultation
  300. 09 Aug 2017, Array Formulas in Excel
  301. 01 Aug 2017, CCP Disclosures: How much does it cost to run a trading business?
  302. 25 Jul 2017, MIFID II: What Should Transparency Look Like?
  303. 18 Jul 2017, ISDA SIMM For Excel
  304. 12 Jul 2017, MIFID II Transitional Transparency
  305. 05 Jul 2017, GBP Swaps for Dummies
  306. 28 Jun 2017, MIFID II: ESMA Trading Obligation
  307. 20 Jun 2017, NDF Clearing Update
  308. 07 Jun 2017, Clearing Mandates 2017
  309. 31 May 2017, BREXIT: Moving Euro clearing conflicts with G20 Market Reforms
  310. 24 May 2017, CAD Swaps – What Does the Data Show?
  311. 16 May 2017, SONIA Reform – What is Going On?
  312. 09 May 2017, Euribor Reform – What Is Going On?
  313. 03 May 2017, How Big Is The Asset Swap Market?
  314. 18 Apr 2017, Mechanics of Cross Currency Swaps
  315. 05 Apr 2017, ISDA SIMM™ in Excel – Cross Currency Swaps
  316. 29 Mar 2017, The Unintended Consequences of Uncleared Margin Rules
  317. 22 Mar 2017, Fed Rate Hikes Are Reducing The Average Life Of USD Swaps
  318. 13 Mar 2017, SA-CCR – Explaining the Calculations
  319. 07 Mar 2017, NDF Trading After 1st March
  320. 01 Mar 2017, ISDA SIMM™ in Excel – Equity Options
  321. 22 Feb 2017, ISDA SIMM™ in Excel – Equity Derivatives
  322. 14 Feb 2017, FRTB Curvature Risk Charge
  323. 07 Feb 2017, FRTB Vega Risk Charge
  324. 31 Jan 2017, ISDA SIMM™: Concentration Thresholds
  325. 25 Jan 2017, The Average Maturity of Swaps Is Increasing
  326. 18 Jan 2017, VM Big Bang – Analysing CSA Amendments
  327. 11 Jan 2017, What percentage of client trades are cleared?
  328. 03 Jan 2017, Spreadovers
  329. 21 Dec 2016, NDF Volumes – It’s all about Clearing
  330. 14 Dec 2016, ISDA SIMM™ – Swaptions IM in Excel
  331. 06 Dec 2016, ISDA SIMM™ IM Comparisons
  332. 29 Nov 2016, What is the size of the Uncleared IRS Market?
  333. 22 Nov 2016, FRTB – Excel Calculator for the Standardised Approach
  334. 15 Nov 2016, Understanding BIS Derivatives Statistics
  335. 09 Nov 2016, What is a 0x3s FRA?
  336. 02 Nov 2016, BRL NDF Market – 30% of Dealer to Dealer flow is now cleared
  337. 26 Oct 2016, Calculating MVA under ISDA SIMM™
  338. 18 Oct 2016, BIS 2016 FX Data – how much of the NDF market is Cleared?
  339. 11 Oct 2016, BIS 2016 Data and Clearing Mandates
  340. 04 Oct 2016, NDF Clearing – what is trading?
  341. 03 Oct 2016, ISDA SIMM マルチ・カレンシー・ポートフォリオ
  342. 26 Sep 2016, ISDA SIMMをExcelで計算する
  343. 20 Sep 2016, ISDA SIMM™: Multi Currency Portfolios
  344. 07 Sep 2016, ISDA SIMM Excel Calculator
  345. 30 Aug 2016, Cross Currency Swaps – how much margin will they need?
  346. 24 Aug 2016, How much Initial Margin will Uncleared Derivatives require in the first month of trading?
  347. 16 Aug 2016, Compression and SPS in MXN Swaps
  348. 09 Aug 2016, Spreads and Butterflies – what is trading?
  349. 02 Aug 2016, SDR Data via Microservices
  350. 25 Jul 2016, Liquidity Conditions in USD Swaps
  351. 19 Jul 2016, Mechanics and Definitions of Bond Futures
  352. 13 Jul 2016, Will the Bank of England cut rates?
  353. 06 Jul 2016, Mechanics and Definitions of Short Term Interest Rate Futures
  354. 01 Jul 2016, BREXIT – What is Trading?
  355. 20 Jun 2016, Brexit: FX Option and FRA Analysis
  356. 14 Jun 2016, The CFTC’s New Clearing Mandate 2016
  357. 07 Jun 2016, Fed meetings and OIS Volumes
  358. 31 May 2016, Fewer customer trades & more compression. How does a trader make money in a market like this?
  359. 17 May 2016, FVA for Cleared Swaps
  360. 10 May 2016, What’s the average trade size in swap markets?
  361. 04 May 2016, What is Multilateral Netting – FX NDF Clearing
  362. 27 Apr 2016, What’s going on – FX NDF Trading 2016
  363. 20 Apr 2016, CME Invoice Spread Volumes – updated
  364. 13 Apr 2016, CME Compression and CCP Basis
  365. 05 Apr 2016, How to identify the CCP of trades from the SDR data
  366. 30 Mar 2016, Identifying CCP Basis Trades in the SDR
  367. 21 Mar 2016, Swaps Price Data – Painting the full Liquidity Picture
  368. 15 Mar 2016, Liquidity on the Bloomberg SEF
  369. 09 Mar 2016, BREXIT: What do the FX Option volumes tell us?
  370. 01 Mar 2016, Liquidity Variables in the Swaps Market
  371. 23 Feb 2016, Volatility and Trading Volumes in Swap Markets
  372. 17 Feb 2016, Invoice Spread Trading in the New CME Ultra-10 Year Treasury Futures Contract
  373. 09 Feb 2016, CDS – Record Volumes, Expiring Swaptions and Bloomberg
  374. 03 Feb 2016, SDR Prices, Python and plotly
  375. 25 Jan 2016, The Bank of England finds this interesting. So should you!
  376. 20 Jan 2016, Fed Pulse – A New OIS Index
  377. 15 Jan 2016, スワップのコンプレッション
  378. 05 Jan 2016, Fed Surprises in the USD OIS Data
  379. 21 Dec 2015, Fed Surprise Indicators
  380. 16 Dec 2015, Compression in Swaps
  381. 08 Dec 2015, Is that a fair price? Measuring Swap Execution
  382. 01 Dec 2015, SEF Trading on US Holidays
  383. 24 Nov 2015, A sideways look at Swap Spreads
  384. 17 Nov 2015, Is Balance Sheet contraction driving Swap Spreads negative?
  385. 11 Nov 2015, Negative Swap Spreads – Prices and Volume
  386. 09 Nov 2015, October 2015 Swaps Review – Wins for LCH, Trads & Tulletts
  387. 02 Nov 2015, Stop Losses Evident in CDX Price Action
  388. 26 Oct 2015, US Treasuries and Spreadovers – Market Comparisons
  389. 20 Oct 2015, Why trade level reporting is the only reporting that makes sense
  390. 12 Oct 2015, Performance of Block Trades on RFQ Platforms
  391. 07 Oct 2015, Identifying Customer Block Trades in the SDR Data
  392. 28 Sep 2015, AUD Cross Currency Swaps
  393. 23 Sep 2015, What’s the story behind Tradeweb block trading?
  394. 14 Sep 2015, AUD swap market: Concentration risks from the Clearing Mandate
  395. 08 Sep 2015, Is an All-to-All SEF Market about to arrive?
  396. 01 Sep 2015, August 2015 Review – What Summer lull?
  397. 28 Jul 2015, ECB QE and Eonia Swaps
  398. 21 Jul 2015, Is this the scariest chart in 2015 for Swap markets?
  399. 14 Jul 2015, Patterns in the Swaps data
  400. 08 Jul 2015, June 2015 Review – Clients start trading CME-LCH Basis
  401. 01 Jul 2015, CME-LCH Basis: Convexity in Eurodollar Futures
  402. 24 Jun 2015, Liquidity
  403. 17 Jun 2015, Technical Analysis in Swaps
  404. 09 Jun 2015, Volatility and Volumes in Europe
  405. 02 Jun 2015, May 2015 Review – CCP Basis and Increased Client Flows
  406. 26 May 2015, CME-LCH Basis – What does the Term Structure tell us?
  407. 18 May 2015, Mechanics of Asset Swaps and Government Bond Swap Spreads
  408. 11 May 2015, Mechanics and Definitions of Spreadovers (Swap Spreads)
  409. 05 May 2015, BIS and Clarus Data: The $200 trillion reconciliation
  410. 27 Apr 2015, Data Visualisation for Swaps – a Tufte Approach
  411. 21 Apr 2015, What percentage of the market is in the US SDR data?
  412. 15 Apr 2015, March 2015 Review – Bloomberg out in front
  413. 31 Mar 2015, The IMM Roll for Swaps – What is it and what are the volumes?
  414. 23 Mar 2015, Spreadovers: US Treasury Spreads in the Swaps Data
  415. 17 Mar 2015, Cross Currency Swaps: SEFs enjoy QE-fueled volume boost
  416. 10 Mar 2015, Come on, feel the noise!
  417. 03 Mar 2015, February 2015 Review – ICAP vs Bloomberg
  418. 23 Feb 2015, Swap Curve and Fly Trading: What goes in, must come out
  419. 16 Feb 2015, Swap Curve and Fly Trades: A quarter of all trades are not what they first seem
  420. 11 Feb 2015, ECB QE and EMIR Reporting. More transparency please!
  421. 03 Feb 2015, HFT in the Swaps market – it’s a good thing!
  422. 27 Jan 2015, Liquidity in USD Swaps
  423. 20 Jan 2015, FX Options and the Swiss National Bank
  424. 14 Jan 2015, Initial Margin and Swap Pricing
  425. 05 Jan 2015, December Volumes in Interest Rate Swaps
  426. 23 Dec 2014, Margin Games 2014
  427. 16 Dec 2014, Swaps Compression Continued
  428. 08 Dec 2014, Compression in USD Swaps
  429. 02 Dec 2014, USD Swaps Liquidity
  430. 25 Nov 2014, Cross Currency Swap Trends
  431. 18 Nov 2014, AUD Swap Market
  432. 04 Nov 2014, Butterflies and Spreads SEF Market Share
  433. 28 Oct 2014, NDFs and Clearing
  434. 22 Oct 2014, Market Share in the Swaps Market
  435. 16 Oct 2014, Swaps and the Flash Crash 15th October 2014
  436. 14 Oct 2014, Mechanics and Definitions of Spread and Butterfly Swap Packages
  437. 07 Oct 2014, USD Swaps: Spreads and Butterflies Part III
  438. 30 Sep 2014, USD Swaps: Spreads and Butterflies Part II
  439. 24 Sep 2014, USD Swaps: Spreads and Butterflies Part I
  440. 15 Sep 2014, USD IR Swaps Summary Statistics
  441. 09 Sep 2014, ECB Sep 2014 Meeting: EUR IRS Markets React
  442. 02 Sep 2014, ECB September Meeting – Activity versus Price Indicators
  443. 26 Aug 2014, Super Mario’s EONIA Effect
  444. 19 Aug 2014, Hawkeye and Super Slo-Mo for USD Swaps
  445. 11 Aug 2014, Sterling Work: Looking into GBP Swaps
  446. 06 Aug 2014, The Professionals: USD Swaps on Bloomberg SEF
  447. 30 Jul 2014, SONIA’S Mansion House: OIS Swaps on the Up and Up
  448. 22 Jul 2014, Portugal – Banks quibble over Ronaldo’s haircut
  449. 16 Jul 2014, The Land of Make Believe: Euribor and Eonia
  450. 09 Jul 2014, FRA Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope
  451. 01 Jul 2014, The Principals of Swap Trading
  452. 24 Jun 2014, A Voyeur’s Delight: Bond Issuance and Swaps
  453. 18 Jun 2014, ECB June Meeting – Were EUR Swaps Traders at Lunch?