FX derivatives volumes at the end of Q4 2025
This blog covers the volumes of FX derivatives (FXD) in December 2025, following on from our prior blog on September 2025 FXD volumes. Key takeaways Read on for more analysis and further explanation. All the charts and details in this blog were sourced from CCPView and SDRView. Cleared FXD volumes First, we look at cleared FXD […]
What’s new in CCP disclosures – Q3 2025?
Clearing houses published in December their latest CPMI-IOSCO Quantitative Disclosures for Q3 2025. Key takeaways On 30 September 2025: 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 […]
Derivatives innovation: RTX and D2D execution automation
This blog looks at RTX Fintech & Research (RTX), a recent start-up interest rate swap SEF (Swap Execution Facility). Key takeaways: Read on for more details. All the charts, data, and statistics in this blog were sourced from SDRView. D2D SEF development After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the G20 consensus and national regulators exerted pressure […]
Q3 2025 rates ETD exchange and CCP competition
This blog looks at competition for trade volume in Q3 2025 between rates exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) exchanges and CCPs. Key takeaways: In Q3 2025, only two currency and product type combinations – EUR money-market (MM) futures and JPY MM futures – had material competition between CCPs. Read on for more details. Competition overview CCPView gives […]
Q3 2025 rates swaps CCP competition
In our quarterly blogs on cleared rates swap volumes, we review CCP market shares across all currencies. However, only a few currencies show meaningful competition between clearinghouses. This blog focuses on the competitive dynamic in those competitive currencies. Key takeaways: In Q3 2025, only four currencies – EUR, JPY, CNY, and INR had more than […]
Volumes and most active names in credit derivatives – September 2025
Today we look at issuer names most actively traded based on CDS trades reported to US SEC Securities Based Swap Data Repositories (SBSDRs) in September 2025. Background The prior similar blog covered credit derivatives (CRD) for July 2025. Given the CDS-market peaks naturally in March and September, we will focus on those months going forward. […]
IRD D2D and D2C platform shares at the end of Q3 2025
Today, we look at trading platforms’ September 2025 market shares of volumes of OTC interest rate derivatives (IRD). If you prefer, you can skip to the end for a summary of market share statistics before returning to the start to read the details. Volume context for platform market shares Throughout this blog, we look at the volumes and platform shares of SDR-reported rates OTC trades over the 15-month period from 01 July 2024 to 30 September 2025. […]
Swaption volumes by strike – Q3 2025
This post looks at USD swaptions activity in Q3 as part of our regular quarterly coverage, the most recent of which was Swaption Volumes by Strike – Q2 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 […]
Derivatives innovation: SOFR futures, TONA futures, MYR swaps
Today, we look at three recent start-ups or new products introduced by derivatives exchanges and clearinghouses (CCPs). Key takeaways: All the charts, data, and statistics in this blog were sourced from CCPView. FMX rates futures FMX is a fixed income e-trading platform focused on US Treasury bonds, FX, and repo owned by BGC. Recently, FMX launched the […]
CRD volumes at the end of Q3 2025
This blog covers the volumes, of credit derivatives (CRD) in September 2025, as submitted to us by CCPs, and as reported to US SDRs and SBSDRs. Key takeaways: A year-on-year (YoY) comparison of notional volumes between September 2025 and September 2024 shows that: All the charts, data, and statistics in this blog were sourced from CCPView and SDRView. Cleared CRD volumes First, we look at cleared CRD by currency. Chart 1: All CRD […]