Rates IM optimization
Background Several points are listed here for convenience. Feel free to skip to the next section now and refer to them later. According to the ISDA margin survey, uncleared SIMM IM collected exceeded $350 billion at the end of 2024, a large slice of which is incurred by rates derivatives portfolios. Capitolis kindly confirmed that […]
2024 US SDR-Reported IR Compression
Key takeaways: Data background For 8+ years, SDRView data has included the package type field to allow compression to be broken out from outright and other package types. In late 2022 we used the CFTC reporting upgrade to immediately add platform id which allows platforms’ compression market share to be analyzed. Platform id values consist […]