IRD and CDS Weekly Analysis: week ending December 4, 2015

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Interest Rates Derivatives

2015 year-to-date vs. 2014 year-to-date

  • Overall interest rate notionals decreased 5%, while trade counts increased 8%
  • Cleared notionals decreased 4%, while trade counts were up 16%
  • Both SEF notionals and trade counts were up 5% and 19% respectively
  • 78% of total notional was cleared, flat with last week
  • 57% of total notional was executed On SEF vs. 52%

2015 current week vs. 2014 current week

  • Both interest rate notionals and trade counts increased 12% and 25% respectively
  • Both cleared notionals and trade counts were up 6% and 8% respectively
  • SEF notionals increased 8%, while trade counts remained flat
  • 81% of total notional was cleared vs. 76%
  • 65% of total notional was executed On SEF vs. 53%

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Credit Default Swaps

2015 year-to-date vs. 2014 year-to-date

  • Both overall CDS notionals and trade counts were down 14% and 4% respectively
  • Cleared notionals were down 8%, while trade counts were up 1%
  • SEF notionals were flat, while trade counts were up 7%
  • 79% of total notional was cleared vs. 74%
  • 71% of total notional was executed On SEF vs. 61%

2015 current week vs. 2014 current week

  • Both overall CDS notionals and trade counts were down 32% and 30% respectively
  • Both cleared notionals and trade counts were down 34% and 33% respectively
  • Both SEF notionals and trade counts were down 26% and 25% respectively
  • 76% of total notional was cleared vs. 78%
  • 79% of total notional was executed On SEF vs. 72%

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