Market participants in the U.S. have spent the better part of the year adjusting to new rules as mandatory trading of a range of OTC derivatives on multilateral trading platforms known as Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) finally became a reality. This paper briefly summarizes the introduction of the SEF mandatory trading obligation and the made-available-to-trade (MAT) determinations that spell out the derivatives that must now be traded on SEFs. More importantly, we take a closer look at how mandatory SEF trading has impacted volumes of interest rate swaps (IRS) traded on these platforms.
Market participants in the U.S. have spent the better part of the year adjusting to new rules as mandatory trading of a range of OTC derivatives on multilateral trading platforms known as Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) finally became a reality. This paper briefly summarizes the introduction of the SEF mandatory trading obligation and the made-available-to-trade (MAT) determinations that spell out the derivatives that must now be traded on SEFs. More importantly, we take a closer look at how mandatory SEF trading has impacted volumes of interest rate swaps (IRS) traded on these platforms.
2014-11-06
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