TriOptima eliminates $1.65 trillion AUD notional 06 July 2015New York Reporter: Stephen Durham
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TriOptima has revealed that 20 financial institutions have reduced notional principal outstanding by $1.65 trillion in the first triReduce compression cycle for unlinked, cleared Australian dollar (AUD) interest rate swaps in LCH.Clearnet鈥檚 SwapClear.
This cycle reduced dealer-to-dealer AUD interest rate swap notional outstanding at SwapClear by almost 21 percent.
Where clearing houses maintain their trades as 鈥榰nlinked trades鈥�, having unlinked them from the original counterparty, a larger pool of trades becomes available for compression since dependence on the participation of other clearing members is reduced.
鈥淭his AUD cycle at SwapClear was a dramatic increase over the last cycle in May 2014 where trades were still linked,鈥� said John Chiah, head of triReduce Asia Pacific.
鈥淲e went from 14 to 20 participants including local representation, and the notional eliminated almost tripled. This continues the trend we鈥檝e seen of increased focus on compression in the region, and underscores the impact of unlinking trades on compression results in a clearinghouse.鈥�
Marcus Robinson, head of SwapClear Australia, added: 鈥淭his is the largest AUD TriOptima compression cycle we鈥檝e run at SwapClear.鈥�
鈥淲e continue to see good uptake for compression in the Australian market, and worldwide, reducing the notional outstanding despite growing average daily cleared volumes.鈥�
鈥淲e expect this demand for compression services to continue as market participants recognise the benefits of streamlining their portfolios to increase their capital efficiencies.鈥�
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