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Moving towards a more stable and healthier OTC derivatives market

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5 May 2016
Anshuman Jaswal

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) recently reported that there was a decline in the cost of replacing outstanding OTC derivatives, the first since the financial crisis. There was a similar decline in the gross notional amount outstanding as well. While this indicates the tough regulatory regimes worldwide in the aftermath of the crisis, it also a sign of a healthier and more resilient OTC derivatives market. Due to the rising regulation-related costs of trading, market participants are looking to make their OTC derivatives trading more efficient. Tools such as trade compression and collateral optimization are being used for this purpose. So the decline in outstanding is also an indication of more efficient trading due to compression. Another sign of the efforts to reduce systemic risk is the rise in volumes of OTC derivatives that are being centrally cleared. The greater use of clearing houses is something that regulators have been espousing for some time, and an approach that most market participants and observers agree with. Besides the internal factors, external economic ones such as interest rates and exchange rates also explain some of the decline in value of OTC derviatives trading. Again, these are a sign of market fluctuations and do not necessarily represent any market decline. In our view, the BIS numbers are indicative of both the changes that regulators have put in place over the last 7-8 years and of a global economy that is still recovering from the financial crisis and the following economic challenges.

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