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Portfolio compression

Compression is a process of replacing multiple offsetting derivatives contracts with fewer deals of the same net risk to reduce the notional value of the portfolio. It can be carried out between two or more counterparties (bilateral and multilateral compression respectively).

The idea is to reduce the gross notional exposure in derivatives portfolios, which counts towards regulatory requirements such as the leverage ratio.

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