TriOptima releases first rates repository figures

Interest rate derivative trades worth $448 trillion in notional value have been registered with TriOptima's trade repository, the company reported today.

By March 31, the 14 largest financial institutions in the market had reported a total of 3.7 million trades. Of these, 1.4 million, or $198 trillion in notional, had taken place with a central counterparty - another 600,006, worth $97.9 trillion, were between two of the group of 14, and the remaining 1.6 million were with other counterparties.