ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator: September 2020

The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator tracks how much global trading activity (as measured by DV01) is conducted in cleared over-the-counter and exchange-traded interest rate derivatives (IRD) that reference the identified risk-free rates (RFRs) in six major currencies.

  • The RFR Adoption Indicator jumped to 9.5% in September compared to 6.4% the prior month.
  • RFR-linked IRD DV01 increased to $2.6 billion, compared to $1.4 billion the prior month.
  • Total IRD DV01 transacted in September was $27.1 billion compared to $21.8 billion the prior month.
  • RFR-linked IRD traded notional accounted for 12.4% of total IRD traded notional in September compared to 8.9% the prior month.
  • RFR-linked IRD traded notional was $14.2 trillion versus $8.3 trillion the prior month.
  • Total IRD traded notional transacted in September was $115.0 trillion compared to $93.3 trillion the prior month.
  • Trading activity in RFR-linked OTC IRD accounted for 79.4% of RFR-linked IRD DV01 transacted in September.
  • GBP saw the largest percentage of RFR-linked IRD trading activity, totaling 39.2% of total GBP IRD DV01.
  • The percentage of trading activity in SOFR was 4.1% of total USD IRD DV01 transacted in September.
  • EUR had the highest percentage of RFR-linked IRD DV01 executed as transactions with tenors longer than two years.

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Documents (1) for ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator: September 2020

Response on Options and Discretions

On January 24, ISDA and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) responded to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) consultation on its approach to options and discretions under EU law. In the response, the associations highlight the efforts of...

Letter to SEC on US Treasury Clearing

On January 24, ISDA, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), FIA, the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG), the Institute of International Bankers (IIB), the Managed Funds Association (MFA) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and its...

Response on EMIR Active Account Consultation

On January 27, ISDA responded to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) consultation on the active account requirement (AAR) introduced under the revised European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3.0). In the response, ISDA highlighted significant concerns about the proposed...