Hong Kong, 13 July 2009 – TriOptima offered 30 triReduce CDS compression cycles in the first half of 2009 enabling CDS dealers, including the Fed 16 banks, to terminate credit default swaps with a notional principal value of US$9 trillion. This continued the efforts of dealers to meet their commitments to the international regulators to reduce risk and manage their counterparty risk positions. In 2008, those efforts resulted in the termination of US$30.2 trillion of CDS notional outstandings through TriOptima.
“We are working with the dealer community to ensure that they achieve the goals that they have set for themselves in risk management,” said Ulf Andersson, business manager for triReduce, TriOptima’s compression service. “First half 2009 results underscore the significant reductions that have also been reflected in declining outstandings reported by the BIS and the DTCC Trade Information Warehouse. While we will continue to offer CDS compression cycles, notionals terminated may slow down due to the overall reduction in outstandings achieved through triReduce last year and this year.”
The overall downward trend of CDS notionals was reported by the BIS in its May 19th publication on OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2008. Total CDS notionals had declined 26.9% to US$41.87 trillion in December 2008 from US$57.32 trillion in June 2008 with the reporting dealer outstandings going from US$33.08 trillion to US$25 trillion over the same period. The June 26th data reported to the DTCC Trade Information Warehouse for CDS outstandings indicates total outstandings of US$26.54 trillion with interdealer trades accounting for US$21.62 trillion.
Source:TriOptima, 13.07.2009
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