Posts by: Jon Skinner

Jon Skinner has 25+ years’ experience in executive management, product strategy and change delivery for fintechs and banks. In between he blogs about derivatives and secured funding.

Swaption volumes by strike – Q2 2025

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CAD swaps – what’s new?

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Q2 2025 CCP volumes and share in IRD

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What’s new in CCP Disclosures – Q1 2025?

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€STR volumes and market share – May 2025

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How much margin? The 2024 edition

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Rates IM optimization

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SOFR swap SEF volumes – 2025 to end May

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Swaption volumes by strike – Q1 2025

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What’s new in AUD swaps in 2025?

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Most active names in Credit Derivatives – April 2025

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2024 SEF volumes and share in SOFR swaps

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2024 CCP volumes and share in CRD and FXD

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2024 US SDR-reported IR compression

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2025Q1 CCP volumes and share in IRD

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What’s new in CCP Disclosures – 4Q24?

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2024 CCP volumes and share in IRD

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What’s new in CCP Disclosures – 3Q24?

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CME proposes its UST clearing approach

Introduction Following its March declaration of intent, CME in October…

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Can US buyside firms eliminate UST repo cleared margin for some trades?

As covered in our recent blog, the DTCC’s recent FICC…

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clearing mandate

DTCC clearing mandate survey shows fourfold GSD margin increases

In July, DTCC published “The U.S. Treasury Clearing Mandate: An…

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What will be left of uncleared UST repo after SEC mandate go-live?

Our recent blogs on mandate scope, FICC access methods and…

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Assessing the financial impact of UST repo clearing on banks

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US Treasury clearing access methods at fixed income clearing corporation (FICC)

The Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC), a DTCC subsidiary, has…

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