May 2018 showed a marked increase in the number of OTC ISINs reported to FIRDS, with higher OTC ISIN submissions from most (but not all) Venues and SIs. Following a request by some readers, this month’s analysis also contains metrics by DSB Product Type alongside the usual asset class breakdown. Highlights: OTC ISINs were reported […]

The rate at which new OTC ISINs are being created continues to fall. Only 16% more ISINs were created in May – the lowest yet Swaps comprise 70% of all OTC ISINs created, with the remainder equally distributed across forwards and options Over 50% of DSB ISINs have been created for three instruments. Interestingly these […]

This months’ FIRDS data analysis provides some interesting insights including some new data points provided after a few industry participants reached out after the DSB’s previous blog on the topic. Most DSB ISINs have not yet made their way to FIRDS: 8.2mm OTC ISINs have been created 16% of all DSB ISINs are in FIRDS […]

This note focuses on both OTC ISIN creation and search trends to provide users with more insight into how the DSB is being used. ISINs Created Most DSB ISINs have not been reported to FIRDS (20% regulatory reporting rate) 10 firms continue to create 75% of all DSB ISINs – 3 venues + 7 banks […]

The OTC-ISIN population count has increased 24% in March to over 6.8 million at March month end, up from 5.5 million at the end of February 2018. The largest increase in new OTC ISINs has been in the rates asset class, with equities and commodities not far behind. A detailed breakdown of the month on […]

This blog updates on the previous DSB blog after week 8 of MiFID II, to reveal no material changes in the list of institutions publishing OTC ISINs to FIRDS, with only one new Systematic Internaliser (SI) and no change to the list of top 10 Trading Venues. Some highlights from the data => A total of […]

This blog updates on the previous DSB blog after week 4 of MiFID II, to reveal a fairly stable universe of institutions contributing reference data to ESMA and an increased population of DSB ISINs being created for purposes other than reporting to FIRDS. Some highlights from the data => A total of 1,149,313 unique DSB […]

The OTC-ISIN population count has increased 34% in February to over 5.5 million as of close of business 28 February 2018, up from 4.1 million from 31 January 2018. The largest increase in ISINs created has been in the rates asset class, with FX and equities not far behind. A couple of other interesting observations for the […]