Published by Malavika Solanki This month’s update contains the usual metrics but starts with a new data point at the request of several industry participants – the monthly volume of OTC ISINs being created and subsequently reported to FIRDS. Looking at OTC ISIN data reported to FIRDS (see below), it’s clear that initial disparities have tapered […]

Published by Malavika Solanki Regular readers will notice that the DSB charts now refer to an asset class of “Other”, bringing the total number of asset classes – for which OTC ISINs, CFI codes and FISNs are available – to six. As usual, this blog starts with a general review of activity, before providing a detailed […]

Published by Malavika Solanki This month’s statistics overview begins with a snapshot showing the types of institutions that are most active in terms of OTC ISIN creation activity. The DSB introduced three cross-asset and three portfolio swap templates in mid-February, and it will be interesting to see how use of these templates evolves in the […]

Published by: Malavika Solanki There was a modest 4% increase in the number of OTC ISINs reported to FIRDS in February, reversing the slight dip seen last month. The increase occurred mostly in FX instruments and was driven by venue reporting of OTC reference data. There will be more data coming in the future to […]

Published by: Malavika Solanki January saw a slight reduction in the number of OTC derivatives reported to FIRDS for reference data purposes, driven mostly by a less FX reporting by OTFs. Most other trends held constant with no new MICs submitting reference data. As with prior months, there is little reference data reporting for commodities […]

In this article for TABB Forum, Malavika Solanki looks at how the DSB Product Committee has evolved to help industry and #ISINs align in a continuing effort to bring greater transparency and efficiency to the over-the-counter derivatives market https://tabbforum.com/opinions/the-evolution-of-the-dsb-product-committee-helping-industry-and-isins-align In a continuing effort to bring greater transparency and eficiency to the over-the-counter derivatives market, the […]

This month’s statistics overview begins with a snapshot showing the types of institutions that are most active in terms of OTC ISIN creation activity. Monthly trends held steady, showing a small rise in ISIN creation activity heading into year end 2018 and a return to steady state activity in January 2019.   The asset class […]

In this TabbFORUM article on industry collaboration around OTC ISINs, Malavika Solanki examines the role that industry plays in the DSB’s product-related decision making and sets out how participants can stay abreast of developments or actively contribute to the evolution of the DSB’s dataset. https://tabbforum.com/opinions/industry-collaboration-grows-on-isins

Create Trends – Q4 2018 saw a small uptick in ISIN creation activity.     OTC ISIN creation by asset class and instrument is set out below.   Search Trends – trends remain consistent with prior months, but this time we also provide insight into the types of institutions searching for OTC ISIN records via […]