Capitolis sets new records in FX derivatives compression

Some leading FX banks have struggled to stay competitive in forwards, swaps and swaptions thanks to SA-CCR rules, but compressing portfolios helps.

In the third week of January, Capitolis completed its 19th standardized approach – counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR) optimization run for FX derivatives.

This latest series of compression trades incorporated a record number of participants, while also driving a record reduction of over $290 billion in effective notional.

In aggregate over the past 12 months, the firm has enabled a $2.5 trillion reduction in effective notional.

The leading banks in foreign exchange trading were hit hard in 2022 by the impact of new capital requirements from the SA-CCR rules finally being applied to short-dated FX forwards, FX swaps and swaptions.

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