Global Swaps Barometer 2018: Approaching the OTC Tipping Point

TABB Group's fifth Industry Barometer provides industry perspective on SEF trading within the US market and assess the impact of the way the European swaps market rules have developed and can potentially fit within a global swaps trading framework. Results are based on responses from over 50 market participants including major dealers, interdealer brokers, SEFs, exchanges, asset managers, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, clearinghouses, regulators, end users and others. This report also incorporates relevant results from each previous SEF Barometer study to produce historical narrative of the SEF trading evolution. TABB Group analysts provide analysis alongside the data, discussing the industry’s views and what that will ultimately mean for the ever-evolving swaps market both in the US and on a global scale.