FIA Releases SEF Tracker Report For August

This issue shows average daily volume through August 2015 for interest rate, credit default and foreign exchange products traded on swap execution facilities. In the latest month, trading volume averaged $371.77 billion per day, down from $396.18 billion in July but up from $284.56 billion in August 2014. On a year-over-year basis, most of the increase came in the interest rate sector; trading of foreign exchange products was roughly the same and credit trading was lower in August than a year ago. This issue also contains an updated spreadsheet with weekly data on the total notional volume traded on SEFs.