Trade repositories consider connectivity options

With multiple trade repositories appearing in a number of asset classes, including foreign exchange, market participants are considering how competing repositories should collaborate to avoid data inconsistency

From a high level, the concept of recording over-the-counter derivatives transactions in a central trade repository makes perfect sense as a means of improving transparency and ensuring regulators are privy to emerging bubbles of systemic risk. But the further the market has moved towards the development of trade repositories over the past two years, the more complex the process has become.

High on the list of concerns is the fact that, while participants in all OTC asset classes, including