SwapClear adds thousands of clients in 2017
LCH SwapClear added a net 2,173 client accounts in 2017 – a 12.7% increase.
SwapClear dominates the over-the-counter cleared interest rate swaps space, with a more than 90% share of the market in USD, GBP, EUR and CAD swaps. It has grown its client roster by 69%, from 11,402 to 19,265, since Q3 2015 – the first quarter for which this data is available.
The amount of client initial margin hoovered up by the clearing house has increased in step with account growth, by 567% since Q3 2015, from
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