BIS survey shows OTC market levelling off
The latest figures from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) survey of the over-the-counter derivatives market show slowing growth, with volumes now well below their 2008 peak and overall growth over the past three years significantly below the boom that happened from 2004 to 2007.
The BIS published the results of its 2010 triennial survey and its latest six-month market survey for the first half of 2010 today. In notional value terms, growth from 2007 to 2010 was only 5% annually – well
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