OCC cleared securities lending volume up 20.4% YoY
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OCC cleared securities lending volume up 20.4% YoY 02 September 2022US Reporter: Carmella Haswell
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Securities lending transaction volumes cleared through OCC have increased by 20.4 per cent year-on-year, totalling 204,760.
However, the average daily loan value for securities lending trades has decreased 4.54 per cent to US$120.49 billion for August 2022 relative to August 2021.
The total average daily volume for all options cleared through the Chicago-based clearing house has risen 4.2 per cent to 40.34 million YoY.
This has been driven by a 48.9 per cent spike in ETF options to 15.27 million year-to-date, in addition to a 37.9 per cent YoY increase in index options to 2.6 million ytd.
In terms of equity options, the ytd ADV has dropped 15.5 per cent to 22.3 million from 2021 to 2022.
Total monthly cleared futures and options volume through OCC has increased 13.3 per cent to 912.51 million contracts for August 2022 relative to August 2021, representing the third highest month in OCC history.
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