Global Custodian Clearing and Settlement Issue 2018 | Page 23

[ M A R K E T T R E V I E W | D E R I V AT I V E S C L E A R I N G ] Regulation and collateral costs have made the cleared derivatives market much more attractive for the buy-side, but what else will it take for them to voluntarily take part? Writes Joe Parsons. he seismic shift in the derivatives market post-financial crisis has seen not only a change in the way the products are traded and cleared, but also in the nature of relationships throughout the process. The clearing of interest rate swaps was not completely alien to the buy-side prior to the financial crisis, howev