JSCC Completes Eleventh Compression Cycle for Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

Japan Securities Clearing Corporation announced today that it had completed the eleventh compression cycle for cleared yen-denominated interest rate swaps (using TriOptima’s triReduce service).

Twenty major Japanese and foreign financial institutions, which are JSCC’s Participants and Customers, eliminated JPY 269.3 Trillion in notional amount, with 29,984 cleared swaps terminated (24,702 full-size terminations and 5,282 partial terminations) in today’s cycle.

(*)Values are expressed on a double-leg basis. You can obtain single-leg based value by dividing the above value by 2. Statistical information will continue to be provided on a single-leg basis.

While continuing to provide the bulk compression service, JSCC will strive to ensure safe and efficient operations of our clearing services and enhance the accessibility of our services for market participants.