CME Group Interest Rates to launch Eris BSBY Swap Futures April 10; futures contracts replicating interest rate swaps indexed to the 3-month Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY). BSBY is a benchmark interest rate referencing transactions in U.S. dollar debt instruments of leading global banks.
Eris BSBY will add visibility and improve access to BSBY swaps, aiding valuation and risk management.
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CME-cleared ERIS BSBY Swap Futures will provide clients with margin and basis-efficient liquidity addressing the growth of BSBY indexed lending and the resulting hedging and risk management liquidity needs.
BSBY Swaps ADV: Notional value traded of bilateral and cleared interest rate swaps referencing Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index divided by the number of trading days in each month (i.e. Average Daily Volume)
CME BSBY Futures ADV: Futures contracts ($1 million notional) traded of Three-Month Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY) Futures on CME divided by the number of trading days in each month (i.e. Average Daily Volume)