The
interest rate derivatives market has been the largest derivatives
market in the world for some time. It is by far the largest
in terms of volume, despite the recent accelerated growth
of credit derivatives. It also boasts a wide range of instruments
and maturities. Products have been traded to maturities exceeding
50 years, and have reached sizes in excess of $1 billion.
The interest rate derivatives market is also diversifying,
expanding from a predominantly LIBOR based market to cover
a wide range of interest rate products, such as municipal
rate derivatives, commercial paper derivatives and constant
maturity swaps/treasuries.
In order to remain dynamic in these escalating markets, financial
institutions need access to a fast and reliable trading system,
able to cope with a large number of trades and an increasing
diversity of tradable asset types. Lombard Risk meets these
requirements, providing extensive interest rate derivative
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