OCC’s securities lending average daily loan value rises by 73% YoY

OCC’s securities lending central counterparty activity increased by 52.3 per cent in new loans compared to October 2020 with 165,581 transactions last month.

The average daily loan value at OCC in October 2021 was US$130,863,324,895, a 73.4 per cent increase compared to October 2020.

The equity derivatives clearing organisation reveals its total cleared contract volume experienced the fifth highest month on record and the highest October ever, up 29.7 per cent compared to October 2020.

Additionally, the average daily cleared contract volume through October 2021 was 38,893,113, up 34.8 per cent YoY.

The total futures cleared contract volume was 4,470,625, a 33.7 per cent increase YoY. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is 230,718 contracts.

Meanwhile, OCC’s total exchange-listed options cleared contract volume was 821,102,002, a 29.6 per cent increase YoY.

Equity options cleared contract volume was 777,425,367 contracts, up 30 per cent compared to October 2020.