Survey Reveals SEF Trading Preparedness Challenges | GBAF

Survey Reveals SEF Trading Preparedness Challenges | GBAF

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SURVEY FINDS INDUSTRY LAGGING BEHIND MARKET REGULATION DEADLINES AS SEF TRADING BEGINS TO TAKE OFF

Published by Gbaf News

Posted on April 9, 2014

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Last updated: January 22, 2026

Image illustrating SEF trading regulations and industry survey findings - Global Banking & Finance Review — This image highlights the findings of a recent survey on the readiness of the banking and finance industry for SEF trading regulations. It emphasizes the challenges firms face in meeting new market compliance deadlines, crucial for OTC derivatives market growth.

With the Dodd-Frank rule for certain swaps to be mandatorily traded on Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) becoming effective, a new survey finds that the industry remains underprepared to meet the requirements of these new regulations, while individual firms push ahead to make themselves ready. This survey, released today and conducted by IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of voice and electronic trading communications solutions to the world’s top financial services firms and global enterprises, highlights the state of the industry’s preparedness for this new SEF model and potential impact on the OTC derivatives markets.

Survey Finds Industry Lagging Behind Market Regulation Deadlines As Sef Trading Begins To Take Off

Survey Finds Industry Lagging Behind Market Regulation Deadlines As Sef Trading Begins To Take Off

The survey was conducted during FIA Chicago, from November 5-7, 2013, and generated responses from hedge funds, investment banks, broker/dealers, exchanges and other financial institutions. Respondents came from the front, middle, and back office and included people involved in both the business and technology sides of trading operations. Key findings include:

Struggling to Meet Regulatory Preparedness

60 percent of survey respondents said the industry was behind on meeting the deadlines on SEF trading.
39 percent of survey respondents said their firms were behind on meeting the deadlines on SEF trading.

SEF Impact

77 percent of survey respondents believe that the launch of SEFs will have an impact on trading volumes and sizes.
61 percent of survey respondents expect to see a shift to the futures market due to the regulations.

Potential OTC Derivatives Market Growth

27 percent of survey respondents expect the importance and value of the OTC Derivatives market to grow.
42 percent of survey respondents plan to start OTC derivative trading during 2014.

SEF Connectivity

Nearly all respondents planned or have already connected to multiple SEFs.
SEFs that the largest percentage of respondents said that they plan to connect to are CMEGroup, TeraExchange, Bloomberg, and Eurex.

“Over the last year, we have seen a lot of activity from financial firms that have been looking for additional or new network connectivity to many of the already registered SEFs or OTFs through Connexus, our Financial extranet,” said Ganesh Iyer, Director, Product Marketing, Financial Market Network at IPC. “While the survey results suggest that the industry is underprepared for mandated SEF trading, we see this issue as more of a fear of uncertainty around industry-wide implementation and regulatory governance. Individual firms, SEFs and their equivalent platforms are already planning connectivity, systems and processes to be ready to meet the new trading requirements.”

The full survey report, titled “Market View 2014: OTC Derivatives Regulations and Swap Execution Facilities”, can be downloaded from IPC’s website.