--- title: Initial Margin Up By Nearly 20% in 2020 description: Regulatory IM has been increasing as margin rules for non-cleared derivatives have been phased in. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/buy-side-forced-review-collateral-arrangements-950-May-12-2022-09-20-20-79-AM.jpg --- ![websites-group](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/new-MMG-01.svg) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-new-marketsmedia-logo.svg)](https://www.marketsmedia.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-traders-redlogo.svg)](https://www.tradersmagazine.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-bestexe-logo.svg)](https://www.bestexecution.net/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-fidesk-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-fixglobal-new-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) - [*Facebook*](https://www.facebook.com/MarketsMedia/) - [*Twitter*](https://twitter.com/marketsmedia) - [*Linkedin*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/markets-media-llc) - [Newsletter](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/initial-margin-up-by-nearly-20-in-2020#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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The top 20 firms (known as phase-one entities) collected $207.3 billion in IM for their non-cleared derivatives transactions at year-end 2020, an increase of 19.7% versus 2019. Of that amount, $129.2 billion was required under regulatory IM requirements, a 22.8% rise from year-end 2019. A further $78.1 billion was collected from counterparties and/or for transactions not currently in scope of the margin rules, including legacy transactions. The ISDA Margin Survey looks at the impact of regulatory and other changes on collateral practices, and analyzes the amount and type of IM and VM posted for non-cleared derivatives. The amount of regulatory IM has been increasing as margin rules for non-cleared derivatives have been phased in since September 2016 and more firms and new transactions have become subject to the requirements. VM collected by phase-one firms for non-cleared derivatives totaled $1.2 trillion at year-end 2020, an increase of 29.8% compared with the end of 2019. This includes $638.5 billion of regulatory VM, a rise of 44.6% versus the previous year. Discretionary VM climbed by 15.4% to $526.1 billion. The survey attributes the increase in VM to significant asset price movements driven by coronavirus-related market volatility. The survey also analyzes the amount of IM posted for cleared derivatives. IM posted at major central counterparties (CCPs) by all market participants for cleared interest rate derivatives and credit default swap transactions totaled $330.6 billion at the end of 2020. This represents an increase of 22.8% from $269.2 billion at the end of 2019. To collect this data, ISDA surveyed 34 firms subject to the margin requirements, out of which 32 responded. Responses were received from 20 phase one-firms, all six phase-two entities and six of the eight phase-three firms. ISDA also used publicly available margin data on cleared derivatives from two US CCPs, four European CCPs and two Asian CCPs. [Click here to read the full survey](https://www.isda.org/a/fgGTE/ISDA-Margin-Survey-Year-End-2020.pdf). Source: ISDA [Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/initial-margin-up-by-nearly-20-in-2020) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US+ETFs+Have+Record+Net+Inflows&url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/initial-margin-up-by-nearly-20-in-2020) [Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/initial-margin-up-by-nearly-20-in-2020) ![email](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Markets%20Media/email.svg) ### NEWSLETTER SIGN UP And receive exclusive articles on securities markets ### Related articles 1. 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