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DisConnect: no deluge of demand for onshore CNY swaps – yet
Despite modest uptake, new onshore swaps on China’s Swap Connect could outdo non-deliverable IRSs, say dealers
Swap Connect shines light on US client clearing hurdles
New scheme may intensify calls for CFTC to reassess its exempt DCO limitations
Eurex clearing chief calls for active account carve-outs
Isda AGM: Müller says EU clearing thresholds should exempt market-making and US client trades
CCPs mull collateral options amid debt ceiling deadlock
Isda AGM: Raising haircuts and minimum maturities are among measures on the table to avoid a cliff-edge
Managing a high-inflation environment with clearing
Recent geopolitical events, macroeconomic forces and market disruptions have created significant challenges for the investment community. LCH explores how clearing can help market participants manage inflation.
BME in talks with global banks over euro swaps clearing
SIX Group's Spanish CCP wants to establish itself as an alternative venue for onshore clearing by 2025
Ice and LCH declare victory as CDS migration nears end
Ice retains lion’s share of positions at shuttered European CDS service, but LCH gets more clients
Why KfW revived an old idea for cross-currency collateral
Transport currency concept re-emerges at SwapAgent, but dealers warn of hidden FX risks
Initial margin requirements for IR swaps hit record $325bn
CME, Eurex and LCH report aggregate 10% rise in month marred by most severe crisis since 2008
LCH plans for Q4 bitcoin derivatives clearing launch
CCP will run segregated default fund; does not rule out following up with ether-based contracts
First CAD, yen inflation swaps appear in mutual fund filings
Counterparty Radar: Western Asset slashed inflation bets in Q4 as Empower probes new frontiers
Behnam comments fan JSCC hopes for US client clearing
Japan clearing exec welcomes CFTC chair’s pledge to keep discussing OTC clearing status for non-US houses
Putnam adds $18bn to interest rate swaps book
Counterparty Radar: Market for mutual funds and ETFs grew to $677 trillion in Q4 2022
Eurex-LCH basis hits new highs amid rates vol
10-year price gap spikes to 4bp as 30-year whipsaws; Eurex gauge indicates stable flow balance
Esma still wants more tools to tackle clearing crises
Even after Emir 3 draft, EU regulator would like more powers over both foreign and domestic CCPs
Swaps market braces for $60 trillion Libor conversion
Staggered timeline should smooth transition, but scale of the switch still presents challenges
CCP ‘skin in the game’ still dwarfed by member contributions
Even as markets churned in 2022, clearing houses coughed up only 2% of funds at end-September – the same as the previous year
Commercial bank cash grows more popular for initial margin
Shift driven by Ice Europe as CCPs diverge on preferred type of collateral
EU snub to clearing carve-out hurts optimisation efforts
Forcing firms to clear risk-reducing trades would squeeze collateral and potentially hike liquidity risk, dealers warn
Ice Clear Europe collateral spreads a ‘nightmare’, say banks
Risk.net spread analysis shows Ice pays little more than half the rate of other CCPs on cash margin
EU and UK CCPs dominated by foreign members
Non-domestic clearing members accounted for over 70% of LCH’s and Eurex’s pool in Q3
FX Smart Clearing at LCH ForexClear: solving SA-CCR capital challenges
LCH ForexClear explores how, with the standardised approach to counterparty credit risk increasing the capital requirements of banks’ FX portfolios, its FX Smart Clearing solution can reduce capital burden and achieve additional savings for members
RepoClear’s concentration risks see highest rate of increase
LCH's cash bond and repo trade-clearing service has steepest slope of IM and open positions over 2016–22
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2023: A member default and a spike in UK rates were handled with aplomb, while cleared volumes rose