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Segregation clash could stop European firms using US CCPs
Some European buy-side firms will have to clear indirectly – through a local clearing member linked to a US counterpart – in order to access clearing houses in the US. But US clearing members cannot...
The first clearing mandates are unlikely to be in place in Europe before August 2013, says Bank of England’s head of payments and infrastructure division
Liquidity drained from the sovereign CDS market before the ban took hold this morning – and market-makers are still unsure what they can and cannot do
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Rule changes make it harder for small firms to use CCPs - Risk.net poll...
Esma's decision to make indirect clearing an optional service could leave smaller firms without clearing access, according to a poll of Risk.net readers
Indirect clearing: The capital conundrum
Draft European Securities and Markets Authority rules on indirect clearing caused uproar when they appeared in June. The regulator removed the most controversial elements in its final text, but dealers are still in the dark about the capital treatment...
Final Esma clearing rules too rigid, CCPs say
Regulator has not given clearing houses enough freedom to calculate margin requirements, critics say - and Europe's CCPs may have to charge more for futures than their US rivals
Energy Risk Europe: EC official questions energy industry estimates...
Recent industry estimates of the cost of clearing are met with scepticism during a roundtable discussion at Energy Risk Europe
Esma backtracks on indirect clearing
Final rules remove two controversial proposals, but revive regulators' concerns about access to clearing for small firms
Indirect clearing to be overhauled in final Esma rules
Indirect clearing will not be compulsory, sources say – and a controversial 30-day guarantee for indirect clients will also be removed
Esma sidelined consultative group during rule-writing
Industry group was not convened as Esma drew up draft clearing rules
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