Risk Quantum/Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Client margin for swaps hits new record at four FCMs
Required funds at all-time high at BofA, Goldman, JP Morgan and Barclays in November as market turbulence persists
Merrill Lynch hoovered up $1.5bn of client margin in October
Required funds for F&O rose 66%, bucking trend across major FCMs
Client margin up 4% at Barclays’ swaps clearing unit
US unit of UK bank became sixth FCM by share in October
FCM client margin for swaps hit record high in September
JP Morgan reported the largest monthly increase across the 13 reporting firms
Client margin at Barclays hits record $27bn
Required funds rose 13% for F&Os and 8% for swaps in August
Client margin at Credit Suisse shrinks to just $25m
Required funds for swaps meet same fate as F&O trades, as exit from prime services continues
Goldman hoovers up $1.5bn of client margin in June
US bank bucks trend as top FCMs all cut required margin for futures and options trades
FCM client margin for F&O hit all-time high in May
But concentration among top 10 broker-dealers continues to shrink
Client margin at Wedbush unit up 46% in April
Futures and options clearing unit saw largest monthly increase across all FCMs
Client margin up 43% at Mizuho’s F&O in Q1
US unit of Japanese bank overtakes Credit Suisse, Barclays, UBS and Interactive Brokers
Client margin at CS down $14.6bn since Archegos collapse
Bank’s US clearing units slashed required funds for swaps and F&O since March 2021
Client margin at Credit Suisse hit a new low in February
Latest CFTC data shows significant reductions of required funds for swaps and F&O at the bank’s US clearing unit