Risk Quantum/Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
Top five clearing members dominate CCPs
Thirteen of 25 clearing services surveyed have 50% or more open positions in hands of top five members
At CCPs, sovereign bonds are top IM collateral
Government debt makes up 48% of IM on average among top clearing houses
Inside top CCPs’ default funds
Central banks favoured by CCPs to hold default resources
OCC member default fund contributions up $1bn in Q3
Peak initial margin call was $9.9 billion in Q3
Top 10 CCPs add $5.4 billion to liquidity pools in Q2
Clearing houses expand size of secured credit lines over the second quarter
Defaults would dent, but not destroy, CCP liquidity buffers
Max payment obligations in event of member default would be sufficiently covered
LCH leads top CCPs on operational failures
London-based clearing house said core systems were down for over seven hours in 12-month period
OCC reports 24% spike in default exposure
Clearing house’s peak same-day payment obligation rose to $5 billion in the second quarter
OCC on the hook for $4bn if member defaults
Clearing house’s liquidity resources hit $7.9 billion in Q1
Top CCPs’ liquidity pools hardly grow in Q1
LCH SA the only outlier as most clearing houses see cash, collateral and credit on hand shrink
Top CCPs add $79 billion to liquidity pool in 2018
Clearing houses placed more cash with commercial banks than in 2017
OCC members' default fund payments drop 39% in 2018
Calculation switch shaves billions off mandatory contributions