CLS considers membership category for CCPs

"Allowing CCPs to settle FX trades bilaterally would reintroduce Herstatt risk, so it would certainly be preferable to have CCPs become either direct or third-party members of CLS," says LCH.Clearnet executive

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Foreign exchange central settlement provider CLS Bank is considering the creation of a new membership category for central counterparties (CCPs) developing clearing services for FX derivatives, the firm has told FX Week.

Although precise details on which over-the-counter contracts will be subject to mandatory clearing requirements still have to be finalised in the US and Europe, several CCPs are already developing FX clearing services and are understood to be in discussions with banks

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Stemming the tide of rising FX settlement risk

As the trading of emerging markets currencies gathers pace and broader uncertainty sweeps across financial markets, CLS is exploring alternative services designed to mitigate settlement risk for the FX market

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