Clearing
Ice picks off ClearCorp
Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange (Ice) is to take over Chicago-based clearing house The Clearing Corporation (ClearCorp) as part of an effort to establish itself in the credit default swap (CDS) market.
Q & A: CESR chairman Eddy Wymeersch
Eddy Wymeersch, chairman of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR), talks to Risk about the effects the financial crisis will have on regulators and central banks.
Banks move towards clearing for FX, interest rate and equity
A large part of the over-the-counter derivatives market will shift towards central clearing houses by next year, as the collapse of Lehman Brothers on September 15 forces banks to reassess counterparty risk posed by other dealers.
Fed discusses CDS clearing house options
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is today in discussions with interested parties over the establishment of a central clearing house for credit default swaps (CDSs).
CME and Citadel plan CDS exchange
Chicago-based exchange operator CME Group and hedge fund management firm Citadel Investment Group are set to launch a fully integrated trading and clearing platform for credit default swaps (CDSs).
Clearing a path to lower op risk
Counterparty risk
CDS processing - The challenges
Automation
All fall down
CDS Settlement
Il futuro si va schiarendo
Stanza di compensazione
Fannie and Freddie CDS to settle at October auction
The auction process to settle credit default swap (CDS) contracts written against Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will take place in the first week of October, Risk has learned, although losses on the agreements are likely to be minor for most counterparties.
Ein glaubhaftes Ziel
Operations
Freie Bahn durch Clearing
Clearingstelle
Grahame Mcgirr & James Bagshawe
All the talk in the financial markets is about going back to basics. This drive towards simplicity and transparency is what underpins Islamic finance. Credit speaks to two senior executives from recently launched Shariah house Gatehouse Bank about a…
CDS clearing house tops regulators' to-do list in drive to tackle counterparty risk
The New York Fed is keen to establish a central clearing house for CDS, with CCorp poised to launch such a service. But will the recently merged Creditex-ICE throw its hat into the ring?
Q&A: Laurent Paulhac & Robin Ross
After the Chicago Mercatile Exchange's recent acquisition of market data provider CMA, Laurent Paulhac of CMA and Robin Ross of CME Group talk about how the CDS market may change in the aftermath of the credit crisis
On thin ice
Counterparty Risk
On thin ice
Counterparty risk
A creditable target?
Operations
Clearing the way ahead
The major credit derivatives dealers, along with the Clearing Corporation, are working to develop a central clearing house for over-the-counter credit derivatives trades. How will this initiative work, and are there are any rival schemes in the pipeline?…
European Commissioner backs power exchange merger
EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs has backed the merger of Germany’s European Energy Exchange (EEX) and France’s Powernext to create single Franco-German power spot and futures markets.