Gazprom Marketing & Trading: Powering up for clearing
Gazprom's UK-based trading subsidiary is hoping not to be hit by a clearing requirement - but has been doing its sums just in case, the company's treasurer, Michael Kawski, tells Lukas Becker
While most non-bank derivatives users have been waiting for the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) to finalise the thresholds beyond which over-the-counter trades need to be cleared in Europe, Michal Kawski is fretting about a different definition – of the word ‘ancillary’.
As head of treasury for Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T) in London, Kawski knows that if the Russian oil
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