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Non-bank dealers urge rethink on FICC default fund reshuffle

Separating margin will cut bank capital, but non-banks warn they face disproportionate risk-sharing

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Non-bank dealers say they would be treated unfairly by a proposed overhaul of default management resources at the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC). The reform would see the current single required fund contributed by members separated into initial margin (IM) and a formal default guarantee fund, in line with common practice at many other central counterparties (CCPs).

“The firms with the

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