Eurex Clearing
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
Eurex made €525m VM call in Q1
Margin call equivalent to 2% of CCP’s own liquidity resources
Eurex boosts liquidity buffers by 8%
Central bank deposits continue to make up bulk of CCP's liquidity resources
People moves: Barclays’ investment bank chief exits, Citi president to retire, Vos promoted at BNY Mellon, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Eurex cross-currency swap clearing faces continued delays
Clearing house eyes June release; dealers voice concerns over liquidity and margining
Don’t fear the clearer
Wider use of CCPs not systemic threat – but participants do face hard-to-measure risks
Top CCPs add $79 billion to liquidity pool in 2018
Clearing houses placed more cash with commercial banks than in 2017
Brexit fear drives futures trades out of London
Transitions via FIA protocol have escalated since January as no-deal concerns mount
Eurex member faced jumbo VM call in Q4 2018
Third-largest actual same-day payment obligation is the biggest since 2016
Patchy response to Isda’s back office of the future
Some banks are quiet, while clearing houses seem split on uptake of Isda data standardisation project
Hammer horror: banks fear CCP auctions after Nasdaq
Auction failure at Nasdaq sparks debate over who gets to bid on portfolios, and whether they should be pre-hedged
People moves: Bank of America names new Apac chiefs, Wilkinson leaves LGIM, Lloyds loses Coutte, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Eurex’s new Swiss rate futures in naming pickle
German exchange used ‘wrong month’ to name Saron futures
Eurex Clearing names new CRO
CCP’s risk analytics head will replace Laux in July
DTCC, Ice Clear Europe lead top CCPs in boosting liquidity buffers
CCPs added $20.8 billion to their liquidity buffers in the third quarter of 2018
Swaps data: volumes up amid volatility
Data shows strong growth in cleared OTC derivative volumes in second half of 2018, says Amir Khwaja
A buy-side swaps order book – with a difference
First client joins Trad-X Clob as dealers get nervy about large-scale RFQs
Clearing house innovation of the year: Eurex Clearing
Risk Awards 2019: CCP’s incentive scheme takes on LCH to capitalise on Brexit uncertainty
Clearing houses urge CFTC to act on non-default losses
US clearing members divided on whether NDLs are CCPs’ responsibility or a mutual risk
Banks demand greater scrutiny of CCP margin add-ons
Nasdaq Clearing blow-up prompts questions over CCPs’ methods of applying top-ups to concentrated positions
Top 10 CCPs plump liquidity buffers by $20 billion
Increase driven by higher secured deposits at commercial banks and expansion of credit lines
Eurex default fund swells to €4.5 billion
Second quarter saw the second-largest quarterly increase since the CCP began reporting in 2015
Brexit OTC mutation, chaperones and SA-CCR
The week on Risk.net, October 6–12, 2018
Let regulators manage no-deal risks
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