Eurex Clearing
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
EU can stop swaps market falling over a Brexit cliff – and EU firms will be biggest losers if they don’t act
Stuck in traffic: EU turf war holds up CCP resolution rules
Unsuitable rules for failed banks could be used to resolve French and German clearing houses
People moves: TSB chief exec quits, Eurex loses two execs, new cyber chief at Commerzbank, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Day one of a no-deal Brexit: swaps and chaperones
Banks, trading platforms, repositories tee up EU entities – and dread the repapering crunch that would follow
LCH cancellation notices, Eurex incentives and prop trader rules
The week on Risk.net, September 29 – October 5, 2018
Paypals: Eurex members await their pay day
Profit-sharing scheme has created more competitive swaps landscape
Lehman’s ghost: how three CCPs anchor models to crash
The Lehman crash still haunts the margin models of LCH, CME and Eurex, albeit in different ways
EU deadlock set to delay CCP resolution rules
Lawmakers disagree over whether Esma should be given new powers to tackle distressed CCPs
Eurex Clearing set to lose CRO
Thomas Laux stepping down next year
LCH-Eurex basis falls 80% as insurers head to Frankfurt
Fixed rate available at Eurex has dropped from 1.35bp to 0.25bp in past two months
Clearing up Deutsche’s swaps ‘shift’
Reported move of euro business is not as straightforward – or as dramatic – as it seemed
Swaps data: OTC margin up; futures margin down
Swaps initial margin jumps 22% year-on-year, against surprise fall in futures margin, writes Amir Khwaja of Clarus FT
CCPs build their liquidity buffers
$26 billion increase in deposits entrusted to commercial banks
Eurex rejigs liquidity portfolio
Half a billion euros placed with commercial banks at end-March
CCPs must step up cyber risk efforts, says EU legislator
Policymakers want more focus on non-default loss resources; Eurex Clearing’s Mueller flags investment risk
CCPs incur fewer margin breaches in 2017
LCH Ltd reports 399 fewer breaches than in 2016; DTCC 156
Liquidity resources vary across CCPs
Eurex, Ice Clear Credit, LCH SA most dependent on cash deposited at central banks
Concentration of client positions rises at LCH
Over 75% of client positions handled by five largest clearing members at LCH Ltd
Esma questions CCP ‘free ride’ for sovereigns
Regulator has asked EC to take a stance on venues that let public entities clear without posting margin
End-users fear loss of Mifir’s open-access promise
Exchange groups have 30-month exemption from access rules; listed derivatives users concerned it will become permanent