Clearing houses reject standardised 'skin in the game'

Forcing CCPs to make overly large contributions could encourage clearing members to take on extra risks subsidised by others, the WFE says

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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has rejected suggestions that its central counterparty (CCP) members should be subject to standardised 'skin-in-the-game' capital requirements, warning that such one-size-fits-all approach could encourage unwarranted risk-taking by clearing banks.

"CCPs have the most expertise about their markets, participants and market structure, and must be tasked with sizing their contributed capital in a manner that reflects the alignment of clearing member and CCP

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