Buy side mulls new Eurex direct clearing model

Eurex's new agency-style direct client clearing model may cut regulatory-driven costs, but regulators are wary

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Not meeting in the middle: users are divided

Buy-side derivatives users are mulling becoming direct members of Eurex Clearing under a new agency model developed by the central counterparty (CCP) - but regulators are wary of the risks posed by introducing less regulated entities into the clearing house.

The German CCP is developing a framework to allow buy-side entities, in particular pension funds, supranationals and large asset managers, to clear their trades directly with a clearing house, instead of via a bank clearing member. The

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