
BIS slams Nasdaq Clearing for risk management failures
Clearing member says it is giving notice to quit bourse, citing concerns over concentration of risk on venue

The Bank for International Settlements has issued a stern rebuke to Nasdaq, blasting the clearing house for risk management failures that led to a €114 million ($130.1 million) loss for clearing members earlier this year.
In a report published in its latest quarterly review, the watchdog makes unfavourable comparisons to central counterparties’ (CCPs) handling of the default of Lehman Brothers – which, in the case of the bank’s cleared rates portfolio, did not see losses mutualised. BIS
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