Cross-product margining
DTCC’s plan to unlock billions in margin and capital savings
T+1 settlement has already cut margin; now firm is working on OCC tie-up, among 10 efficiency projects
LCH to expand access to FMX futures clearing
Clearing house is awaiting regulatory approval to allow client clearing via FCM affiliates
BoE to consult on promoting clearing for gilt repo market
Isda AGM: Deputy governor also takes aim at bilateral repo haircuts and cross-CCP netting
Emir 3.0 could complicate Eurex cross-margining for repo
Clearing house targets November 2025 to launch repo on Prisma, but new EU rules are imminent
No need for repo clearing ‘cannon’ in Europe, says industry
Observers question rationale for a clearing mandate, calling for clearer incentives
PTFs clash with banks over ‘done-away’ US Treasury clearing
Trading firms losing patience with banks’ reluctance to unbundle trading and execution
CME-FICC cross-margin programme sees increased demand
Joint arrangement aids netting, reduces clearing costs and increases capacity
Derivatives client clearer of the year: Societe Generale
Risk Awards 2025: French dealer rides CTA wave with 9.6% jump in US clearing business
CME, FICC in talks to expand cross-margining to client accounts
New rules and account structures will be needed to allow cross-margining by non-members
Holes in the netting: the limits of CME-FICC cross-margin deal
Big margin savings for some, but more needed to ease pressure of UST clearing mandate
Eurex repo haircutting to move to Prisma futures model
Switch will open cross-margining opportunities between repo and futures
Marginal gains: buy side gets set for cross-product margining
Faced with higher margin and funding costs, more buy-side firms are looking to optimise margin requirements across their fixed income portfolios. Here Lee Bartholomew, global head of FIC product design at Eurex, and Per Haga, global head of prime…
‘Very little support’ for a US Treasury clearing mandate – Isda
Dealers and clients prefer carrot to stick in efforts to improve Treasury market liquidity
Prime broker of the year: Barclays
Risk Awards 2022: Focus on risk management helps UK bank win client trust – and balances – in wake of Archegos collapse
Industry relief as US keeps leverage ratio reform on the table
Risk USA: Market participants welcome Treasury market report, which includes possible SLR changes
FICC calls for rehypothecation relief to scale US Treasuries clearing
Current prohibition on margin re-use penalises sponsored clearing of cash instruments
Euro swaps relocation stalls as equivalence deadline nears
Nine months before equivalence deadline, over 70% of EU euro swap trades still clear in the UK
Sunil Cutinho on CME’s crisis performance
Maverick clearing house boss dismisses the need for anti-procyclicality tools imposed by regulators
Japan’s CCP goes global
International investors are flocking in ever greater numbers to clear their Japanese yen swap books at the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation. Their arrival is driving some big changes – within the clearing house itself and across the broader JPY…
CME, FICC to overhaul Treasury market margining
Clearers eye deal to dramatically improve cross-margin savings, aim to extend offsets to end-users
Net losers? Benefits of clearing US Treasuries are cloudy
Practical obstacles and questionable netting benefits muddy the path to a clearing mandate, argues economist