Initial margin
Margin exchange threshold relief: get out of jail free?
‘Game-changing’ IM exchange threshold relief may not be the phase five free pass it first appears
FCMs’ required client margin up 29% in 2019
Citi still far and away the largest FCM
BNP leads a comeback for Europe’s clearers
Brexit, leverage ratio tweaks and concentration fears could help European banks compete with US FCMs
Eurex members divided over liquidity risk charges
Banks say proposed charge too conservative, debate whether add-on should be charged directly to clients
Custody battle: competing tensions put IM prep in jeopardy
Conflicting custody interests and delayed docs call IM phase five readiness into question
OCC updates default auction rules to encourage buy-side bids
Clearer’s proposed changes follow client fears of being locked out
Top five clearing members dominate CCPs
Thirteen of 25 clearing services surveyed have 50% or more open positions in hands of top five members
At CCPs, sovereign bonds are top IM collateral
Government debt makes up 48% of IM on average among top clearing houses
EU council dials back on margin haircuts for CCP resolution
Lawmakers close avenues for regulators to dip into non-defaulting members’ initial margin
CFTC urged to cement relief from a non-cleared margin rule
Industry seeks permanent right to specify two minimum transfer amounts: for initial and variation margin
As business mix shifts, Eurex bulks up its default fund
Clearing house will raise charge to 9% from 7% as stress tests signal need for a fatter fund
European CCPs home to 241 non-bank clearing members
Majority of non-financial counterparties are energy and power firms
Small, speculative clearing members – are they worth the risk?
CCPs need new tools to scrutinise their members, for everyone’s good health
One bad apple: default risk at CCPs
One clearing member's disproportionately large position increases the credit risk for all CCP members
JSCC caps member cash calls, revamps futures margin model
Clearing house set to end unlimited default fund top-ups for futures clearing
At CME, required IM up 18% in Q3
Surge follows busy August and September for the swaps clearing business
OCC member default fund contributions up $1bn in Q3
Peak initial margin call was $9.9 billion in Q3
IM calls rocket at LCH’s repo service in Q3
Peak aggregate initial margin call of €462 million in third quarter
SwapClear model update causes IM hike
Maximum aggregate IM call for Q3 was £3.7 billion
Outsourced model validation: is it viable?
Consortium promises cost savings in outsourcing model validation, but some say pooling doesn’t float
Review of 2019: shaken, not stirred
The market survived a cocktail of hits. But is a hangover on the way?
Singapore’s banks eye LCH membership
London CCP’s move to clear for stranded SGX clients pays off, amid broader Apac membership push
Margin test, open access, repo stress
The week on Risk.net, December 14–20, 2019
US firms must rerun non-cleared margin test in March
Proposed CFTC calculation delay offers in-scope firms chance to trade out of phase five compliance