Exchanges and CCPs
Ice CDS volumes surge as investors hedge Iran shock
Single-name volumes outpace indexes as investors target specific risks
ForexClear stress losses surge as member concentration rises
Top five member share of IM jumps 9pp as stress losses hit six-year high
CME outages hit eight-year high in Q4
Operational failures totalling 8.5 hours most severe since 2017
BoE’s SSITG proposal could lead to $333m additional CCP capital
Plan would expand own-capital tranches deployed alongside member contributions at LCH, Ice and LME
LME hit hardest in BoE’s latest CCP stress test
Cover 2 liquidation scenario wipes out more than half of default fund
MBSD liquidity risk hits four-year high
Estimated largest payment obligation tops $40bn in Q3
Interest rate ETDs surge to second-highest level on record
Futures-led surge signals firmer views on rate direction
OCC’s initial margin spikes 27% in Q3
CCP hits new margin record for second consecutive quarter
European exchange-traded IR derivatives balloon in H1
New highs in F&Os mirror OTC derivatives growth in BIS survey
UK CCPs see gradual shift toward foreign clearing members
North America and Asia-Pacific clearing houses remain dominated by domestic members
Volatile Q2 reshapes margin composition at top CCPs
JSCC introduces new cash collateral method, CME sees gold hit record high
Required IM at top CCPs climbs 11% to record high in Q2
Tariff shocks and trading shifts propel surge across the board
Tariff volatility triggers record margin calls at global CCPs
Aggregate average VM call in Q2 eclipsed pandemic highs
Ice Credit below availability target after six-hour op failure
May 5 outage longest since public disclosure began in 2015
Global CCPs suffer record IM breaches in tariff-hit Q2
JSCC leads surge ahead of Eurex, CDCC, OCC and LCH
US CDS clearing drops to 11-month low in August
Retreat from CCPs tied to jump in uncleared contracts for peripheral geographies
NSCC default fund surges to record $19.8bn in Q2
Q2 spike pushes resources past pandemic-era peak
OCC payment obligations hit record in Q1
Liquid resources up 6.5% as liquidity risk grows to new highs
CME suffers longest op failures in seven years
Outages totalled over 13 hours in 12-month period
Volatility fuels record growth in CDCC’s default fund
Skin in the game increase overshadowed by member contribution spike in Q1
Ice US incurs $644m hypothetical stress loss shortfall
Double-member default in worst-case scenario would have overwhelmed CCP’s default fund