Clearing
OCC skin in the game down by nearly a third
Hike in capital expenditures and tax payments drives decrease
SEC may lack legal clout to impose new dealer rule – Citadel
Adoption of quantitative dealer definition may require congressional changes to US Securities Exchange Act
US Basel endgame hits clearing with op risk capital charges
Dealers also fret about unlevel playing field compared with requirements in the EU
Liquidity risk hits multi-year highs at both CME divisions
Changes to clearing member exposures and portfolio composition drive increases
CFTC’s clearing house recovery rule splits industry
Some fear CCPs will fast-track recovery, others say any rule book will be ignored in emergency
Market ‘not ready’ for US Treasuries clearing mandate
“Client clearing for Treasuries doesn’t really exist,” says Barclays exec, while DTCC points to gaps in market awareness
OCC liquidity risk doubles to all-time high in Q2
Concentration of activity around June expiration responsible for record rise
EU banks ‘will play for time’ in stand-off over India’s CCPs
Lawyers say banks are unlikely to set up subsidiaries and will instead pin hopes on revised Emir fix
Worst-case double default would have caused breach at CME
Stress loss based on hypothetical scenario was $390m higher than prefunded resources
Narrow path to compromise on EU’s post-Brexit clearing rules
Lawmakers unlikely to support industry demand to delete Emir active accounts proposal altogether
Citi, JP Morgan slash $3tn of OTC notionals in Q2
Trimming of cleared portfolios bucks trend across top US banks
Transmission of cyber risk through the Canadian wholesale payment system
The authors investigate how a paralyzing cyber attack on one or more banks would spread to other banks through the Canadian wholesale payment system and simulate various scenarios, evaluating the total disruption to the payment system.
At Eurex, default fund grows 45% to record size
Market volatility and current interest rates level behind increase in Q2
Vendors under new scrutiny in CFTC due diligence push
Planned cyber resilience regime will force dealers to subject “critical” tech vendors to stricter audit
Members’ contributions to MBSD’s default fund up 11%
CCP’s skin in the game also up slightly, pushing aggregate amount to highest since Q1 2022
FX-style crypto platforms could bridge gap with TradFi
Emergence of execution-only ECNs, prime brokers and clearing houses brings new confidence in crypto
Rate of cleared OTC derivatives rises at European banks
Swedbank leads dealers in secular trend towards clearing space
Post-crisis accounting trick haunts clearing brokers
FCMs gave up interest income for capital savings when rates were low. Now, some want it back
Mystery clearing member delays ICEU’s CDS transition
But Ice is confident open interest will be close to zero when service shuts down in October
HKEX expected to cover damages in LME nickel lawsuits
Legal costs cannot be passed to members as non-default losses under the LME’s rule book, lawyers say
Overboard: ditching clients imperils Treasuries clearing mandate
Standardised docs a drop in the ocean as dealers eye potential costs of sponsored Treasuries clearing
LCH Ltd’s RepoClear margin model gets a makeover
Changes aim to make margin models for gilt repo more sensitive to market moves
Swap Connect growth hampered by unwinding issues
Users’ inability to trade bespoke swaps to unwind positions deters foreign investors
JSCC’s IRS unit hit by record margin breaches
Interest rate volatility drives coverage level below CCP’s risk appetite, triggering IM methodology review