Clearing
At Ice Clear Europe, 84 margin breaches in 2018
Clearing house posted just nine breaches in 2017
OCC members' default fund payments drop 39% in 2018
Calculation switch shaves billions off mandatory contributions
LCH SwapClear swells client list by 10%
Number of client accounts hits 21,220
CME had top margin breach of $138 million in 2018
Margin shortfall triggered by "extreme volatility" in natural gas markets
Brexit fear drives futures trades out of London
Transitions via FIA protocol have escalated since January as no-deal concerns mount
LCH ForexClear posts two margin breaches in Q4 2018
Second-largest breach since public disclosure began was $17.8 million in size
Eurex member faced jumbo VM call in Q4 2018
Third-largest actual same-day payment obligation is the biggest since 2016
Asia ETF Forum 2018 special report
Since the launch of the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) in 1999, exchange-traded products (ETPs) have gained popularity as they become one of the fastest-growing investment products in the world. Hong Kong…
Patchy response to Isda’s back office of the future
Some banks are quiet, while clearing houses seem split on uptake of Isda data standardisation project
Asia moves: Hong Kong exchange on senior hiring spree, KKR picks Apac strategist, and more
Latest job changes across industry
DTCC members add $26bn to default funds in 2018
Clearing house's own contributions dipped $8.5 million last year
Capturing alpha in Asia’s ETF market – Trends to watch in 2019
As the inclusion of China A-shares into major indexes could potentially lead to record inflows into China, 2019 is set to be an exceptional year for the Asian exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market. Meanwhile, investors in the region are increasingly eyeing…
CCP risk panels aren’t listening, banks say
Simmering resentment surfaces as two banks insist committees be more responsive to clearing members
Cleared swaps surged among US banks in 2018
Cleared swaps accounted for 49% of notionals at end-2018
Capital requirements for options are ‘crazy’ – DRW
Wilson says current rules penalise options, but SA-CCR does not go far enough to fix the problem
Big US banks dropped $24trn of OTC notionals at year-end
Total notionals reported by the eight US G-Sibs stood at $196.3 trillion at end-December
Study floats idea of breaking up CCP services
Proposal includes explicit public backstop for key functions and private provision of other services
ASX to offer blockchain free to lure early adopters
Teaser intro would be for three years, while users would still be charged for Swift and AMQP connections
Clearing members inject $2.5bn to JSCC default funds in 2018
Higher contributions likely reflect increased exposures at the CCP
Nasdaq auction failure ignites anti-clearing backlash
CCP members wary of illiquid risks
Hammer horror: banks fear CCP auctions after Nasdaq
Auction failure at Nasdaq sparks debate over who gets to bid on portfolios, and whether they should be pre-hedged
Banks split over sending traders to default auctions
After Nasdaq auction failed, some see need for traders in process; others can’t afford to lose them
Ring-fencing law swells Lloyds’ swap book
Recognition of intra-group trades boosts leverage exposure measure and CCP charges
Cleared swaps grow 10 times faster than bilateral at HSBC
Total derivatives notionals up 25% year-on-year