Default funds
CME’s European CCP to lower rates default fund burden
Firm hopes move will entice smaller players to join rates clearing service
Banks and CCPs clash over non-default losses
Banks balk at being on the hook for losses from investments or cyber attack, but many clearers say the risk should be shared
Cat bonds can help combat the systemic risks of CCPs
Bonds could pre-fund CCP default funds and higher margins during market stress, authors argue
Fresh delay for EU rules on CCP spillover losses
Recovery and resolution rules will miss the revised February delivery date
EU regulators split over using initial margin to resolve CCPs
Rules on CCP resolution were due last month but are now slated for February
BoE questions unfunded CCP default fund top-ups
Funds would have to be replenished during period of stress
JP Morgan exec challenges CCPs over skin in the game
"Why wouldn't you put up... all of your capital?" asks Olsen
SGX 'ahead of the curve' on CCP capital, argues director
Singapore Exchange puts up 25% of default fund capital; European and US CCPs contribute 2.6%
How to fix the leverage ratio (by a prudential regulator)
“Embarrassing … ridiculous”: unnamed regulator lets fly at leverage rules
CCPs need thicker skins - Citi analysis
Analytical approach suggests CCPs should be putting more of their own capital at risk
Q&A: Iosco’s Medcraft on CCP stress testing
CPMI-Iosco launch fact-finding mission on CCP risk management
Who will be the dummy in CCP crash-tests?
Clearing houses, banks and regulators could all be caught in the wreckage
CCP stress-test rifts emerge as review gets underway
Banks, clearing houses and regulators all divided on question of standardised tests
Regulators to put CCP risks under microscope
CPMI-Iosco stress-testing quiz will be precursor for broader risk review