Futures commission merchant (FCM)
CCP chiefs warn on clearing provision capacity
Ice and LCH question whether direct buy-side clearing models can alleviate capital crunch
Regulators may consider portability in CCP fire drills
BoE, BaFin and CFTC move signals concern over whether client positions can be moved between banks in a crisis
Start-up looks to break swaps clearing bottleneck
Sernova promises everything an FCM can do – apart from taking risk
Clearing portability under threat as FCM pool shrinks
Failure of big clearing brokers could see clients unable to move to stable competitors
Banks seek to pry open CCP black boxes
Clarity on model inputs may have averted Brexit chaos, FCMs claim
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2017: CCP enjoys stellar year for volumes, and demonstrates willingness to adapt following Brexit stresses
Why liquidity risk is the silent clearing killer
A quant paper shows feedback effects can amplify CCP margin requirements in stressed markets
EU net margin rules are riskier than US regime, warns CFTC
Commission’s Bandman raises margin financing as emerging systemic risk to CCPs
Barclays loses top clearing exec
Industry has seen string of departures from senior clearing roles over past year
Emir countdown raises cost questions for the buy side
Firms fear wider spreads, lower liquidity after May 21 frontloading date
Basel Committee to amend leverage ratio calculation
CEM to be ditched, but regulators still considering treatment of client margin
Banks unyielding in contract talks on clearing
European buy-siders that leave clearing-contract talks too late could be told 'take it or leave it', lawyers warn
CFTC quizzes clearing banks over leverage-cutting tactic
Billions of dollars in client margin have already been moved off balance sheet
Fears mount over CCP client porting
Shrinking pool of FCMs could undermine efforts to port client positions in a default
Lack of average pricing holding back Clobs, says buy side
Sefs, FCMs and CCPs not interested in finding a solution, however
CFTC’s aim is 'not just' to expand clearing, Massad says
Agency will not “mandate a lot of products just to increase clearing”
Credit Suisse dismisses talk of clearing retreat
Biggest US swaps FCM has cut commodities presence and plans "no further strategic changes"
Non-bank FCMs unlikely to fill OTC gap
Capital burdens too great, say clearing specialists
Commodity end-users fret over shrinking number of FCMs
Costly new rules for futures brokers come under fire at CFTC meeting
CCPs confront cleared swap basis threat
From Japan to Mexico, CCPs are trying to avoid repeat of CME-LCH price disparity
How to fix the leverage ratio (by a prudential regulator)
“Embarrassing … ridiculous”: unnamed regulator lets fly at leverage rules
FCMs try to ‘off-board’ credit and commodity funds
Fee hikes are being used to drive out clients that hog capital
Regulators cool on plans to change leverage exposure sums
SA-CCR is mooted successor to 27-year-old CEM, but sensitivity may count against it
Shrinking ranks of swaps clearers could see new entrants
NFA official says "a couple" of firms have filed applications to open a swaps FCM