LCH Clearnet set to clear US trades

LCH Clearnet, Europe's largest derivatives clearing house, has won approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to clear financial futures and options contracts on US exchanges.

The London-based clearing house can now compete fully with, for example, the New York Mercantile Exchange, which clears its own members' trades as well as over-the-counter (OTC) trades.

LCH has been able to clear OTC trades in the US since November 2001, when it became registered as a derivatives clearing organisation (DCO) there. The company is the only non-US-domiciled central counterparty to hold DCO status.

Clearing houses - or central counterparties - manage confirmation, delivery and

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