Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC)
SEC leadership change puts Treasuries mandate under scrutiny
FICC clearing models approved, but critics think delay could revive prospects of done-away trading
BNY to launch ‘done away’ UST and repo clearing service
Service aims to offer collateral efficiencies for tri-party repo, and create much needed clearing capacity
Netting hurdles could decide the US Treasuries clearing race
Competing CCPs must resolve accounting and cross-margining obstacles to benefit from SEC mandate
Accounting fix needed for done-away Treasury clearing – DTCC
Splitting UST execution and clearing “not viable” for clearing brokers under current regime
FICC captures record share of US MMF repos
Fed facility sees continued outflows as funds redirect assets
CME, Ice tread nuanced path to US Treasury clearing
CME floats “hybrid” model, Ice commits to agent clearing, while LCH is yet to reveal its hand
Marex plots interest rate clearing push
UK broker is live on LCH and plans to be a “day one” clearing member on FMX
CME, FICC in talks to expand cross-margining to client accounts
New rules and account structures will be needed to allow cross-margining by non-members
RJ O’Brien plots expansion into US Treasury clearing
Chairman and CEO says futures house plans to capitalise on SEC’s new mandate for interdealer trades
Clearing members cry foul over restrictive FICC rule change
Draft interpreted as attempt to obstruct rival clearing houses entering US Treasuries market
Calls grow for dealers to unbundle US Treasury clearing
SEC’s Gensler and NY Fed’s Neal turn up pressure on dealers to clear ‘done away’ trades
New FICC clearing model still holds fears for buy side
Sponsored access with margin segregation hasn’t reassured firms about loss mutualisation
US MMFs’ cleared repos top half-a-trillion dollars
FICC-routed transactions increased 52% in the 12 months to April
FICC takes flak over Treasury clearing proposal
Latest plans would still allow members to bundle clearing and execution – and would fail to boost clearing capacity, critics say
JSCC, FICC lead VM spike across CCPs
BoJ decision to allow 10-year yields above 1% contributed to JSCC spikes
Record rise in concentration at top CCPs leads to all-time high
Median top-five member open position concentration rises 2.4pp in Q4
Reluctantly, CME moves to clear US Treasuries
CME Group will seek regulatory approval to clear US Treasuries, chief executive Terry Duffy said today
Cleared US repos hit record high as MMFs wean off Fed
Deflating tri-party volumes coincide with FICC DVP trades’ climb to $2tn
Holes in the netting: the limits of CME-FICC cross-margin deal
Big margin savings for some, but more needed to ease pressure of UST clearing mandate
Repo clearing could spur CDM adoption – Barclays
UK bank’s tech group believes repo market is primed for new data standards
Buy side frets over cost of compulsory repo clearing
As US regulators prepare to mandate clearing, cost of compliance remains a mystery to many