Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC)
CCPs build their liquidity buffers
$26 billion increase in deposits entrusted to commercial banks
A real-life stress test for CCP margin
Thanks to standardised reporting, we can track how clearing houses’ risk profiles have changed over time
JSCC reinforces default funds
Member firm contributions swell ¥135.5 billion across derivatives clearing services
CCPs incur fewer margin breaches in 2017
LCH Ltd reports 399 fewer breaches than in 2016; DTCC 156
Liquidity resources vary across CCPs
Eurex, Ice Clear Credit, LCH SA most dependent on cash deposited at central banks
Vol virus: how a CCP basis leapt from swaps to swaptions
A clearing house basis has opened up between JSCC and LCH on yen swaptions – despite neither clearing the product
LCH-JSCC basis drops as hedge funds arrive
Capula and Rokos Capital among funds to have gained access to JSCC in recent months
JSCC margin changes ease Japan interest rate pain
Negative rates prompted switch in the CCP’s margin calculation model for interest rate swaps
Swaps data: breaking down CCPs’ $750 billion funding bill
Amir Khwaja of Clarus FT considers how initial margin, variation margin and default fund contributions can quickly add up
Swaps data: the monopoly effect in clearing
There are only a handful of products where clearing volumes are evenly split between rivals
Taper talk drives wild swings in JSCC-LCH basis
Difference between pay-fixed yen swap rates at LCH and JSCC neared 16bp before falling 30% last week
Swaps data: CCP and Sef volumes still growing
First three quarters show strong growth in interest rate swaps, forex NDFs and index CDSs
Monthly swaps data review: analysing CCP and Sef volumes
Data shows strong growth at LCH and JSCC, while OIS products surge
Banks calm on Eurex-LCH basis volatility
Past basis blowouts prepared banks for movements, say traders
HKEx: real-time settlement key to cross-currency swap clearing
JSCC and KRX also said to be working on cross-currency swap clearing offerings
LCH-JSCC basis to boost XVA acceptance in Japan
Prices now "can't be explained without reference to XVAs", says Nomura credit head
LCH-JSCC basis rockets for cleared yen swaps
Cost of receive-fixed swaps at JSCC jumps fivefold in a week
Japan’s Quick takes on MarkitWire with domestic affirmation service
Japanese language service targets domestic regional banks
Slow start to US dollar rates clearing in Japan
Dealers cite limited demand to clear foreign currency interest rate swaps at JSCC
JSCC applies to US for exempt clearing status
Japan clearing house abandons three-year-long application to become approved DCO
CCPs confront cleared swap basis threat
From Japan to Mexico, CCPs are trying to avoid repeat of CME-LCH price disparity
Nomura exec: client clearing scale insufficient outside Japan
Competition is set to intensify for Japan OTC clearing market as Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank starts client clearing