FCMs call for more oversight of self-clearing CCP members

Clearing firms worry that PTFs and market-makers joining CCPs en masse will increase systemic risk

Principal trading firms (PTFs) and market-makers are lining up to become direct members of clearing houses – a shift that some warn will increase systemic risk in the financial markets.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s US Treasury Clearing mandate has prompted several firms that currently rely on futures commission merchants (FCMs) to clear their trades to consider becoming direct members of central counterparties (CCPs).

Broker-dealers must begin clearing US Treasury securities from

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