Clearing
CME to pass on Ice CDS administration charges
Clearing house to hike CDS index trade fees from July after Ice’s determinations committee takeover
DTCC’s $74 billion liquidity charge riles members
Some firms may stop clearing US Treasury trades if the CCLF is implemented
US Treasury’s leverage fix tipped to boost repo market
US Treasury plan to exempt US government bond exposures expected to help struggling market
ECB and Esma would call shots on euro clearing
Proposals give central bank and regulator the power to bar biggest third-country CCPs
Is it $5bn or $77bn? Data enters the euro clearing row
Eurex set to challenge LCH estimates of clearing relocation costs
EU rules delay sparks fears over indirect clearing
CCP members must offer new arrangements for exchange-traded derivatives in January 2018
Jeff Bandman leaves CFTC for private sector role
Former acting director of clearing and risk led negotiations with EC over CCP equivalence
LCH set to launch repo client clearing service
Project will allow buy-side firms to access CCP through sponsor banks in coming months
FSB asks whether CCPs could become shock-transmitters
Isda AGM: New analysis – due next month – looks at clearing network risks
Banks win concessions in battle over CCP margin models
European Commission proposal would shine light on clearing house margin charges
Swaps market’s health seen as resting on sickly repo
Isda AGM: Panellists warn repo market is risky way to fund swaps margin
Euro clearing relocation ‘will inform’ US cross-border policy
Isda AGM: CFTC’s Giancarlo says geography has been no barrier for EU CCPs in the US
MEP: Basel too slow to deal with clearing capital clash
Isda AGM: Swinburne criticises Basel’s lethargy on clash between leverage and clearing rules
LCH warns on euro clearing land grab
Isda AGM: location policy would result in higher margin costs, lower liquidity, says Maguire
French regulator lays out plan to capture London euro clearing
AMF calls for equivalence to be scrapped for biggest CCPs and trade repositories
BrokerTec dominance ‘unhealthy’, says Nasdaq’s Shay
More clearing needed to improve US Treasury competition
Euro clearing location paper due on June 28
Short precursor on Brexit-related initiative expected on May 4, alongside Emir review
Monthly swaps data review: ETD vs OTC margin totals
New disclosures from big CCPs show listed market consumes more margin than cleared swaps
CFTC counsel warns of threat to clearing portability
Leverage ratio seen as biggest impediment to porting client positions
OCC seeks leverage ratio relief as liquidity shrinks
85% of CCP’s volumes now short contracts on 20 biggest names, claims risk chief
Banks calm on Eurex-LCH basis volatility
Past basis blowouts prepared banks for movements, say traders
Buy side fuels boom in single-name CDS clearing
Ice single-name CDS volumes double year on year following switch to semi-annual rolls
Ice to clear single-name bank CDSs from April 10
US participants will be able to start clearing CDSs referencing Ice clearing members
Monthly swaps data review: Libor dominance challenged
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