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New LCH Account Type Targets Collateral Burdens

August 18, 2017 by Eugene Grygo

The LCH Ltd. clearinghouse has launched a new type of client account via its SwapClear service that among other aspects will allow European buy-side firms to send collateral directly to the LCH and allow them to retain beneficial title to it, officials say. The creation of the new account type, CustodialSeg, is in response to… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Governance, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Reporting Tagged With: Buy-side, central counterparty clearinghouse (CCP), clearinghouse, collateral, CustodialSeg, FX, LCH.Clearnet, LSOC, SwapClear

Euronext Still Wants to Buy Clearnet from LSEG

April 4, 2017 by Eugene Grygo

Euronext is making it clear that it still wants to buy and own the LCH.Clearnet service outright, the sale of which was part of the failed London Stock Exchange Group-Deutsche Börse merger. At the same time, Euronext is hedging its bets with a preliminary derivatives clearing agreement with ICE Clear Netherlands that would require Euronext… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Back-Office, Derivatives, Industry News Tagged With: Clearnet, Deutsche Borse, Deutsche Börse AG, EU Commission, Euronext, ICE Clear Netherlands, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), LCH.Clearnet, London Stock Exchange Group, LSE Group, LSEG, Stéphane Boujnah

Euronext Wants to Buy LCH Clearnet for $531 Million

January 4, 2017 by Eugene Grygo

Exchanges conglomerate Euronext is making an “irrevocable all-cash offer” to acquire all of LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd., a central counterparty clearinghouse (CCP), from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) for €510 million ($531.3 million) in an effort to achieve pre-tax operating “cost synergies of €13 million ($13.5 million) and additional opportunities for revenue synergies,” according to… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Clearing, Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Industry News Tagged With: Clearnet CCP, derivatives clearing, Euronext, LCH.Clearnet, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

E.U. Regulators Fear Combined LSE-DB Will Be a Monopoly

December 20, 2016 by Lynn Strongin Dodds

The European Commission has narrowed its focus into the £21 billion ($26 billion) merger of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Deutsche Börse to derivatives clearing, dropping many of its previous competition concerns from its investigation launched in September. They included exchange-traded products, the licensing of indexes and trading of German government bonds. The main… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Clearing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Industry News Tagged With: Bank of International Settlements (BIS), derivatives clearing, Eurex, LCH.Clearnet, London Stock Exchange

Five Clearinghouses Pass CFTC’s Stress Test

November 17, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

Five Clearinghouses Pass CFTC’s Stress Test

Key clearinghouses for derivatives markets have “ample resources to withstand extremely stressful market scenarios,” according to CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad, who was commenting upon the results of the regulator’s supervisory stress test of CME Clearing; ICE Clear Credit, ICE Clear Europe and ICE Clear U.S., all part of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE); and LCH Clearnet…. Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Clearing, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance Tagged With: CFTC, CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad, clearinghouse, clearinghouses, CME Clearing; ICE Clear Credit, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, ICE Clear Europe, ICE Clear U.S., Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), LCH.Clearnet, Stress Test

E.U. Opens Deep Dive into Deutsche Börse-LSE Merger

September 29, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

While non-European authorities have given the thumbs up, European Commission officials have just announced that they are opening “an in-depth investigation” into the proposed merger between the Deutsche Börse Group and London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) to see if the combined organization would limit competition, putting the marriage in conflict with the EU Merger Regulation…. Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Clearing, Mergers & Acquisitions, General Interest, Industry News Tagged With: CCPs, derivatives, derivatives clearing, Deutsche Börse Group, European Commission, LCH.Clearnet, London Stock Exchange Group

Exchanges, Clearinghouses, CSDs Embrace DLT with Caution

September 1, 2016 by Lynn Strongin Dodds

The world’s largest securities exchanges, clearinghouses and central securities depositories (CSDs) are exploring the possibilities of blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT). But concerns remain as to whether the technology will deliver the promised goods of a more streamlined and efficient world, according to a new survey conducted by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Clearing, FinTech Trends Tagged With: AMCC Affiliate Members Consultative Committee, blockchain, BNY Mellon, clearinghouses, CME Group, CSDs, Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. (DTCC), Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Borse, DLT, exchanges, Fixed Income, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Co. (HKEx), iosco, LCH.Clearnet, Nasdaq Stock Market, OTC derivatives, Santander, Singapore Exchange, Siobhan Cleary, SIX Swiss Exchange, Utility Settlement Coin (USC), World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)

Brexit Storm Rains On LSE, Deutsche Börse Merger

July 7, 2016 by Lynn Strongin Dodds

London Stock Exchange (LSE) shareholders may have given their approval to the planned £20 billion ($30 billion) merger with Germany’s Deutsche Börse but there is no guarantee that their relationship will weather the post-Brexit storm and this could pave the way for another suitor. In a joint statement after the Brexit vote, LSE and Deutsche… Read More >>

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, General Interest, Industry News Tagged With: BaFin, Brexit, Deutsche Borse, European Union, European Union Referendum, LCH.Clearnet, London Stock Exchange, LSE

Brexit Could Put U.K. Clearinghouses in Limbo

April 29, 2016 by Lynn Strongin Dodds

The Brexit wars are heating up in the U.K. as the European Referendum draws closer but it is still too early to call the outcome. In the meantime, President Obama lent support to the remain or stay-in campaign during his recent visit to the U.K. But the leave party is doing its level best to… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Clearing, General Interest, Industry News Tagged With: Allen & Overy, Brexit, CCPs, central counterparty clearinghouse, CME Group, derivatives clearing, E.U., ICE, Intercontinental Exchange, LCH.Clearnet, London Metal Exchange, London Stock Exchange, OTC derivatives, President Obama, SwapClear, United Kindgom

ESMA Pries Open Derivatives Clearing

April 18, 2016 by Lynn Strongin Dodds

Although not all clearinghouses will be happy, the European Securities Market Authority Association (ESMA) decision to allow more choice in trading and clearing was welcomed by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Nasdaq Stock Market, which have long championed greater competition in derivatives clearing. The so-called open access rule, set out under Markets in… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Settlement, Blockchain/DLT, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance Tagged With: blockchain, CCP, Central Counterparty, CME, David Clark, derivatives, derivatives clearing, Deutsche Borse, ESMA, European Securities Market Authority Association, European Union, exchange traded derivatives, ICAP, ICE, IntercontinentalExchange, LCH.Clearnet, London Stock Exchange Group, LSEG, Nasdaq, Tabb Group, Tom Lehrkinder, Wholesale Markets Brokers’ Association

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