LCH successfully completes transition to SOFR discounting
Over one million contracts transitioned with a total notional of $120 trillion Scope of transition included cleared…
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FIA welcomes the decisions by EC on time-limited equivalence and ESMA on UK CCP temporary recognition
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today made the following statement in reaction to the EC and…
LCH SwapAgent processes its first SONIA/SOFR cross-currency basis swap
Highlights LCH SwapAgent’s commitment to supporting industry efforts to reform reference rates Bank of America and Lloyds…
ICE Clear Europe receives Recognition as a Third Country Central Counterparty under EMIR
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of…
Exchanges and CCPs – How Engagement with ESG is Evolving
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and central counterparties (CCPs), recently…
Eurex clears first interest rate swap transaction from Japan
First Japanese financial institution clears OTC interest rate swap transaction at Eurex Clearing out of Japan Further…
Margin Management with COVID-19: Practicalities for Mitigating Impact on Capital and Collateral Operations
For many in the derivatives and financial industry, the current market volatility is reminiscent of the credit crisis…
LCH clears first SORA swaps
LCH is the first clearing house to offer clearing of Singapore Dollar swaps benchmarked to SORA Launched…
Should CCPs Be In The ‘Too Big To Fail’ Clique?
Lynn Strongin Dodds assesses the different arguments over whether the CCPs are in danger of concentration risk….
The Brewing Stormlet in Cleared Swaps
By George Bollenbacher There’s a small storm brewing in a corner of the swaps market which may…