Clearing members
Looming EU-US deal on clearing gets cool welcome from banks
Proposed European rule change will raise risks and costs of clearing, critics fear
Carney: leverage ratio could limit clearing benefits
European officials should look at the impact of the leverage ratio on clearing, the Bank of England chief tells MEPs
Irish central bank warns of swaps market shut-out
Official says current clearing capacity “will be saturated” by Emir demand
Fears mount over CCP client porting
Shrinking pool of FCMs could undermine efforts to port client positions in a default
Buy side mulls new Eurex direct clearing model
Agency-style arrangement may cut clearing costs, but regulators wary
The Clearing House takes aim at CCP risk governance
Banks call for audit trails and beefed-up role for risk committees
CME guaranty fund cut could lure new clearing members
Regional banks and prop shops eye direct membership, but FCMs see few benefits
CCPs confront cleared swap basis threat
From Japan to Mexico, CCPs are trying to avoid repeat of CME-LCH price disparity
How to fix the leverage ratio (by a prudential regulator)
“Embarrassing … ridiculous”: unnamed regulator lets fly at leverage rules
FCMs try to ‘off-board’ credit and commodity funds
Fee hikes are being used to drive out clients that hog capital
Regulators cool on plans to change leverage exposure sums
SA-CCR is mooted successor to 27-year-old CEM, but sensitivity may count against it
CME-LCH basis to persist, say dealers
Banks not convinced by CME plans to lure dealers from LCH.Clearnet
Q&A: Iosco’s Medcraft on CCP stress testing
CPMI-Iosco launch fact-finding mission on CCP risk management
Who will be the dummy in CCP crash-tests?
Clearing houses, banks and regulators could all be caught in the wreckage
CCP stress-test rifts emerge as review gets underway
Banks, clearing houses and regulators all divided on question of standardised tests
No quick fix to leverage ratio stance on margin, banks told
Regulators to address capital hit via standard on segregation – but not before 2017
New clearing casualty as BNPP's Dixon departs
French bank, JP Morgan and Nomura have all lost senior clearing execs in past month
CME-LCH basis affecting choice of venue, say buy-siders
Pimco: price gap is now “material”; Eaton Vance says lowest cost is key factor
Nomura reviews viability of swaps clearing business
OTC clearing service in Europe and US may face the chop
In-depth introduction: Clearing incentives
Price hikes at Goldman Sachs show how much pressure FCMs are under
Goldman hikes clearing fees by 75bp as leverage ratio bites
New fee structure amounts to a fourfold increase in some cases
Unclear incentives: do capital and margin rules support CCPs?
Regulators see incentives to use cleared swaps; critics claim analysis is flawed
Basel will address leverage ratio threat to clearing
FAQ document to tackle treatment of segregated initial margin
Top five US swaps clearers have 73% of the business
Full year of clearing data highlights market's reliance on handful of banks