Clearing & settlement Archive

Swiss clearer SIX x-clear has agreed to supply central clearing services for all trades conducted on the new dark multilateral trading facility for European stocks, operated by Swiss investment bank UBS. read more>

US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules governing the stake banks are able to hold in swap trading facilities in an attempt to resolve potential conflicts of interest. read more>

The Singapore Exchange has expanded its AsiaClear business with the launch of a new clearing service for OTC traded financial derivatives. read more>

Swiss central counterparty SIX x-clear will cut its prices and introduce a new volume-based tariff structure from 1 January 2011. read more>

Clearing house LCH.Clearnet plans to introduce free equity clearing for members that clear more than 150,000 trades a day on average. read more>

Deutsche Bank has been approved by the Singapore Exchange to act as a bank clearing member on its securities market. read more>

Investment bank J.P. Morgan has become a general clearing participant in central counterparty EuroCCP, which will enable its clients to trade and clear on all the markets covered by the clearing house. read more>

Goldman Sachs has launched a clearing service for OTC derivatives, building on its existing prime brokerage and futures clearing platforms. read more>

Nasdaq OMX has challenged moves by other exchange groups towards a vertically-integrated model of stock exchange and clearing house, urging investment from other trading venues into central counterparty EMCF. read more>

Pan-European central counterparties (CCPs) and regulators have finally reached a resolution that could see interoperability between CCPs before the end of the year. read more>