The deal contingent (DC) hedge market has been making a comeback, after President Trump’s chaotic tariff policies in April ...

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) reported a record daily total of 102.6 million cleared contracts on April 4, the ...

In February, Esma announced it would engage with stakeholders to identify where reporting burdens could be pared back, to support the European Commission’s aim to simplify its rules and enhance the ...

The UK government has handed the Bank of England (BoE) substantial powers to rewrite the rules for central clearing post-Brexit, but experts say the global role of London’s clearing houses makes it ...

The proportion of long-term assets financed with short-term, non-deposit funding at US banks doubled to a post-pandemic high last year, suggesting a systemic shift into more volatile liquidity sources ...

Banks, buy-side firms and prop traders are preparing to re-enact an old battle about transparency in a brand-new arena – the US Treasury market. Proponents of expanded public reporting argue it would ...

LCH’s recent addition of offshore Chinese government bonds (CGBs) into its list of eligible collateral has been hailed as a milestone in the securities’ internationalisation, with many participants ...

Exchanges and clearing houses rely on third-party vendors for vital systems, but outsourcing can also lead to duplication and waste ...

Structured products issuers typically hedge the exotic risks of autocallable notes by slicing and dicing these exposures into ...

Markets are pricing in volatility levels that are too cheap given uncertainty around how the US tariff situation will play ...

A framework that measures indicators to assess investment in US Treasuries, US credit, European debt and emerging markets debt ...

Portfolio margining at LCH is currently only available to clients that clear swaps and futures with the same futures ...