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LCH SwapAgent completes its first swaption trade
15 November 2018
Deutsche Bank and Nomura are counterparties to the first swaptions trades processed through LCH SwapAgent Trades were brokered by ICAP as interdealer broker LCH SwapAgent offers standardised infrastructure and efficiencies to the non-cleared derivatives market
LCH receives licence to clear FX NDFs in Japan
14 November 2018
Japanese Financial Services Agency approves LCH Ltd to clear FX Non-Deliverable Forwards for Japanese banks and clients Builds on existing LCH licence to clear non-Yen OTC interest rate derivatives Underlines LCH’s continued commitment to the Japanese market
LCH clears first SOFR swaps
18 July 2018
LCH becomes first clearing house to offer clearing of U.S. Dollar interest rate swaps benchmarked to the new reference rate This underlines LCH’s support of global rates reform driven by market participants and regulators Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and J.P.Morgan among the first participants to clear SOFR swaps