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Schroders first European asset manager to clear with LCH ForexClear
14 November 2022
Schroders becomes first European asset manager to clear with LCH ForexClear
Strong growth recorded across LCH ForexClear services with a record $19.1 trillion cleared in total notional in first nine months of 2022, up 17% year on year
Q3 2022 sees record quarter for non-deliverable FX client clearing volumes at $140 billion, 146% higher than in Q3 2021
LCH ForexClear offers expert risk management for FX NDFs, FX Options, FX Spot and FX Swaps & FX Forward Outrights*
DBS joins LCH SwapClear as the first direct member in Singapore
17 October 2022
SwapClear offers clearing for interest rate derivatives across 27 global currencies
Services in Asia Pacific (APAC) continue to grow with 13 APAC direct members and 170 clients
LCH EquityClear SA goes live with new Value at Risk (VaR) margin model for Cash Equities
12 July 2022
VaR as the new risk methodology[1] will be applied across 12 regulated markets and MTFs
VaR captures all risk factors and respective correlations through a standard approach requirement and has an enhanced capacity to adapt to market volatility
Reaffirms EquityClear SA’s commitment to improving efficiency for its clearing members
LCH RepoClear SA goes live with new Value at Risk (VaR) model
21 June 2022
VaR as the new risk methodology[1] will be applied across 13 Euro debt markets
VaR offers better recognition of diversified portfolios, supports stability and predictability of the margin requirement, and enhanced capacity to adapt to market volatility
Reaffirms RepoClear SA’s commitment to improving margin efficiency for its members
LCH ForexClear welcomes Citadel
24 May 2022
Citadel has executed their first cleared FX non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) at LCH ForexClear, with Citi acting as the clearing broker
Client clearing continues to see strong growth at the service with a record quarterly volume of $90bn of notional in Q1 2022, up 42% versus Q1 2021
ForexClear provides clearing for NDFs, FX Options, FX Spot and FX Swaps & Forward Outrights*
LCH SA welcomes Commonwealth Bank of Australia as first Australian member
06 April 2022
Commonwealth Bank of Australia joins LCH SA’s RepoClear service
RepoClear SA is LCH’s international service for 13 euro denominated debts
LCH CDSClear launches client clearing of credit index options
24 March 2022
BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan are the first banks to offer client clearing of credit index options through CDSClear
LCH CDSClear offers the broadest credit product coverage of any clearing house
LCH SA further expands European equities offering with connections to new trading venues
24 February 2022
LCH SA has completed connections to Cboe Europe BV (including the Cboe Trade Reporting Service) and Aquis Exchange Europe
Market participants benefit from additional routes to clear European equities at LCH SA
Increases margining and settlement netting efficiencies available to EquityClear SA customers
LCH SwapAgent completes first EUR swaption trade under AFB/FBF
03 February 2022
Natixis CIB and Crédit Agricole CIB were the counterparties to the first SwapAgent trade under the French law FBF/AFB master agreement
33 counterparties have processed over $3.7 trillion in notional volume on LCH SwapAgent since launch
LCH SwapAgent offers standardisation, efficiency and simplicity in the bilateral derivatives market
LCH achieves record clearing volumes in 2021
17 January 2022
LCH services continued to support transition to risk-free rates with conversion of over $35 trillion of notional
LCH SwapAgent registered over 10,000 trades in 2021, a five fold increase
ForexClear and FXall partnership expanded FX traders’ workflows for OTC trades
Record clearing volumes reported across LCH services