Press Releases

  LCH SA will provide clearing services for cash-settled Bitcoin index futures and options contracts traded on digital asset derivatives trading venue, GFO-X. This clearing service will provide market participants with access to clearing of crypto derivatives in a regulated environment. Demonstrates LCH SA’s commitment to bringing the benefits of clearing to this growing asset class.

KfW transacts first Transport Currency trades through LCH SwapAgent, with Bank of America, Commerzbank, Danske Bank and Santander as counterparties. Transactions highlight LCH SwapAgent’s commitment to working with participants in the uncleared derivatives market to develop innovative solutions. LCH SwapAgent offers standardised infrastructure and efficiencies to the uncleared derivatives market.  

A record $516 billion in client notional cleared at ForexClear in 2022, with 69% from APAC clients. Transaction further reinforces LCH’s commitment to servicing clients in the APAC region.

Commerzbank AG and Unicredit Bank AG acted as counterparties to the cross-currency swap  Extension of the LCH SwapAgent rulebook highlights commitment to standardisation, efficiency and simplicity in the bilateral derivatives market  LCH SwapAgent registered $7.5 trillion in notional by the end of 2022, up 105% from 2021 

Record volumes registered across LCH clearing services including SwapClear, ForexClear, RepoClear, EquityClear and CDSClear, as well as at SwapAgent Expansion of offering for the uncleared derivatives market through acquisitions of Quantile and Acadia*

LCH CDSClear launches clearing of iTraxx Asia ex-Japan Indices and CDX Emerging Market Indices, and their single name constituents, as well as other Sovereign single name CDS including Western European name Clearing services expanded to offer users the widest breadth of products of any credit CCP globally Service enables access to significant funding capital and operational efficiencies available through clearing

LCH SwapClear is the first clearing house to offer clearing of Overnight Index Swaps using the DESTR risk free rate Extension of service demonstrates LCH’s commitment to supporting interest rate benchmark reform globally LCH SwapClear offers clearing for interest rate products across 27 global currencies

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*

  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  

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