LCH, a leading global clearing house, today announced that 2018 was a record year for volumes across its clearing services at LCH Ltd and LCH SA. Equities, fixed income, and OTC derivatives clearing services all surpassed 2017’s clearing activity. Increased volumes across both clearing houses has been driven by the roll-out of new products, and growth of client clearing.
LSEG Technology has successfully implemented Settlement and Central Securities Depository functionality for Singapore Exchange (SGX). In live operation from 10 December 2018, this was a whole market implementation, involving brokers, custodian banks, settlement banks, registrars and retail investors.
Cinnober, a global provider of exchange and clearing technology solutions, today announces that Vaultex Exchange will use Cinnober’s TRADExpress Trading System and TRADExpress RealTime Clearing for its new security token exchange.
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
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
London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) announces that it is in the process of acquiring further shares in LCH Group Holdings Limited (“LCH”), which will increase its majority ownership of this valuable strategic business.
Groundbreaking study proves DLT can process more than 100 million trades per day
On February 13, Japan Exchange Group (JPX) successfully launched its new clearing system for exchange traded derivatives, based on Cinnober’s TRADExpress RealTime Clearing, and a CCP Risk solution. The JPX ETD derivatives market is operated by the Osaka Exchange (OSE) and cleared by the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC), both part of JPX.
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is looking into the creation of a global regulatory sandbox, enabling fintech firms to carry out tests in different countries at the same time and helping watchdogs to identify and solve common cross-border problems.
Since the start of Q4 2017, Cinnober signed agreements with an additional 168 clients for TRADEcho, taking the total number of customers to 548.
