Press Releases
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LCH Limited Board Appointment
07 September 2016
Graham Wright appointed independent non-executive director to LCH Limited Board
LCH receives regulatory approvals in Hong Kong
01 September 2016
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission grants LCH designated CCP status and authorisation as an Automated Trading Services provider
Enables firms subject to Hong Kong clearing mandate to comply by clearing at LCH
Confirms LCH’s ongoing commitment to Asia Pacific
LCH to offer equities clearing on SIGMA X MTF
24 May 2016
LCH Ltd to start clearing on SIGMA X MTF from July 2016
Cash equity clearing with LCH will be available for users of 17 trading venues
Broadest venue coverage of any cash equity CCP in Europe
Ongoing commitment to cost and operational efficiency as well as improved risk management for clearing members through open access
LCH Spider, new portfolio margining service for interest rate derivatives, goes live
23 May 2016
LCH Spider enables margin offsets between listed and OTC interest rate derivatives portfolios
Offers members and their clients significant opportunity to benefit from risk and collateral efficiencies
Service available on an open access basis
SwapClear compresses over $1 quadrillion of cleared notional
19 May 2016
Landmark milestone for LCH’s interest rate derivatives compression service
Notional outstanding now stands at $280 trillion, down from all time high of $452 trillion in November 2013
Over one million trades, representing $115 trillion in notional compressed so far in 2016
Continued strong uptake of compression services by members and their clients
LCH management appointments
26 April 2016
Daniel Maguire appointed Global Head of Rates & FX Derivatives
Paddy Boyle joins as Head of FX Product
LCH.Clearnet licenced to clear interest rate derivatives in Japan
08 April 2016
Japanese Financial Services Agency approves LCH.Clearnet Ltd to clear non-Yen OTC interest rate derivatives for Japanese banks
Demonstrates LCH.Clearnet’s long-term commitment to Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region
First foreign financial markets infrastructure provider to be licensed locally in Japan
LCH.Clearnet expands European cash equities clearing service
16 February 2016
LCH.Clearnet Ltd to offer clearing on UBS MTF from 22 February 2016
Cash equity clearing with LCH.Clearnet will be available for users of 16 trading venues
Equity clearing volumes have increased by over 20% over the past 12 months
Initiative underlines LCH.Clearnet’s ongoing commitment to the open access model
LCH.Clearnet receives recognition as a clearing house in Singapore by MAS
01 February 2016
Firms subject to Singapore’s proposed clearing mandate will be able to meet their obligations by clearing at LCH.Clearnet
Underscores LCH.Clearnet’s continued commitment to the Singaporean market and broader Asia-Pacific region