
LCH RepoClear SA
LCH’s France-registered cash bond and repo trade clearing service
RepoClear SA is LCH’s market-leading government bond cash and repo clearing service. Established in 1999 as a clearing service for French government securities and repo trades, the service has since added the Italian, Spanish, German and Belgian markets (2017). In January 2019, RepoClear SA has extended its clearing services to eight additional Euro markets, namely: Austrian, Dutch, Finnish, Irish, Portuguese, Slovakian, Slovenian debts and Supranationals.
We remain committed to building out our product suite with our market partners to ensure that RepoClear SA continues to occupy its important role in European clearing.
Market participants can choose from the following membership options at RepoClear SA:
Individual Clearing Member (ICM) – A member authorized to clear their own business
General Clearing Member (GCM) – A member authorized to clear their own business and/or that of Associated Trading Members
Associated Trading Member (ATM) – A firm that trades on trading and matching platforms and has entered into a clearing agreement with a member
Special Clearing Member (SCM) - A member authorized to clear their own business under special conditions
Sponsored Clearing Member - A member currently not able to have direct access but can via the sponsorship of their Agent Member
Agent Member - Acting on behalf of the sponsored member to assist in meeting contractual and operational obligations of the clearing membership
RepoClear SA provides clearing services for cash bond and repo transactions traded bilaterally among financial institutions and executed on the following trading venues:
- Trading Platforms: Euro-MTS, MTS-France, MTS Italy, MTS Associated Markets, CME (BrokerTec), TP Repo (TP ICAP) and Tradeweb
- Trade Matching: ETCMS – Euroclear Trade Capture and Matching System (Euroclear’s matching system)
These transactions are processed by RepoClear SA and are settled by:
- National Bank of Belgium (NBB) for the Belgian debt
- Clearstream Banking (Frankfurt) for French, Belgian, Austrian, Spanish and German debts
- Clearstream Banking Luxembourg for German, Austrian, Dutch, Finnish, Irish, Portuguese, Slovakian, Slovenian debts and Supranationals
- Euroclear France for French, Belgian, German and Spanish debts
- Euroclear Netherlands for the Dutch debt
- Euroclear Bank for German, Austrian, Dutch, Finnish, Irish, Portuguese, Slovakian, Slovenian debts and Supranationals
- Iberclear for French,German and Spanish debts
- Monte Titoli for Italian debt
LCH SA and Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia S.p.A. (CC&G) have an agreement under which LCH SA and CC&G provide clearing services for Italian government bond transactions executed on the MTS S.p.A. and BrokerTec platform and settled in Monte Titoli.

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