LCH

May
03

Exchange Invest 2649: Colombian CCP Recognised by ESMA

What do the Taiwanese, Malaysian, Israeli and even Colombian CCPs have that LCH, ICE Clear London, LME Clear et al don’t? Recognition by ESMA.
11 min read
Mar
08

Exchange Invest 2604: ICE Black Knight Alter Deal

SBF is guilt free as we know so therefore intermediation is a dirty word when it comes to liquidators (but curiously acceptable when it comes to crypto exchanges who charge percentage fees that would make CME / ICE et al blush-
12 min read
Jan
28

178 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast January 28th, 2023

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) is aiming to implement a new trading system and uplift products and services to meet investor demand in 2023.
8 min read
Jan
20

Exchange Invest 2564: FTX Lazarus?

Can FTX really rise from the dead? Meanwhile Binance is named as a major counterparty to the decapitated by DOJ exchange Bitzlato and lots of legacy exchange news as ICE seeks to revolutionize energy trade paperwork.
16 min read
Jan
14

176 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast January 14th, 2023

the Business Times Online FTX Court Filings Reveal Exchange Burned Through $40M On Luxury Hotels, Flights.
12 min read
Dec
17

174 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast December 17th, 2022

the European Union/ European Commission, as well as an exchange whose monopoly has long since atrophied, ASX and indeed their former best days (so long as they were passing through tens of millions from the ASX HQ) DAH (albeit anonymously).
11 min read
Dec
15

Exchange Invest 2533: SBF’s Brazen Brazillian?

Inmate 14372 is perilously likely to spend Christmas and New Year in the Bahamas’ rather less than 5 star condo penthouse class formerly branded as “His Majesty's Prison Fox Hill.”
20 min read
Dec
08

Exchange Invest 2527: ICE Cap Warnings

PLY: Dig a bit deeper - go look at Bahamian US dollar government debt - what does that yield of 13.3% - after a stupendous rally through autumn - tell you? Clearly, there are issues to the Bahamas finances.
10 min read
Jan
18

Exchange Invest 2252: Old Lady Influencing CCP/CSD

LSEG beefs up non-cleared ambitions with a Quantile deal. Agreement to buy optimisation firm for £274m strengthens LCH's FX foothold as SA-CCR bites.
6 min read
Dec
23

Exchange Invest: Our Year In Review Part 1

As we head towards the festive season, it is only fair to note what an awful palaver there has been with the (broadly pointless) quarantines which have blighted sanity, commerce and much else besides across the world (take a bow, Sweden, the last nation of liberty!).
5 min read
Dec
22

Exchange Invest 2238: RIP Libor

In the spirit of pantomime season… “Oh no it won’t”
5 min read
Nov
09

Exchange Invest 2201: Euronext Dumps LCH

Busy day as the inevitable poulet comes home to roost with Borsa Italiana gifted Euronext saying 'non' to continuing to use Clearnet from 2024.
9 min read
Sep
25

113 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast September 25th, 2021

The Binance Noose is tightening more as Coinbase Blinks versus the SEC and the London Stock Exchange closes Curve Global.
10 min read
Sep
22

Exchange Invest 2160: Curve Closing

Sad news as the latest attempt to break the ETD interest rate oligopoly dies with the demise of Curve ...
6 min read
Sep
17

Exchange Invest 2156: SGX Billion For SMEs

The stubborn determination of the EU to defer a decision on Euro clearing permissions is an impediment to taking Brussels seriously.
5 min read