Latest LCH.Clearnet News: Finextra Research

Swift bids to carve out space in regulatory compliance

Financial messaging network Swift is looking to extend its remit to the emerging regulatory landscape, pitching its shared market infrastructure as a cost-effective means for financial institutions to ease the compliance burden.

17 September 2013

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Swift links securities matching system to multiple CCPs

Financial messaging outfit Swift is set to link its securities matching system to a range of central clearing counterparties, including EuroCCP, Six x-clear and LCH.Clearnet, enabling brokers to direct their matched off-exchange trades to a variety of providers.

21 September 2010

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European exchanges and clearers lay down interoperability guidelines

Trading and clearing venues across Europe have agreed a set of standards to cover the electronic exchange of trade information between competing market infrastructures.

02 July 2009

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LCH.Clearnet turns to Tata for derivatives clearing platform; unwinds Lehman positions

The largest clearing house in Europe, LCH.Clearnet, has selected Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Financial Solutions Bancs product as the underlying system for its multi-asset derivatives clearing platform.

18 September 2008

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Deutsche Börse requests market access under new clearing code

Germany's Deutsche Börse has made formal requests for interoperability and mutual access to exchanges, clearing houses and settlement platforms in five European markets under the new voluntary code of conduct.

21 September 2007

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LCH.Clearnet ditches IT integration project

European clearing house LCH.Clearnet is to write off EUR47.8 million in capitalised technology costs as it pulls the plug on an "over-complex" IT integration project that has already claimed the jobs of a number of top executives.

21 July 2006

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LCH.Clearnet names Roger Liddell group CEO

European clearing house LCH.Clearnet has appointed Roger Liddell as group chief executive, replacing David Hardy who quit earlier this month.

20 July 2006

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European Central Bank to explore pan-European settlement system

The European Central Bank is exploring the prospect of creating a harmonised securities settlement system in the euro area.

07 July 2006

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Study calls for consolidated clearing services in Europe

The European financial community could cut costs for cross-border securities trading with the introduction of a single central counterparty and the merging of the region's two largest clearing houses, Eurex Clearing and LCH.Clearnet, according to a report complied by UK-based Bourse Consult and commissioned by the Corporation of London.

08 December 2005

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LCH.Clearnet licenses C24 integration toolkit

LCH.Clearnet, the clearing house formed by the merger of the London Clearing House (LCH) and Paris-based Clearnet, has licensed Century 24 Solutions' (C24) message standards and integration toolkit, Integration Objects (IO).

22 January 2004

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London Clearing House bids to enter forex markets

The London Clearing House is looking to move into the forex markets with a pre-settlement clearing service for forward foreign exchange contracts.

13 June 2003

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Dresdner extends RepoClear services to third-party clients

Dresdner Bank is offering external third-party clients clearing services over the London Clearing House's (LCH) RepoClear system.

17 July 2002

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