Capitolis set to connect to LCH’s FX Smart Clearing solution
Following roll-out, Capitolis plans to add additional banks into future FX Smart Clearing exercises.
Following roll-out, Capitolis plans to add additional banks into future FX Smart Clearing exercises.
LCH said the move furthers its commitment to servicing clients in the APAC region, which now accounts for 69% of notional on its ForexClear service.
With trades facilitated by Citi, Schroders cleared NDF trades across a range of Asian and Latam currency pairs.
Crypto firm is looking to expand its real-time clearing and settlement service for crypto and digital assets.
LCH has added Hana Bank as the first Korean bank to offer client clearing through ForexClear for FX derivatives.
New head of ForexClear has previously worked in FX trading at major institutions including RBS where he was global head of FX trading until 2016.
After launching client clearing at ForexClear, Barclays was the first bank to process a client trade through LCH’s international clearing broker model.
The two investment banks were the first to clear the non-deliverable foreign exchange (FX) options that launched today extending the offering at LCH ForexClear.
LCH SwapClear saw notional volumes surge 14% in 2019 to $1,229 trillion as it looks to retain the derivatives clearing market amid Brexit.