CCP Clearing – The Basics

The course covers:

  • What is a CCP?
  • Why Clear?
  • How to Clear? – Contractual Relationships
  • Futures and Options
  • OTC Swaps
  • Risk and Default Management

EMIR:
– Mandatory Clearing
– Segregation/Porting and Leap-Frogging

CCP Recovery and Resolution: Risk Waterfall, Margin Haircutting, etc
Documentation outline:
– CCP Rulebooks/The Addendum and the Module/Execution Agreements