• Clearing

    The Importance of 'Skin-in-the-Game' in Managing CCP Risk

    Chris Edmonds and Ashwini Panse
    Global Head of Clearing & Risk and Chief Risk Officer, North American Clearing Houses, ICE
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    Editor's Pick

    Derivatives & Society: Governing Risk in the Post-Pandemic Era

    Published: Apr 2021
    WFE Chairman Urs Rüegsegger highlighted the challenges that lie ahead for derivatives markets In his keynote address at the recent Clearing & Derivatives Conference.
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    John McPartland
    CCPs

    Challenging Skin in the Game

    Published: Apr 2021
    Are the arguments for more skin in the game valid? John McPartland, Director of Research at Hidden Road Partners LP thinks not.
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    Dawn DeBerry Stump
    CCPs

    Clearing Up a Few Things About Clearing

    Published: Apr 2021
    As derivatives markets look toward a post-pandemic era, Dawn DeBerry Stump, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, discusses the importance of education and collaboration in emerging stronger from the crisis.
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    John P. Davidson
    CCPs

    The Economics of Central Clearing; a commentary

    Published: Apr 2021
    Closer collaboration among CCP practitioners and academic finance and economic faculty is a good thing. Suitably anonymised data upon which detailed analysis can be performed will enable a better understanding of the role of CCPs in modern financial markets, writes John P. Davidson, Chief Executive Officer of the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
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    Pedro Gurrola
    CCPs

    WFE Clearing & Derivatives Conference 2021 sets new benchmarks

    Published: Apr 2021
    The growing dialogue between academia, policymakers, and the post-trade industry can only work to the benefit of all sides, particularly as complex questions around issues such as market liquidity and procyclicality gain traction, writes WFE’s Head of Research, Pedro Gurrola.
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    News & Views

    The World Federation of Exchanges Publishes Research on Global Circuit Breaker Practices

    Published: Apr 2021
    The World Federation of Exchanges Publishes Research on Global Circuit Breaker Practices
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    Monthly Insights

    Commodity derivatives

    Published: Apr 2021
    Mihaela Croitoru, Statistics Database Manager at the WFE, writes about commodity derivatives
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