Apr. 5, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) --
NEW YORK AND TORONTO, April 5 /CNW/ - Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) and New York Portfolio Clearing (NYPC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of a clearing link for the Canadian swap market to assist in meeting Canada's G20 commitment of clearing over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives by December 31st, 2012. If successful in reaching a final agreement, the resulting structure could serve as an important cross-border template for other jurisdictions around the globe that are required to meet similar G20 obligations.
"Today's announcement provides a valuable roadmap for building a clearing solution that best meets the needs of the Canadian OTC derivatives market," stated Glenn Goucher, President and Chief Clearing Officer of CDCC. "NYPC will be a valuable partner as we seek to deliver a viable swaps central counterparty clearing solution for Canada."
The Canadian OTC derivatives market—approximately C$37 trillion in notional value—is principally transacted through Canada's six largest banking institutions with a significant number of the counterparties based in the United States or other foreign jurisdictions. The proposed clearing link agreement would foster the development of an effective clearing solution designed to reduce systemic risk and provide Canadian swap market participants and their trading partners with an optimized solution for clearing. The agreement would also seek to maximize capital efficiencies while maintaining the highest global standards for risk management.
NYPC CEO Walt Lukken added: "NYPC is thrilled to collaborate with CDCC as we explore a clearing link for Canada. This MOU is an important first step in our strategic pursuit to bring OTC swaps into the more capital-efficient structure of NYPC."
Canadian market participants, including the banks, significant buyside institutions, and the Canadian regulatory community have been actively consulting clearing solution providers as they develop the clearing requirements to meet Canadian G20 obligations.
About NYPC
New York Portfolio Clearing, LLC (NYPC) is registered as a U.S.
Derivatives Clearing Organization with the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission. NYPC clears interest rate products and will support the
cross-margining of fixed income cash products from Depository Trust &
Clearing Corporation's Fixed Income Clearing Corporation with their
related, offsetting derivatives trades in a "single pot". For more
information, please visit: www.nypclear.com.
About CDCC and TMX Group
Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) is the clearinghouse
for the Montreal Exchange, Canada's listed derivatives market and
clears the benchmark interest rate and index futures as well as equity
options. CDCC is owned by Montreal Exchange, which is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of TMX Group. TMX Group operates cash and derivative
markets for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and
energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal
Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, Natural Gas
Exchange, Boston Options Exchange (BOX), Shorcan, Shorcan Energy,
Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide listing markets, trading
markets, clearing facilities, data products and other services to the
global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and
operates offices across Canada (Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver), in
key U.S. markets (Houston, Boston and Chicago) as well as in London.
For more information about TMX Group, please visit www.tmx.com. For more information about CDCC, please visit www.cdcc.ca.
NYPC Media Contacts:
Doug Donsky (FD)
212.850.5740
doug.donsky@fd.com
Daniel Del Re (FD)
212.850.5724
daniel.delre@fd.com
TMX Group/CDCC Media Contact:
Carolyn Quick
416.947.4597
carolyn.quick@tmx.com
