The risk controllers : central counterparty clearing in globalised financial markets /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Norman, Peter
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester : John Wiley, 2011.
• Θέματα: Clearing of securities.; Electronic books.

 Clearing houses, or CCPs, were among the very few organisations to emerge from the global financial crisis with their standing enhanced. In the chaotic aftermath of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, they successfully completed trades worth trillions of dollars in a multitude of financial instruments across listed and over-the-counter markets, and so helped avert financial Armageddon. That success transformed the business of clearing. Governments and regulators around the world gave CCPs and the clearing services they provide a front-line role in protecting the global economy from future excesses of finance. CCPs, which mitigate risk in financial markets, responded by greatly expanding their activities, notably in markets for over-the-counter derivatives, and often in fierce competition with one another. In The Risk Controllers, journalist and author Peter Norman describes how CCPs operate, how they handled the Lehman default, and the challenges they now face. Because central counterparty clearing is a complex business with a long history that continues to influence decisions and structures even in today's fast changing world, The Risk Controllers explores the development of CCPs and clearing from the earliest times to the present. 

 pt. 1. Clearing up the crisis -- pt. 2. The road to central counterparty clearing -- pt. 3. Formative years -- pt. 4. CCPs in a decade of boom and bust -- pt. 5. New paradigms : clearing after the crisis.