LCH Group
Global clearing house offering multi-asset post-trade clearing services with rigorous risk management.
Overview
LCH Group operates as a global clearing house providing clearing services across multiple jurisdictions, asset classes, and currencies. It offers clearing for equities, fixed income, FX, rates, repos, credit default swaps, options on CDS, and digital assets through its entities LCH Ltd and LCH SA.
LCH maintains an open access model that connects members and clients to a range of execution venues, enabling operational efficiencies and capital optimization. The group emphasizes rigorous risk management to reduce counterparty risk, improve transparency, and enhance financial market stability.
Its clearing services include CDSClear for credit derivatives, DigitalAssetClear for digital asset derivatives, EquityClear for equities, ForexClear for OTC FX, Listed Rates, RepoClear for repo liquidity, and SwapClear for OTC interest rate swaps, supporting a broad spectrum of market participants globally.
Key Features
- + Multi-asset class clearing including equities, fixed income, FX, rates, repos, CDS, and digital assets
- + Open access model connecting to multiple execution venues
- + Sophisticated risk management and margining standards
- + Global multi-jurisdictional clearing capabilities
- + Segregated clearing service for digital asset derivatives
- + Support for transition to risk-free reference rates (RFRs)
- + Balance sheet netting and liquidity management
- + Regulated clearing services compliant with global standards