Links between central counterparties (CCPs) enable participants to clear positions in any linked CCP without needing to maintain multiple CCP memberships. While links enable exposure to be reduced by allowing netting across CCPs, CCPs become exposed to one another through the possibility of a...

Many securities and derivatives markets, including most that are traded on an exchange, are served by a central counterparty (CCP). After trades are executed, the CCP inserts itself between both trading counterparties, to protect them from the risk that one defaults before the obligations are...