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Clearing, a prerequisite for a derivatives market Philip Buyskes, CEO, Frontclear Building African Financial Markets 17 September, JSE, South Africa
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Brazil market structure vs other emerging markets Frontclear Management B.V.2 Source: BIS, 2011
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Brazil in the 90s and Africa today Economic circumstanceBrazilAfrica Limited credit risk appetite between banks ✓✓ Legal risk for OTC markets (netting, collateral title transfer uncertainty) ✓✓ Volatile macro environment / high demand for hedging ✓✓ Low liquidity in cash markets ✓✓ Regulatory limits on spot FX, bond markets ✓✓ Law required registration of all derivatives ✓ X Pension funds can only trade cleared derivatives ✓ X The exchange / CCP excels at market development ✓ X Single market that is large enough ✓ X Frontclear Management B.V.3
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Clearing, a prerequisite for an African derivative market? Introduction of clearing at early stage in market development can allow market to leapfrog to new level Compliments OTC markets by facilitating liquid & stable interbank markets Clearing of OTC trades feasible on the back of liquid FX and interest rate futures market But African markets are small and highly fragmented Pan-African or regional CCP cannot settle or accept margin in local currency Cost of establishing local CCPs too high, perceived credit worthiness from offshore a concern Frontclear Management B.V.4
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About Frontclear Provides guarantees covering counterparty credit risk in both OTC & exchange traded derivative and repo markets Facilitates use of local currency collateral in cross-border interbank trading G20 financial crisis reforms forces hard currency collateralized trading / clearing & penalizes un- collateralized trading – creates systemic risk? Frontclear guarantee mitigates against wrong way risk between credit risk and collateral Global diversification to achieve capital efficiency for market participants Supports CCPs through: Provision of capital in lieu of guarantee fund Mitigation of cross-border settlement and margining processes / risk Frontclear Management B.V.5
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Frontclear Investors & Counter-guarantors Frontclear Management B.V.6
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Support to a single CCP Frontclear Management B.V.7
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Enabling cross border settlement / margining Frontclear Management B.V.8
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Thank you… Philip Buyskes Chief Executive Officer Frontclear Mail: pbuyskes@frontclear.com Tel:+31 62 33 77 629 www.frontclear.com Frontclear Management B.V.9
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