Clearnet markets

1. What does LCH Clearnet do?
2. What is the largest FX clearing house?
3. Who owns LCH SA?
4. What does LCH group do?

What does LCH Clearnet do?

LCH. Clearnet SA aggregates trade legs with respect to payment of cash or delivery of securities, into open positions. The trade legs and open positions are managed within positions accounts. The clearing members can modify the posting into the positions accounts, when needed, using corrections, give-ups, transfers.

What is the largest FX clearing house?

ForexClear, the foreign exchange arm of London Stock Exchange Group's clearing business LCH, continues to have more than 98% market share in FX OTC clearing according to Clarus. LCH said that in April total notional cleared in the year-to-date was up 18% from the first four months of 2021.

Who owns LCH SA?

LCH Ltd and LCH SA are part of the LSEG group of companies, and operate some of the largest and most sophisticated clearing services in financial markets today. These include LCH SwapClear, our clearing service for interest rate swaps.

What does LCH group do?

LCH clears commodities including non-ferrous metals (100 million metal trades are cleared annually), plastics and steel which are exchange traded on the London Metal Exchange, as well as a broad range of futures and options contracts covering soft and agricultural products.