Ex-Isda risk chief: ditch gross notional thresholds for clearing
10 years on, David Murphy says mandate should be rebased to exempt less risky firms
The decade-old swaps clearing mandate is not fit for purpose in an era when clearing is concentrated in the hands of a few central counterparties (CCPs) and mediated by only a handful of big banks, a prominent derivatives industry figure has claimed.
In forthcoming research, David Murphy, a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and former head of risk at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, calls for the over-the-counter clearing mandate to be based on a firm’s
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