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Welcome to Eurex Clearing
As a multi-asset Clearing House, we offer several Clearing Licenses giving you access to some of the world's leading markets. Roles and requirements to becoming a member of the Clearing House (Eurex Clearing AG) vary across different markets and products, thus in the following a general overview of clearing membership types is provided.
Whether it is applying for a new membership or adding additional Clearing Licenses to access additional markets, Eurex Clearing's teams are ready to help you every step of the way.
Clearing Memberships
In general a Clearing Member is a direct member of the Clearing House and contractual counterpart to Eurex Clearing in its role as Central Counterparty (CCP) and thus responsible for the fulfillment of the obligations related to any transactions traded and cleared at Eurex Clearing.
Given the characteristics of the various asset classes cleared by Eurex Clearing the Clearing Membership Types and applicable admission requirements are tailored to the type of entities directly accessing the Clearing House. An overview of the different Clearing Membership Types and applicable typical type of entity is provided in the table below.
Clearing Membership Type | Typical client | Scope | Markets |
Credit Institutions, Investment Firms and firms with equivalent status | House and client transactions | ETD, Repo/GC Pooling, OTC IRD, Cash Market | |
Credit Institutions, Investment Firms and firms with equivalent status | House transactions | ETD, Repo/GC Pooling, OTC IRD, Cash Market | |
Credit Institutions, Investment Firm and firms with equivalent status | House and LSOC client transactions | OTC IRD | |
Investment Funds (UCITS, AIFMD), | Own transactions | Repo/GC Pooling, OTC IRD | |
Hedge funds (AIF), Pension Funds | Own transactions | Repo/GC Pooling | |
(Re)Insurance Undertakings, Corporate Clients | Own transactions | GC Pooling | |
see GCM | Facilitate ISA Direct Clearing Memberships | Repo/GC Pooling, OTC IRD |
Clients
Entities (Clients) which do not opt to becoming a direct member of the Clearing House can
Click here for further information on how to become a Disclosed Client or a FCM Client.