ICE Clear Europe is also: (i) designated as a Derivatives Clearing Organisation by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); (ii) recognised as a third-country central counterparty under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) (iii) recognised as a foreign central counterparty by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA); and (iv) recognised as a Remote Clearing House by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Financial Services Regulation Authority (FSRA) and (v) recognised as an inter-bank payment system under the Banking Act 2009.
ICE Clear Europe also provides clearing services for European credit default swaps (CDS) index contracts. In addition to Bank of England oversight, ICE Clear Europe's CDS clearing services operate as an SEC Securities Clearing Agency (SCA) and a Covered Clearing Agency (CCA) under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
ICE Clear Europe has received settlement finality designation under the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) Regulations 1999 (SFR), which enhances the systemic risk protection provided to clearing members in the event of a clearing counterparty default. Under SFR, payment instructions within ICE Clear Europe’s system can be protected from administrators or liquidators of insolvent firms.
Unless otherwise specified, references on ICE Clear Europe’s website to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and other EU legislation shall have the meanings ascribed to them, or be interpreted in the manner, set out in Circular C20/163.
ICE Clear Europe Limited Statutory Accounts 2022 UK GAAP
ICE Clear Europe Limited Statutory Accounts 2022 US GAAP
ICE Clear Europe Limited Statutory Accounts 2021 UK GAAP
ICE Clear Europe Limited Statutory Accounts 2021 US GAAP
ICE Clear Europe Limited Statutory Accounts 2020 UK GAAP
ICE Clear Europe Limited Statutory Accounts 2020 US GAAP
ICE Clear Europe’s response to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Questionnaire on Continuity of Access to FMIs for Firms in Resolution is available upon request to Clearing Members and their resolution authorities. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Futures & Options Contributions** | |
|---|---|
| ICE Clear Europe (Designated Corporate) Initial Contribution | $197,000,000 |
| Clearing Member Required Guaranty Fund Contributions | $3,200,000,000 |
| Minimum Total Assets Available | $3,397,000,000 |
CDS Guaranty Fund Requirement** | |
|---|---|
| ICE Clear Europe (Designated Corporate) Initial Contribution | $50,000,000 |
| Clearing Member Required Guaranty Fund Contributions | $1,377,755,231 |
| Minimum Total Assets Available | $1,427,755,231 |
ICE Clear Europe Default Insurance Amount*** | $100,000,000 |
*The Futures & Options and CDS Original Margin amounts represent the U.S. Dollar value of Original Margin on deposit, including excess collateral, after any applicable haircuts
**The values contained in the Futures & Options and CDS Guaranty Fund Requirements tables represent the U.S. Dollar requirements and do not include any excess collateral posted
*** The whole value of the ICE Clear Europe Default Insurance amount covers both Futures & Options and CDS.