"CME Clearing Europe has been established to offer greater choice of central counterparty clearing infrastructure to users of derivatives outside the US. CME Group has developed systems and operational and risk management standards that support its position as the world's largest and most diversified derivatives marketplace; and since 2002 has extended its clearing in the US to cover OTC derivatives: commodities, IRS and CDS. On the basis of those systems and the accumulated clearing experience and investment, CMECE aims to offer a full range of OTC derivatives clearing from its London base."
CFTC
March 13, 2012
CFTC Vacates CME Clearing Europe Limited Registration as a Derivatives Clearing Organization
Washington, DC — At the request of CME Clearing Europe Limited (CMECEL), pursuant to Section 7 of the Commodity Exchange Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an Order on March 13, 2012, vacating the registration of CMECEL as a derivatives clearing organization.
The Order of Vacation is available on the CFTC’s website.
