Chapter 7: Clearing and Settlement Flashcards
What is Pre-Settlement and Clearing?
Once a trade has been executed, these are the checks that need to be conducted.
What Checks Need to be Conducted Before Settlement can be Completed?
Matching the trade instructions, to ensure that the details correspond. Ensure sufficient securities and funds are present.
What is Settlement?
The process through which the legal title of ownership is transferred for cash, these occur simultaneously.
What is Post-Settlement?
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The management of failed transactions and the subsequent accounting of trades.
What is the “Trade Confirmation Step”?
Where trade details are compared and any mismatches are adressed.
What is Clearing?
Is the process through which the obligations held by the buyer and seller to a trade are defined and legally formalised.
What are the Ways in Which Trades Can be Cleared?
There are 2.
Bilaterally (between the parties) or via a CCP.
What is the LCH?
What does it do?
A multi asset clearing house, with division is the UK and France, provides CCP services for equities called EquityClear
What are the 3 Main US Clearing Houses?
- Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
- National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC)
- Fixed Incomes Clearing Corporation (FICC)
What are the 2 Variable Factors Across Different Instruments / Markets?
When settling a trade.
- Timing of Settlement
- Structure of the Settlement System e.g. DvP of FoP
What is DvP?
What does this mean?
Delivery Versus Payement.
Only transferring ownership when the payment is certain to reduce risk.
What is the BIS Model 1?
How does this work?
Settle transfer instructions for both cash and securities on a trade by trade basis, transferring each at the same time.
What is the BIS Model 2?
Settle transfer instructions, with the securities being transferred throughout the processing cycle (gross), and the funds being transferred at the end of the processing cycle (net).
What is the BIS Model 3?
A system that setlles transfer instructions for both securities and funds both at the end of the processing cycle.
Are Overdrafts on Securities Accounts Allowed When Settling Trades?
Are they allowed for funds accounts?
No (strictly prohibited)
Yes for fund accounts if the overdraft facility allows it.
What Happens to a Transaction That Fails in Model 1?
Who gets involved?
A CCP could be promptly notified and lend/borrowing any shortfall of securities to complete the transaction.
What Does Model 1 Employ for Failed Transactions?
What does this depend on?
A queue management system, where incomplete transactions are assesed in order of size of shortfall and lending facilities. The easiest to sort being at the top.
The options avialible depend on the participants ability to interact with the system during the processing cycle.
What is CREST?
Definition.
A computer system that settles transactions in shares, gilts and corporate bonds, primaily on behalf of the LSE.
What Services do CREST Execute Simultaneously?
There are 3.
- Updates the register of Shareholders
- Issues a payment obligation
- Issues a receipt notification
How can the LCH EquityClear be Settled?
What are the options?
On a gross (trade by trade) or net (group) of a similar trade. e.g. If a firm had 20 order execute via SETS, it can have 20 or 1 big transaction.
What is the Settlement Period for Equities? (T+?)
When will this change?
T + 2
May 2024 in US and Canada to T+1
What is the Main Risk with Model 2?
How is this managed?
The danger of delivering securities before payment. In most cases an assured payment system is utilised, where securities are delivered in exchange for a irrevocable commitment from the buyers bank.