LME Clear is the clearing house for the London Metal Exchange. Launched in 2014 it was designed and built in consultation with the market to provide cost-efficient, EMIR compliant clearing services, using cutting edge technology.
Key attributes
Download the LME Clear brochure for an overview of our services.
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How LME Clear works LME Clear provides clearing and settlement services for users of the London Metal Exchange on all Ring, electronic and telephone trades. |
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Governance LME Clear is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Bank of England. |
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Rules and regulations The Rules have been developed by LME Clear and The London Metal Exchange ("LME") together with external legal counsel. |
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Membership Information on how to become an LME Clear member. |
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Risk management LME Clear has a robust Risk Management Framework that provides the structure for clear risk policies, processes and internal control mechanisms to manage, assess and contain the risks posed to the clearing house. |
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Collateral management LME Clear has designed a Secure Payment System (SPS), in collaboration with the Bank of England and Settlement Banks. |
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Reports LME Clear provides a variety of reports to Members. Intraday reports as well as mechanisms to export intraday data are available from the clearing GUI. |
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Technology The LME Clear Graphical User Interface provides Members with a comprehensive real time view of their core clearing activities. |
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LME Clear Projects These are the stakeholder facing projects being undertaken by the LME Clear. Value-at-risk, R5 2017, R4 2017 and Compression. |
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Products Cleared Information on what products and commodities can be cleared using LME Clear. |
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LMEwire Reports derivatives transactions to a registered trade repository. |
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News and events View the latest LME Clear news and events. |
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