Clearing and Prime Brokerage activity

Indirect Clearing

An indirect clearing arrangement is a set of contractual relationships between a CCP, Clearing member, the client of the clearing member and the client of that client.

This set of arrangements allows these ‘indirect clients’ to access the clearing services of a clearing member via the direct client of the member. The requirements with regards to these arrangements were first implemented under EMIR Article 4(3) in order to allow these clients to meet the clearing obligation for OTC derivatives where they did not have access to clearing previously. This has now been transposed into MiFIR Article 30 in relation to exchange-traded derivatives. ESMA was tasked with establishing Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) in order to ensure a harmonised approach to the indirect clearing provisions across both regulations. The EMIR RTS will come into force following a period of examination by the Council and Parliament (a final date has yet to be established for final implementation), and the MiFIR RTS will come into force in line with MiFIR on 3 January 2018.

These new RTS will: impose obligations on the DCs that facilitate indirect clearing; place new constraints on the length of the chain of such arrangements; provide for specific types of account structures to be available for the holding of assets and positions of the End Indirect Clients (e.g. GOSA and NOSA); and require default management procedures to be in place (e.g. portability and insolvency proceeds distribution).

It will also limit those direct clients of SGSA’s that will be allowed to offer their clients indirect clearing once the RTS are in force, as well as limiting the layers below a direct client that can be offered this facility. For instance, it will no longer be permissible for an IC that accesses clearing via an SGSA DC to offer any of its clients onward indirect clearing (except in limited circumstances). If you as a direct client of SGSA are based outside the EU then there is some clarity to be ascertained at this stage as to how the requirements will potentially impact you (it is likely that the requirements will only apply where you are offering indirect clearing to an EU entity), however we will provide updates as this becomes clear.

This summary information statement sets out the main issues related to the indirect clearing RTS in order that you, as a direct client of SGSA, and we as your clearing member, are able to comply with these obligations in due time.

Below are a number of important information and legal documents that we recommend you read carefully:

SG derivatives clearing services pricing fee disclosure

Clearing member disclosure document

Direct client disclosure document

Protection of collateral

SGSA is committed to ensure that appropriate procedures and arrangements are in place to protect customer collateral in accordance with local law and regulation.

For more information, please click here.

EMIR Clearing Disclosures

Information relating to the types of accounts, e.g. ISA, OSA, BOSA, GOSA, etc., which can be opened can be found within the documents titled Clearing member disclosure document and Direct client disclosure document.

Information relating to our fees can be found here.

Information statement on the possibility of clearing contracts through EU CCPs can be found here.

Information about the EMIR Article 38(8) Margin Transparency Disclosure Statement can be found here.

Central Counterparty Recovery and Resolution Regulation

Information relating to Central Counterparty Recovery and Resolution Regulation ("CCPR").

Central Counterparty Recovery and Resolution Regulation Disclosure.

MiFID II Commodities Position Reporting

Information relating to MiFID II requirements for members of regulated markets, multilateral trading facilities and organised trading facilities to report to the relevant trading venues the details of their own positions held through contracts traded on those trading venues on a daily basis, as well as those of their clients.

Click here to access the "MiFID 2 commodities position" document. 

APAC Clients

If you are not based in the EEA or in the UK and you are not in contact with any salesperson of Societe Generale in the EEA or in the UK, please note the following amendments to the SG SA Terms of Business:

Information in relation to our Terms of Business can be found below