BGC Brokers' Capitalab launches inaugural multi-Central Clearing Counterparty Initial Margin Optimisation service

LONDON, April 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Capitalab, a division of BGC Brokers LP, an entity within the BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) group of companies, today announced the execution of Capitalab's first Rates Initial Margin (IM) Optimisation exercise incorporating cleared IM at multiple Central Clearing Counterparties (CCPs). This run involved 10 leading market participants and was conducted as an extension to Capitalab's existing multilateral Rates IM Optimisation service.

"Capitalab continues to innovate at a fast pace, bringing new efficiencies to the capital markets. We are delighted to add multi-CCP runs to our portfolio of optimisation services, extended further to help buy-side with both the effect of Uncleared Margin Regulation and margin across multiple CCPs," said Gavin Jackson, Capitalab's London-based co-founder.

"We are delighted to confirm our new multi-CCP IM Optimisation service has gone live successfully with 10 major players of the EUR Interest Rates market. We believe this is the first time Initial Margin has been optimised across multiple clearinghouses, in a multilateral, orderly and controlled fashion," commented David Bachelier, Capitalab's Singapore-based co-founder.

The inaugural multi-CCP IM Optimisation execution follows Capitalab's largest non-cleared margin optimisation exercise on record earlier this month, with $3 billion of margin reduced multilaterally in April 2019.

About Capitalab
Capitalab, a division of BGC Brokers L.P., provides compression services that are designed to bring greater capital and operational efficiency to the global derivatives market. It assists clients in managing the growing cost of holding derivatives, while helping them to meet their regulatory mandates. Through the Swaptioniser service for portfolio compression of Interest Rate Swaptions, Interest Rate Swaps, Caps and Floors and FX Options, as well as Initial Margin Optimisation service and fully automated trade processing, Capitalab looks to simplify the complexities of managing large quantities of derivatives to promote sustainable growth and lower systemic risk and to improve resiliency in the industry. The Capitalab brand is part of Fenics's fully electronic family of brands. BGC Brokers L.P. is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is based in London. BGC Brokers LP is a subsidiary of BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a leading global brokerage and financial technology company.