Funds join opposition to forced shift in euro clearing from London to EU
Adds lawmaker on timing of approving draft law
By Huw Jones
LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) -Forcing asset managers to shift clearing of their euro derivatives trades from London to the European Union would be anti-competitive, split markets and increase costs, Europe's investment funds industry body said on Tuesday.
The EU's executive European Commission has proposed that asset managers and banks in the EU open an "active account" with an EU-based clearing house to shift some clearing from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and ICE to Deutsche Boerse in Frankfurt to end heavy post-Brexit reliance on UK clearers.
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), whose members manage close to 30 trillion euros ($32 trillion) in assets, said the EU draft law undermines the objective of an efficient clearing market and stops free choice of clearers.
"We are opposed to any forced relocation policy as this will have a negative impact from a cost perspective on end-investors," EFAMA said in a statement.
Brussels is allowing UK-based clearers to continue serving EU customers until the end of June 2025, though continued access is likely in some form after then.
Jennifer Robertson, a head of unit in the Commission's financial services unit, told a QED conference on Tuesday that EU market participants would have to "clear a portion, not all euro derivatives, in active accounts".
The measures proportionately address excessive risks to EU financial stability from heavy reliance on London for clearing, Robertson said.
LSEG cleared 1.5 trillion euros in euro rate swaps on March 20.
But Corinna Schempp, head of EU policy at FIA, a derivatives industry body, said active accounts won't increase the competitiveness of the EU as a place to do business.
Julien Jardelot, head of European government relations at LSEG, whose London LCH unit dominates global euro rates swaps clearing, said the bulk of trades were from non-EU clients in any case.
Erik Mueller, CEO of Deutsche Boerse's Eurex clearing arm in Frankfurt, added: "I am not advocating for a world where we prevent access to my competitors."
EU states and the European Parliament have joint say in approving the draft law.
Danuta Huebner, a senior member of parliament, said her ambition is to "have it done" before parliament goes to the polls next year, a timetable industry officials said would be challenging.
Brita Hammar of the EU's Swedish presidency, said points raised by EU states included the lack of a basic definition for what is excessive risk, and howrelocation of clearing could affect competitiveness of EU market participants.
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Reporting by Huw Jones
Editing by Mark Potter and Ken Ferris
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