NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets as a counterparty

"NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets as a Counterparty" is a summary reference document, which describes the clearing activities conducted at NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets and how it fulfills its role as a clearing organization. The document provides the reader with information relating to central counterparty activities, the financial resources available to support clearing operations, the risks inherent in the clearing operations and how these risks are managed. 
 

NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets as a Counterparty

NASDAQ OMX Stockholm ABs Capital Resources

"NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB’s Capital Resources" is a description of the capital and financial resources of the NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Market and how the resources are ring-fenced from other parts of the NASDAQ OMX Group.

NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB Capital Resources

Swedish Central Bank's and Swedish FSA's assessment

The Swedish Central Bank's and Swedish FSA's assessment
The following document reflects the Swedish Central Bank's and the Swedish FSA's assessment of NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets as a central counterparty 2010.

The Swedish Central Bank (the Riksbank) and the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) oversee NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB in its role as central counterparty and clearing organization for trades in derivatives. As part of this supervision, the Swedish Central Bank and the Swedish FSA jointly assess NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets' activities as central counterparty on the basis of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Committee of European Securities Regulators' (CESR) Recommendations for Central Counterparties In The European Union May 2009. These recommendations are based on the recommendations prepared by the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) which may be found in CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations for Central Counterparties, BIS November 2004. The assessment of the Swedish Central Bank and the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority is that NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets observes all evaluated recommendations fully.
 

Assessment of NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets 2010