The European Association Of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) General Assembly Reviews The Resilience Of European CCPs
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The EACH General Assembly met on Friday 21
st May for its Annual General Meeting and stressed the crucial role played by CCPs in providing a resilient environment for participants in capital markets to manage risks through robust risk management.
A robust response to the COVID-19 market stress, an unprecedented market environment
with historical volatility and market moves, which demonstrated the importance of CCPs through a real-life test.
A successful completion of the ESMA Stress Tests[1], which represented another milestone in the confirmation that European CCPs are resilient and well equipped to withstand extreme market developments.