Clear Markets North America, Inc.

Clear Markets North America, Inc. is the United States operating entity of Clear Markets, a group that describes itself as a leading innovator, developer and operator of electronic marketplaces and trading technologies. The firm specializes in building and running electronic trading systems for complex fixed income and credit derivatives in the world's major financial centers. Its New York office, located at 470 Park Avenue South, serves as the group's North American hub, while the parent, Clear Markets Holdings, Inc., is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The group also maintains offices in Tokyo and London. Clear Markets is best known for its role in the electronification of the interest rate swap market. The company states that its management team includes respected pioneers in the development of the interest rate swap market, and that the team has launched the first electronic trading platform for swaps. That heritage has given the firm a deep understanding of the legal and regulatory history of swaps policy and of the industry's transition from voice trading to electronic execution. As a CFTC-registered swap execution facility, Clear Markets North America provides trading and post-trade services through a multilingual, multi-asset platform that supports multiple trading protocols. The company emphasizes connectivity to both internal and third-party systems, intelligent safeguards, transparency, and cost efficiencies, and notes that clients can access its marketplaces without capital investment. Its platform is now in its third generation. The firm positions itself as an independent, client-focused technology provider rather than a dealer-owned venue. Its stated core values include cultivating customer relationships, recruiting excellent people, developing the best technology, encouraging creativity, and collaborating openly with clients. Clear Markets serves institutional participants in North America, Europe and Asia, and continues to operate electronic marketplaces and trading technology for complex derivatives.

Clear Markets was founded by a management team that includes individuals described by the company as respected pioneers in the development of the interest rate swap market. According to the firm, this team launched the first electronic trading platform for swaps, an innovation that positioned Clear Markets at the center of the industry's broader transition from voice trading to electronic execution. That experience gave the company a detailed understanding of the legal and regulatory history surrounding swaps policy, which became especially important as global regulators reshaped derivatives markets in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Clear Markets North America, Inc. is the group's United States operating entity, based at 470 Park Avenue South in New York City. It is registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a swap execution facility (SEF), a category of regulated trading venue created under the Dodd-Frank Act reforms to bring standardized swaps onto transparent electronic platforms. The parent entity, Clear Markets Holdings, Inc., is headquartered at 831 East Morehead Street in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the group also operates Clear Markets Japan, Inc. in Tokyo and Clear Markets Europe Limited in London. Over time the company has developed successive generations of its trading technology; its current platform is described as its third generation. The platform supports multiple trading protocols, multiple asset classes and a multilingual interface, and offers connectivity to both internal and third-party systems. Clear Markets markets its services on the basis of transparency, intelligent safeguards, ease of use and cost efficiencies, and notes that clients can access its marketplaces without capital investment. The firm also operates the CM-SEF Center and hosts events and regional information resources for North America, Asia and Europe. Clear Markets presents itself as independently owned, distinguishing it from dealer-owned or consortium-owned trading venues. Its stated values emphasize customer relationships, hiring excellent people from diverse backgrounds, continuous technology development, creativity and collaboration. The company continues to operate electronic marketplaces and trading technologies for complex fixed income and credit derivatives across the world's major financial centers.

• Clear Markets team launches the first electronic trading platform for swaps, according to the company.

• Clear Markets North America, Inc. is registered with the CFTC as a swap execution facility.

• The company develops its third-generation electronic trading platform.

Independent, client-focused operator of electronic marketplaces and trading technology for complex fixed income and credit derivatives, emphasizing transparency, connectivity and cost efficiency.

• CM-SEF Center

  Clear Markets' swap execution facility center for electronic trading of swaps.

• Multi-protocol electronic trading platform

  Third-generation platform supporting multiple trading protocols, multi-asset coverage and a multilingual interface.

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