Market maker default shows credit crunch is far from over

As big bank after big bank reveals it has done its cods in the credit markets, news that an active market maker on Eurex and Liffe had been declared as a defaulter serves as a reminder that the crisis is far from over.

In a notice sent to member firms on Tuesday, Liffe declared that RV Capital, a company founded in January 2006 by Jerome Roussel and Duncan Valentine to make markets in a range of exchange-traded options, was “a defaulter for the purposes of enabling action to be taken under Section 9 of Book II of the Rules (Default Rules)”.

It added: “The Exchange and LCH.Clearnet Ltd are in close contact with RV’s clearing member, who has confirmed that it will continue to manage the relevant open positions on the market.”

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