CLS fails to decide on pre-settlement netting

Much to my surprise, CLS did not decide to allow pre-settlement netting at its last board meeting, held on April 26 (see the April issue of Euromoney). One of my more cynical contacts pointed out my naivety. “If I was a gambling man, it’s because sitting on the fence was an available option and everyone couldn’t help themselves but straddle that puppy,” he suggested.

Another and more realistic take is that it was always going to be a tough job to get a 24-strong board representing many of the diverse participants in the industry to agree so readily to what would have been such a fundamental change. This is a point that Jonathan Butterfield, CLS’s executive vice-president of communications and marketing, is keen to stress.

“It’s very rare, if you are talking about a big industry-level change, to be able to roll out a new vision straight away.

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