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The final date that an option holder can purchase or sell an underlying security/commodity.


A central counterparty is an institution, acting in one or more securities or cash markets, that is interposed between two trading parties.
== See also ==
* [[Option holder]]


The central counterparty guarantees the performance of the underlying transaction by acting as a matching seller to the buyer and a matching buyer to the seller.
UK central counterparties recognised by the Bank of England include:
*CME Clearing Europe Limited
*LCH.Clearnet Limited
*LME Clear Limited
Most central counterparties are clearing houses.
Also sometimes known as 'central clearing parties'.
==See also==
* [[Bank of England]]
* [[Brexit]]
* [[Clearance]]
* [[Clearing house]]
* [[Competent Authority]]
* [[EMIR]]
* [[Financial Conduct Authority]]
* [[Intercontinental Exchange]]
* [[LME Clear]]
* [[Novation]]
* [[SMF participant]]
* [[Variation Margin Gains Hedging]]
==External link==
[https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/quarterly-bulletin/2013/q2/central-counterparties-what-are-they-why-do-they-matter-and-how-does-the-bank-supervise-them How the Bank of England supervises central counterparties]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Treasury_operations]]

Revision as of 14:19, 23 October 2012

The final date that an option holder can purchase or sell an underlying security/commodity.

See also