medium · FRM Part 2 Credit Risk

A Central Counterparty (CCP) manages member defaults using a structured waterfall.

According to standard practice, in which order are the following resources consumed to cover losses from a member's default?

  1. Surviving members' mutualized default fund contributions are consumed first, followed by the CCP's own equity, and only then the defaulter's initial margin.
  2. The CCP's own equity capital is used first, followed next by the defaulter's posted initial margin, and only then the defaulter's remaining default fund contribution.
  3. Defaulter's Initial Margin rightarrow Defaulter's Default Fund Contribution rightarrow CCP's Equity rightarrow Surviving Members' Default Fund Contributions.
  4. Defaulter's initial margin is used first, then the surviving members' mutualized default fund contributions, and only afterward the defaulter's own default fund contribution.

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