Lam, Kin; Chor‐Yiu Sin; Leung, Rico - In: Journal of Futures Markets 24 (2004) 2, pp. 117-145
The margin system is the first line of defense against the default risk of a clearinghouse. From the perspectives of a clearinghouse, the utmost concern is to have a prudential system to control the default exposure. Once the level of prudentiality is set, the next concern will be the...