demand of new margin and clearing practices and regulations. We decompose collateral demand for both customers and dealers … impact on collateral demand of more widespread initial margin requirements, increased novation of CDS to central clearing … parties (CCPs), an increase in the number of clearing members, the proliferation of CCPs of both specialized and non …

central clearing counterparty (CCP). Finally, we show how to mitigate procyclicality of initial margins using a three …