Performance & Stability
        
        How Do Default Fund Contributions to a CCP Affect a Clearing Member’s Capital Requirements?
        
         
        
        
          
        
        
      
        
     
        
        Default fund contributions are active liabilities that directly scale a clearing member's regulatory capital via a risk-sensitive, CCP-dependent formula.
        
        How Does the Basel Framework Differentiate between a QCCP and a Non-Qualifying CCP?
        
         
        
        
          
        
        
      
        
     
        
        The Basel framework differentiates QCCPs from non-qualifying CCPs by applying significantly lower capital requirements to the former.

 
  
  
  
  
 