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ARTICLE · 23 MAY 2016

ComDer Central Counterparty S.A. Becomes Operational

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On Thursday, July 30th, 2015, ComDer Central Counterparty S.A. began its operations, with the objective to manage netting and settlement of financial instruments.

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On Thursday, July 30th, 2015, ComDer Central Counterparty S.A. began its operations, with the objective to manage netting and settlement of financial instruments.

To date, each bank typically performed derivatives transactions with customers or other banks on a bilateral basis; however, after the financial crisis of 2008, this became one of the most questionable practices. The laws regarding this matter began to be amended around the globe, and Chile wasn´t an exception. In this context, law 20,345 was enacted on June 6th, 2009, and gave the legal framework for the Financial Instruments Netting and Settlement Systems, but it wasn't until this year that this law took capital importance, due to the creation of the Netting and Settlement Systems for OTC Derivative Instruments, known as COMDER CENTRAL COUNTERPARTY S.A. (ComDer).

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