... only allowed to clear their own transactions, Clearing Members can clear their own transactions, their clients’ tr ansactions and those of affiliated exchange participants that do not have a clearing ... houses (the OCC, the CME and ECAG) and has maintainedits status as Europe’s largest exchange-traded derivatives CCP.45Market participants can apply for admission as either a General Clearing Member ... intermediaries,because their business of clearing or acting as intermediary has been taken away.41This case study analyses the clearing link, known as the Global Clearing Link(GCL), established...