A CCP acts as a mediator in financial transactions, ensuring stability and reducing counterparty risk.
By becoming the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer, the CCP ensures that trades are completed even if one party defaults.
Elimination of Other Options:
A: CCP does not guarantee no default but mitigates its impact.
C: Market making involves liquidity provision, not CCP's role.
D: CCP does not provide funding but manages trade clearing.
References:
ICWIM Module 5: Explanation of trade clearing mechanisms and the CCP’s role.
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