LCH.Clearnet keen on clearing market despite ASX equities monolopy ANGLO-FRENCH clearing house LCH.Clearnet reiterated its commitment to applying for a license to clear interest-rate swaps for Australian banks. The government yesterday postponed for two years a decision on whether allow competitors into the market for the clearing and settling of stock purchases. However, it said it still backed competition in the clearing and settlement of over-the-counter derivatives, typically wholesale markets that are global in scale.