We find that, for a homogeneous financial system, the presence of the CCP increases the network's stability and the probability of the CCP's failure is virtually zero. However, for non-homogeneous financial networks, we find the opposite effects: the presence of the CCP leads in this case to a disproportionately large probability of contagion defaults, especially for smaller financial firms. Furthermore, we find that the probability of the CCP failure is substantial in this case, regardless of the capitalization requirements. In all, we find that non-homogeneous networks exhibit greater instability and contagion in the presence of the CCP: a worrying fact, given that any real financial system is highly inhomogeneous in terms of size and concentration.
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