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SMXCC Circular Margin Revised 29jun2011
SMXCC Circular Margin Revised 29jun2011
___________________________________________________________________________ Subject CircularNumber Date To AllClearingMembers Pursuant to Clearing Rule 4.7 of Singapore Mercantile Exchange Clearing Corporation (SMXCC), SMXCCNotice9003,andinadditiontotheContractSpecificationissuedbySMX,youarerequested tonotethefollowing:
1. MinimumInitialMarginonContracts The minimum Initial Margin in percentage terms for all contracts under each underlying is given below: SerialNumber 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Underlying SMGOLD SMEURUSD SMWTI SMBRE SMGOLDCH SMCOPPERCH SMSILVERCH SMAUDUSD SMUSDJPY MinimumInitialMarginpercentage 4.00% 2.50% 5.00% 5.00% 4.00% 5.00% 5.00% 2.50% 3.00%
2. Calendarspreadbenefit SMX/SMXCCshallprovidecalendarspreadbenefitonInitialMarginsandSpecialMarginsinrespect ofanunderlying.However,intercommodityspreadbenefitsshallnotbeprovided. CalendarspreadbenefitonInitialMarginsforvariousunderlyingshallbeasprescribedbelow: SerialNumber 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CalendarspreadbenefitonSpecialMarginsshallbe50%forallthecommodities. Underlying SMGOLD SMEURUSD SMWTI SMBRE SMGOLDCH SMCOPPERCH SMSILVERCH SMAUDUSD SMUSDJPY SpreadBenefit 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 90.00%