Risk Management 11/13

Notification of changes to Appendix 12 Collateral List for CMS (Collateral Management Service)


The new Appendix 12 for CMS will come into force 2013-06-17, but will only apply to individual Clearing Members and Direct Pledging Customers migrated to CMS.

Changes to Appendix 12 – Collateral list for CMS

  1. Clarifications on usage of bank guarantees as collateral.
  2. Clearing house concentrations limit and its implications for clearing participants.
  3. El-Certs and European Union Allowances (EUAs) are introduced as eligible collateral for net sellers of these contracts.
  4. New concentration limits for the following collateral types:
  • Bank Guarantees (On-demand commercial bank guarantees) – Concentration limit 100%
  • EUAs and El-Certs – Concentration limit 100%

Attached documents:

Appendix 12 - Collateral list (NOMX DM CMS) 2013-06-17

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Attachments

Appendix 12 - Collateral list (NOMX DM CMS) 2013-06-17.pdf