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Originating Department:Risk Management
Company Circular No:LCH.Clearnet Ltd Circular No. 2863
Service Circular No:NYSE Liffe No. 784
Date:17 May 2011
To:All NYSE Liffe Clearing Members

NYSE Liffe Margin Rate Changes 

  1. LCH.Clearnet Ltd has, after consultation with NYSE Liffe, revised the London SPAN parameters. 

  2. Changes have been made to NYSE Liffe Indices and Commodities contracts and new NYSE Liffe equities have been introduced.

  3. The new contracts will be going live on Wednesday 18 May 2011 and will be reflected in margin calls on Thursday 19 May 2011. The changes to Indices and Commodities will be going live on Friday 20 May 2011 and will be reflected in margin calls on Monday 23 May 2011

  4. This circular supersedes circular number LCH.Clearnet Ltd. 2854; LIFFE/ 783 dated 10 May 2011. 

  5. Details of the current London SPAN Parameters, for all NYSE Liffe contracts, can be found on the LCH.Clearnet website (www.lchclearnet.com) under Risk Management > Ltd > Margin rate circulars.

  6. Please click  on the NYSE Liffe Margin Rate Spreadsheet for the revised SPAN parameters marked in bold and italic.

  7. Members seeking further information in relation to this circular should contact one of the following:

LCH.Clearnet LtdRisk Operations 020 7426 7520
NYSE Liffe NYSE Liffe Clearing020 7379 2824

 

Christopher Jones
Executive Director, Head of Risk Management