Acceptable Collateral Haircut Review

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Summary

Circular No.

LCH Circular No 3879

Date:

7th August 2017

To:

All LCH Ltd members

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The LCH Limited (LCH) Risk Management department has undertaken a review of the haircuts applied to member margin collateral.

Changes to the haircuts resulting from this review will be made effective from Monday 21 August 2017* and can be viewed within the LCH Secure Area

The new haircut schedule will be published alongside the existing haircut schedule within the LCH Secure Area up until 21 August, whereupon the previous schedule will be removed.

This circular supersedes LCH Circular No 3848

LCH continues to reserve the right to use its discretion in all circumstances and, in particular, around areas of specific concentration in securities received as margin collateral, including ‘wrong-way' risk.

Members seeking further information in relation to this Circular or confirmation of eligibility should contact the following:

Collateral Operations Client Services at collateral.clientservices@lch.com

CaLM Risk at CaLRM@lch.com
 
*Subject to regulatory review