Revisions to ForexClear Tariff Structure

Report date
Summary

Circular No.

LCH Circular No 4000

Date:

20th December 2018

To:

All ForexClear Members

Body

Dear ForexClear Member

Please be advised of the following changes we are making to the ForexClear tariff structure with effect from 1 January 2019.

Non-Deliverable FX Fees

Tariff

Current/New

Annual

Monthly

EM NDF Fee / m

G10 NDF Fee / m

Client Clearing

Current

na

na

US$ 3 (US$1.5 after $300bn cleared)

US$ 1*

New

na

na

US$ 2

US$ 1

Bronze

Current

US$ 250,000

US$ 20,833

US$ 3

US$ 1*

New

US$ 350,000

US$ 29,166

US$ 2

US$ 1

Silver

Current

EUR 750,000

EUR 62,500

na

na

New

GBP 825,000

GBP 68,750

na

na

*G10 NDF Fee holiday until 31 December 2018

Deliverable FX Fees

Tariff

Current/New

Annual

Monthly

FX Options Fee / m

FX Spot/fwd hedges  Fee / m

2018

Current

Institutions pay an annual clearing fee of either EUR 1,275,000 or EUR 1,425,000 depending on the date of joining the deliverable FX service

Bronze

New

US$ 400,000

US$ 33,333

US$ 2

US$ 2

Silver

New

GBP 885,000

GBP 73,750

na

na

Subject to regulatory review, the new tariff will go live and be published on the LCH website as of 1 January 2019 at the following link: https://www.lch.com/services/forexclear/fees

For further information please contact ForexClear Sales & Relationship Management:
GlobalForexClearSales@lch.com