Acceptable Collateral Haircut Review

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Circular No.

LCH Circular No 4093

Date:

15th May 2020 

To:

All LCH Ltd Clearing 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 Tuesday 26th May 2020* 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 26th May, whereupon the previous schedule will be removed.

This circular supersedes LCH Circular No 4051

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
collateral.clientservices@lch.com

CaLM First Line Risk
CaLMFLR@lch.com

 
*Subject to regulatory review