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12 Jun 2019

Eurex Clearing

Eurex Clearing Readiness Newsflash | USD Permanent Cash Holding service: Notification period reduced to one day, temporary reduction of related cash service fee

Eurex Clearing Readiness Newsflash

1. Introduction

The notification period for usage of the USD Permanent Cash Holding service will be reduced to one day for deposits and withdrawals to further improve the handling.

Clearing Members who wish to deposit U.S. dollar (USD) for a minimum holding period of five days can benefit from this improvement. 

Furthermore, the cash service fee for USD Permanent Cash Holding will be reduced to 20 bps until further notice (see Eurex Clearing circular 054/19).

The aforementioned changes will come into effect on 17 June 2019.
 

2. Requirements

As of 17 June 2019, Clearing Members have to follow the process described below:

  • Submission of the deposit request form via e-mail one day before the deposit until 09:00 CET per collateral pool
  • Submission of the withdrawal request form via e-mail one day before the withdrawal until 09:00 CET per collateral pool

The e-mail address to which requests have to be sent is stated on the form for deposit/withdrawal requests. The form will be available for download in the Member Section of the Eurex Clearing website under the following path:

Risk & Collateral Management > Permanent Cash Balance in USD
 

3. Details

On 21 March 2019, Eurex Clearing informed the Clearing Members via Newsflash about the re-introduction of the USD Permanent Cash Holding service for Clearing Members who wish to deposit U.S. dollar (USD) for a minimum holding period of five days. 

Due to system enhancements and operational improvements, Eurex Clearing is now able to reduce the notification period to one day for both deposits and withdrawals from formerly two days and five days, respectively. 

In addition, on 29 May 2019, Eurex Clearing announced with Eurex Clearing circular 054/19 that the cash service fee for USD permanent cash holdings a temporary reduction of the cash service fee for USD permanent cash holdings will be reduced to 20 bps until further notice to facilitate the deployment.

Kind regards,

Your Client Services Team

Recipients:All Clearing Members, Basic Clearing Members, Disclosed Direct Clients of
Eurex Clearing AG and vendors
Target groups:Front Office/Trading, Middle + Backoffice
Contact:client.services@eurexclearing.com
Related circular:054/19
Related Newsflash:Eurex Clearing Readiness Newsflash | Re-launch of USD Permanent Cash Holding from 21 March 2019