Transaction management

Failure handling

In order to increase settlement efficiency, we have developed robust solutions for dealing with failure handling. These include measures to accommodate late delivery processing as well as a buy-in and cash settlement models.

Late delivery processing

As a central counterparty, Eurex Clearing has the obligation to buy from the original seller and to deliver to the original buyer. If the original seller fails to deliver, Eurex Clearing starts a fail process in order to fulfill this obligation.

Depending on the markets and products cleared, different fail processes apply. The general contractual penalties are defined in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Clearing Conditions.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Xetra®) and Börse Frankfurt – Failure to deliver:

  • General buy-in and cash settlement model is applied
  • Penalties are charged for late deliveries over dividend reference days (35.0 percent on net dividend)
  • Late settlements over corporate actions may cause claims and disclosure of counterparts
  • Penalties based on the Settlement Discipline Regime (SDR) of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR)  are charged by Eurex Clearing as calculated by EU Central Securities Depositories (CSDs).
    • The CSDs calculate daily CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime (SDR) penalties for settlement fails and late matching on settlement account level and report daily and monthly to settlement participants.
      SDR penalties apply gross to every late sell and buy settlement instruction (except non-EU instruments) on all ECAG CSD accounts, including equities and debt instruments. The penalty is calculated as variable basis points per instrument class. Monthly net penalty amounts will be charged per Clearing Member and currency in sync with CSDs non-cleared business on the 17th business day of following month.

Eurex Exchange – Failure to deliver:

  • General buy-in and cash settlement model is applied
  • Penalties based on the Settlement Discipline Regime (SDR) of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) are charged by Eurex Clearing as calculated by EU Central Securities Depositories (CSDs). See above as described for Frankfurt Stock Exchange.  
  • Deliveries out of notifications/allocation for Government bonds:
    • 0.04 percent fines on volume not delivered until 14.15 CET but delivered until the respective Settlement Cut-Off Time on the contractual settlement day.
    • 0.4 percent fines on volume not settled on the contractual settlement day per business day.
    • Additional interest of delay, meaning an amount per each calendar day on which no delivery of the bonds has occurred, is determined by Eurex Clearing in advance and bases on:
      • In case of Euro-fixed Futures Contracts, the effective rate for the marginal lending facility of the European Central Bank plus 100 basis points
      • In case of CONF Futures Contracts, the effective rate for the liquidity-shortage financing facility of the Swiss National Bank plus 100 basis points.  

Eurex Repo – Failure to deliver:

  • Buy-in and cash settlement model is applied.

Repo Market 

  • Penalties based on the Settlement Discipline Regime (SDR) of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) are charged by Eurex Clearing as calculated by EU Central Securites Depositories (CSDs) on the Front- and Term-leg. See above as described for Frankfurt Stock Exchange.


  • Failure to Deliver by the delivery day of the Front-Leg:

Eurex Clearing is entitled, or on request of the Clearing Member:

  • to set present business day as advanced repurchase date of the term leg.
  • to offset obligations and settle the repo rate amount only.


  • Failure to Deliver by the delivery day of the Term-Leg:

Eurex Clearing is entitled, or on request of the Clearing Member:

  • To perform buy-in attempts according to the buy-in schedule applicable as from the fifth day following the delivery date of the term-leg.


  • Failure to Deliver by the delivery day of the Cash-Leg:

Eurex Clearing will assume the Clearing Member’ default according to Chapter 1, Part 1(7) of the Clearing Conditions:

  • only if a technical default can be excluded
  • consequently, the Clearing Member will be set on hold
  • positions will be closed out and remaining obligations will be covered by the margin collateral


GC Pooling Market

  •     Fines for Non-Delivery by the delivery day of the Front-Leg and Term-Leg
    • 0.015 percent of failed value, but not less than EUR 1,500 per day.
    • if failed value exceeds EUR 100 Mio, contractual penalty is calculated based on the effective overnight interest rate applicable to the relevant clearing currency, but not more than EUR 15,000 per day.

Buy-in and cash settlement model

The late delivery management model includes two components:

  • Buy-in: Eurex Clearing has implemented an auction process where offers are made. The new buy-in seller replaces the original seller.
  • Cash settlement: In case certain buy-in attempts are unsuccessful, a cash settlement may be initiated. In this case the failed seller is debited and the buyer is credited with a cash settlement amount. Hence there is no delivery of securities performed.

The following figure displays the buy-in or cash settlement schedule respectively, applicable to transaction concluded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE), Exercise & Assignments from Eurex Exchange derivatives transactions, Eurex Repo (optional) as well Eurex Bonds (optional), which do not fall under the EU Short Selling Regulation:

The following buy-in schedule applies for securities that fall under EU Short Selling regulation, i.e.

  • Rules published and supervised by ESMA
  • Applicable only for equities having their principal trading venue inside the European Union
  • Buy-in: Eurex Clearing has implemented an auction, where offers are given. The new Buy-in seller replaces the original seller
  • Cash settlement: In case a Buy-in is not successful the failed seller is debited, and the buyer is credited with a cash settlement price. There is no delivery of securities
  • All other procedures remain unchanged


Eurex Clearing AG
Clearing Business Relations

FixedIncome.Sales@eurex.com