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HKFE Announces Revised Margins for Futures Contracts

Market Operations
29 Oct 2004

Hong Kong Futures Exchange
(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited)

 

HKFE Announces Revised Margins for Futures Contracts

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 1 November 2004, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

For the current margins, please refer to the margin information on the HKEx website at the following link (http://www.hkex.com.hk/eng/market/rm/rm_dcrm/riskdata/margin_hkcc/FOmargin.htm).

Futures Contract Margin Rate Initial Margin
(HK$)
Maintenance Margin
(HK$)
Hang Seng Index Full Rate
Spread Rate
 40,750 /lot 32,600 /lot
7,500 /spread  6,000 /spread
Mini-Hang Seng Index Full Rate
Spread Rate
 8,150 /lot 6,520 /lot
1,500 /spread  1,200 /spread
Three-Month HIBOR Full Rate
Spread Rate
4,304 /lot 3,443 /lot
Please refer to the attached table
One-Month HIBOR Full Rate
Spread Rate
3,375 /lot 2,700 /lot
Please refer to the attached table
Three-Year EFN Full Rate
Spread Rate
 10,300 /lot 8,240 /lot
3,090 /spread 2,472 /spread
H-Shares Index Full Rate
Spread Rate
 16,050 /lot 12,840 /lot
4,815 /spread 3,852 /spread
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Full Rate
Spread Rate
 6,210 /lot 4,968 /lot
1,863 /spread 1,490 /spread
HSBC Holdings Plc Full Rate
Spread Rate
3,080 /lot 2,464 /lot
924 /spread 739 /spread
PCCW Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
341 /lot 273 /lot
102 /spread 82 /spread
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
4,100 /lot 3,280 /lot
1,230 /spread 984 /spread
Swire Pacific Ltd  Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,690 /lot 1,352 /lot
507 /spread 406 /spread
CITIC Pacific Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,240 /lot 992 /lot
372 /spread 298 /spread
China Resources Enterprise Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,910 /lot 1,528 /lot
573 /spread 458 /spread
Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
900 /lot 720 /lot
270 /spread 216 /spread
Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,075 /lot 860 /lot
323 /spread 258 /spread
Hang Seng Bank Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
650 /lot 520 /lot
195 /spread 156 /spread
Henderson Land Development Co Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
2,350 /lot 1,880 /lot
705 /spread 564 /spread
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
3,725 /lot 2,980 /lot
1,118 /spread 894 /spread
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
4,590 /lot 3,672 /lot
1,377 /spread 1,102 /spread
CLP Holdings Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,390 /lot 1,112 /lot
417 /spread 334 /spread
The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
2,020 /lot 1,616 /lot
606 /spread 485 /spread
New World Development Co Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
781 /lot 625 /lot
234 /spread 187 /spread
Lenovo Group Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
572 /lot 458 /lot
172 /spread 138 /spread
China Mobile (HK) Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
725 /lot 580 /lot
218 /spread 174 /spread
The Bank of East Asia Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
276 /lot 221 /lot
83 /spread 66 /spread
Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
930 /lot 744 /lot
279 /spread 223 /spread
MTR Corporation Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
365 /lot 292 /lot
110 /spread 88 /spread
China Merchants Holdings (International) Co Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,760 /lot 1,408 /lot
528 /spread 422 /spread
Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
319 /lot 255 /lot
96 /spread 77 /spread
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
830 /lot 664 /lot
249 /spread 199 /spread
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
2,618 /lot 2,094 /lot
785 /spread 628 /spread
Li & Fung Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,452 /lot 1,162 /lot
436 /spread 349 /spread
China Unicom Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,056 /lot 845 /lot
317 /spread 254 /spread
PetroChina Co Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
520 /lot 416 /lot
156 /spread 125 /spread
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
1,529 /lot 1,223 /lot
459 /spread 367 /spread
Cosco Pacific Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
2,660 /lot 2,128 /lot
798 /spread 638 /spread
CNOOC Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
 352 /lot 282 /lot
106 /spread 85 /spread
Huaneng Power International Inc Full Rate
Spread Rate
 968 /lot 774 /lot
290 /spread 232 /spread
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
 440 /lot 352 /lot
132 /spread 106 /spread
Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
 1,540 /lot 1,232 /lot
462 /spread 370 /spread
China Life Insurance Co Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
 385 /lot 308 /lot
116 /spread 93 /spread
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Full Rate
Spread Rate
462 /lot 370 /lot
139 /spread 111 /spread
China Telecom Corporation Ltd Full Rate
Spread Rate
374 /lot 299 /lot
112 /spread 90 /spread
HKFE emphasised that the above are minimum rates and Exchange Participants should set their margin requirements according to their clients' individual circumstances.

Spread Margin Rates
for One-Month HIBOR Futures

Spread Combination Initial Margin
(HK$)
Maintenance Margin
(HK$)
1st month vs 5th month
1st month vs 6th month
2nd month vs 5th month
2nd month vs 6th month
$6,750
per spread
$5,400
per spread
3rd month vs 5th month
3rd month vs 6th month
4th month vs 5th month
4th month vs 6th month
$5,625
per spread
$4,500
per spread
1st month vs 3rd month
1st month vs 4th month
2nd month vs 3rd month
2nd month vs 4th month
$5,125
per spread
$4,100
per spread
5th month vs 6th month $4,125
per spread
$3,300
per spread
3rd month vs 4th month $3,750
per spread
$3,000
per spread
1st month vs 2nd month $2,875
per spread
$2,300
per spread

 

 

Spread Margin Rates
for Three-Month HIBOR Futures

Spread Combination Initial Margin
(HK$)
Maintenance Margin
(HK$)
1st month vs 6th month
1st month vs 7th month
1st month vs 8th month
1st month vs 9th month
1st month vs 10th month
2nd month vs 6th month
2nd month vs 7th month
2nd month vs 8th month
2nd month vs 9th month
2nd month vs 10th month
3rd month vs 6th month
3rd month vs 7th month
3rd month vs 8th month
3rd month vs 9th month
3rd month vs 10th month
$5,375
per spread
$4,300
per spread
4th month vs 6th month
4th month vs 7th month
4th month vs 8th month
4th month vs 9th month
4th month vs 10th month
5th month vs 6th month
5th month vs 7th month
5th month vs 8th month
5th month vs 9th month
5th month vs 10th month
$5,250
per spread
$4,200
per spread
1st month vs 4th month
1st month vs 5th month
2nd month vs 4th month
2nd month vs 5th month
3rd month vs 4th month
3rd month vs 5th month
$4,625
per spread
$3,700
per spread
6th month vs 7th month
6th month vs 8th month
6th month vs 9th month
6th month vs 10th month
7th month vs 8th month
7th month vs 9th month
7th month vs 10th month
8th month vs 9th month
8th month vs 10th month
9th month vs 10th month
$3,750
per spread
$3,000
per spread
1st month vs 2nd month
1st month vs 3rd month
2nd month vs 3rd month
$2,875
per spread
$2,300
per spread
4th month vs 5th month $2,250
per spread
$1,800
per spread

Updated 29 Oct 2004