MANU/SDER/0011/2018

Ministry : Securities and Exchange Board of India

Department/Board : Market Regulation Department

Circular No. : SEBI/HO/MRD/DRMNP/CIR/P/2018/75

Date : 02.05.2018

Notification/ Circulars Referred : Circular CIR/DNPD/7/2011 dated August 10, 2011 MANU/SDER/0016/2011

Citing Reference:
Circular CIR/DNPD/7/2011 dated August 10, 2011 MANU/SDER/0016/2011  Referred

All recognized Stock Exchanges (except Commodity
Derivatives Exchanges) and recognized
Clearing Corporations, including those in IFSC

Dear Sir/Madam

Additional Risk management measures for derivatives segment

Based on the feedback received from the Clearing Corporations and the recommendations of the Risk Management Review Committee (RMRC) of SEBI, the following additional risk management measures are required to be complied with and implemented by the stock exchanges/clearing corporations for derivatives segment.

Margin Collection Requirement

2. For the Equity Derivatives segment, the client margins which are required to be compulsorily collected and reported to the Exchange/Clearing Corporation, as the case may be, by the Clearing members / Trading members shall include initial margin, exposure margin/extreme loss margin, calendar spread margin and mark to market settlements.

Margin Enforcement Requirement

3. With reference to SEBI circular CIR/DNPD/7/2011 dated August 10, 2011 captioned "Short-collection/Non-collection of client margins (Derivatives segments)", it is clarified that the 'margins', for both Equity Derivatives Segment and Currency Derivatives Segment, shall include margins as specified in Para 2 of this circular, mark to market settlements or any other margin as prescribed by the Exchange/Clearing Corporation to be collected by Clearing Members from their clients (i.e. Custodial Participants and Trading Members - for their proprietary positions) and by Trading Members from their clients.