Financial and Collateral Management
Overview

CME Clearing manages billions of dollars each day in the process of balancing accounts and maintaining performance bonds/margins. Learn more about the types of collateral that can be used, the ways members can earn interest on their deposits, and the daily financial processing cycle.

Collateral Types Accepted

View the collateral types, including cash, government bonds, foreign currencies, stocks and other forms of collateral, you can use in a CME Clearing account.

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Collateral Management Programs (IEF Programs)

Read about the collateral management programs CME Clearing offers to enable clearing members to earn interest on their performance bond/margin deposits.

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Collateral Transaction Timeline

View the designated timeline for daily performance bond collateral transaction and settlement cycle processing.

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Forms and Instructions

Find Approved Letters of Credit, authorization forms, asset balance and transaction reporting forms, and a list of approved letter-of-credit banks.

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