SPAN Advisory Notice

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Subject SGX Full-Size JGB Futures & Options
Effective Date 04/26/02
Notice Number SPAN#02-05

SINGAPORE EXCHANGE "FULL-SIZE" JGB FUTURES & OPTIONS

On April 18th, the Singapore Exchange launched trading in
"full-size" futures and options on Japanese Government Bonds.
PC-SPAN parameters are as follows:

For the futures:

* Clearing Organization: SMX
* Exchange: SMX
* Product Codes:  JG
* Product Names: JGB FULL-SIZE
* Product Type:  Future
* Settlement Currency: JPY
* Contract Value Factor:  1,000,000
* Settlement Method:  CASH
* Price Quotation Method:  STD
* Valuation Method:  FUT
* Settlement Price Decimal Locator:  2

For the options:

* Clearing Organization: SMX
* Exchange: SMX
* Product Codes:  JG
* Product Names: JGB FULL-SIZE
* Product Type:  Option on Future
* Settlement Currency: JPY
* Contract Value Factor:  1,000,000
* Settlement Method:  DELIV
* Price Quotation Method:  STD
* Valuation Method:  PREM
* Settlement Price Decimal Locator:  2
* Strike Price Decimal Locator:  2
* Cabinet Option Value:  300

To include positions in these products in portfolios to be
margined using PC-SPAN, as always, you must either manually add
records to the Organization Master file or download the updated
master file at ftp.cme.com/pub/span/util/orgmast.exe.  The
corresponding master files for the old DOS-based PC-SPAN are
ftp.cme.com/pub/span/util/comast11.exe (version 3.11 and higher)
and ftp.cme.com/pub/span/util/comast.exe.