Performance Bond Requirement Changes -- Effective Wednesday, October 22nd

Performance Bond (Margin) Advisory Notices

To	Clearing Member Firms, Chief Financial Officers, Back Office Managers, Margin Managers
From	CME Clearing
Subject	Performance Bond Requirement Changes -- Effective Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Notice Date	2008-10-21
Notice Number	08-286
Effective Date	2008-10-22
To receive advanced notification of Performance Bond (margin) changes, through our free automated mailing list, go to: http://www.cmegroup.com/newsletter/web2lead/web2sf-old.html and subscribe to the Performance Bond Rates Advisory Notices listserver. As per the normal review of market volatility to ensure adequate collateral coverage, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., Clearing House Risk Management staff approved the performance bond requirements for the following products listed below. The rates are effective with the launch of the products Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008. --- CME Security Futures Outright Rates --- CME Security Futures Intra-Commodity Spread Rates For the full-text of this advisory, please click here.