• Canadian Provincial Debt, Australian Sovereign Debt and Singapore Sovereign Debt Update- July 20, 2015

      • To
      • Clearing Member Firms; Chief Financial Officers; Back Office Managers
      • From
      • CME Clearing
      • #
      • 15-208
      • Notice Date
      • 20 July 2015
      • Effective Date
      • 20 July 2015

    • CME Clearing (CME) now accepts foreign sovereign debt from Australia and Singapore and Canadian provincial debt from Ontario and Quebec. Australian and Singapore sovereign debt, and Canadian provincial debt are acceptable for Base, CDS, and IRS performance bond requirements and are part of Category 4 assets for Base and IRS and Category 3 assets for CDS. 

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