NASDAQ OMX Commodities will, effective from January 1, 2015, introduce fee related changes that affect Clearing Members (CMs) and Client Representatives (CRs). The fee changes impact additional clearing account fees and the methodology for how the clearing fee step is calculated for EUR Electricity Futures and EUR DS Electricity Futures Contracts. The Fee List (Appendix 7 - Trading and Clearing Rules) will be updated to reflect these changes in due course. The following provides an overview of the changes:
Reduction of additional Clearing Account Fee
The annual clearing fee for additional Clearing Accounts, stated under 2.2 in the Fee List , will be reduced for CMs and CRs starting from January 1, 2015. The reduction will be from currently EUR 5,000 to EUR 1,500 per annum.
Changes to Clearing Fee-Step calculation
Please note that the following information only applies to CM/CR that clear on behalf of clients.
For EUR Electricity Futures and EUR DS Electricity Futures Contracts the clearing fee charged during a specific quarter is based on cleared volumes during the previous quarter (see below table for clearing fee steps). In the current regime, the volume calculation for a CM/CR for a specific quarter aggregates the CM’s/CR’s proprietary cleared volume and clients’ cleared volumes. Consequently, all CM/CR accounts (proprietary accounts as well as client accounts) have been subject to the same fee step.
From October 1, 2014, volumes cleared by a CM/CR will be calculated separately for the CM’s/CR’s proprietary accounts. Also, volumes cleared on individual client accounts will be calculated individually and no longer be aggregated with the CM’s/CR’s cleared volume. Consequently, from January 1, 2015, clearing fee levels will be individually set from CM/CR house accounts and client accounts based on the previous’ quarters clearing volumes.
Furthermore, the highest fee step will at all times apply to trades registered on client omnibus accounts. Hence, only individual/segregated client accounts will benefit from the clearing volume rebate structure.
Clearing fee EUR Electricity Futures and EUR DS Electricity Futures Contracts
| 0-3 TWh cleared in most recent quarter | 0.0089 EUR/MWh |
| 3-8 TWh cleared in most recent quarter | 0.0079 EUR/MWh |
| 8-15 TWh cleared in most recent quarter | 0.0068 EUR/MWh |
| 15-25 TWh cleared in most recent quarter | 0.0053 EUR/MWh |
| 25-50 TWh cleared in most recent quarter | 0.0042 EUR/MWh |
| >50 TWh cleared in most recent quarter | 0.0037 EUR/MWh |
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