Risk parameters for Fuel Oil Contracts will be updated with implementation of absolute margin floors. The floors will have limited immediate impact on the current margin requirements.
The updated parameters will have impact on the calculation of the daily margin requirement for which collateral must be posted by 11:00 CET on Tuesday, December 22, 2015.
Updated margin curves can be found at:
http://www.nasdaqomx.com/trading/commodities/...gincurves/
Details about the new risk parameters can also be found on our File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server.
For further information, please contact Nasdaq Commodities:
Kjersti Ulset, Head of Risk Management Commodities, phone +47 6710 8415/+47 4828 1600, kjersti.ulset@nasdaq.com
Media contact:
Sara Aadnesen, Director Corporate Communications, phone +47 9060 0759, sara.aadnesen@nasdaq.com
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