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Amendments

Title:

Operating Rules for Securities Firms Handling Margin Purchases and Short Sales of Securities  CH

Amended Date: 2024.09.05 (Articles 41, 80, 83 amended,English version coming soon)
Current English version amended on 2023.12.28 
Categories: Securities Exchange Market > Margin Transaction

Title: Operating Rules for Securities Firms Handling Margin Purchases and Short Sales of Securities(2009.12.03)
Date:
Article 5 A securities firm conducting securities trading margin purchase and short sale operations shall be subject to the requirements of the competent authority in relation to amount limit, duration, margin purchase leverage ratio, and short sale margin.
The securities firm shall give a written notice to the customer of a margin purchase or short sale no later than 10 business days before the end of the duration as fixed by the competent authority under the preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding, the notice is not required if, as pursuant to the Operational Guidelines Governing Securities Firms and Securities Finance Enterprises Accepting Applications by Customers for Extending the Duration of Each Margin Purchase and Short Sale, the customer has entered into application documentation for extending the duration of each margin purchase and short sale on a blanket basis and the securities firm has granted consent to the customer for such extension of duration.