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Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation Operation Directions for the Allocation of Limits for Margin Purchases and Short Sales and for Sales of Borrowed Securities Permitted for Securities Trading(2015.04.08) |
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Stipulated by competent authority according to Article 6 of "Standards Governing Eligibility of Securities for Margin Purchase and Short Sale", paragraph 2 of Article 10 of "Regulations Governing Borrowing or Lending Money in Connection with Securities Business by Securities Firms", and per 3 December, 2013 Order No. Financial-Supervisory-Securities-Trading-1020049612 and per 7 January , 2015 Order No. Financial-Supervisory-Securities-Investment -1030052647.
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In the event that the daily balance of margin purchases and margin trading of securities business related money lending or borrowing conducted by securities firms and settlement money performed by securities finance companies reach eighty percent of the ratio for suspending margin purchase set forth in Article 6 of the preceding standards (hereinafter referred to as the "allocation limit"), the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE) will proceed to conduct the allocation on the next business day; when the daily balance of margin purchases and short sales for securities trading reaches eighty percent of the ratio set forth in the foregoing order (hereinafter referred to as the " allocation limit ") the TWSE will proceed to conduct the allocation on the next business day. The calculation methods for the allocations in the preceding paragraph are as follows:
- Margin purchases and money lent or borrowed relating to securities business and settlement money financing:
- Allocation for margin purchases
The total daily balance of the numbers of lots of each
security for margin purchase from securities firms and
securities finance companies
───────────────────── ×(allocation limit - daily balance)
The daily balance of the number of lots of each securities
for margin purchase from securities firms and securities
finance companies and the total amount of daily balance
of the number of lots of collateral for money lent or borrowed
relating to securities business of each security from the
securities firm conducting money lending relating to securities
business; and the daily balance of the number of lots of
collateral for each security of settlement money financing from
securities finance companies.
- The number of lots for margin purchases allocable to each credit institute :
- Where the allocation for margin purchases is sufficient to allocate one lot to each credit institute ( excluding the securities firm commencing to conduct business of margin purchases and short sales on the next business day ), allocate firstly one lot to each credit institute and the remaining number of lots :
The daily balance of the number of lots of each
securities for margin purchase from each securities
firm and securities finance company
───────────────────× (allocation for margin purchase - the number of credit institutes)
The total daily balance of the numbers of lots of
each security for margin purchase conducted by each
of securities firms and securities finance companies
- Where the allocation for margin purchases is insufficient to allocate one lot to each credit institute( excluding the securities firm commencing to conduct business of margin purchases and short sales on the next business day ):
The daily balance of the number of lots of each
securities for margin purchase from each securities
firm and securities finance company
───────────────────× allocation for margin purchase
The total daily balance of the numbers of lots of
each security for margin purchase from each of
securities firms and securities finance companies
- Allocation for money lent or borrowed relating to securities business:
The total daily balance of numbers of lots of collateral
for money lent or borrowed relating to securities business
of each security from the securities firm conducting
money lending relating to securities business
─────────────────────× (allocation limit - daily balance)
The daily balance of the number of lots of each securities
for margin purchase from securities firms and securities
finance companies; and the total amount of daily balance
of the number of lots of collateral for money lent or
borrowed relating to securities business of each security
from the securities firm conducting money lending relating
to securities business; and the daily balance of the number
of lots of collateral for each security of settlement money
financing from securities finance companies.
- The number of lots of collateral for money lent or borrowed relating to securities business allocable to each credit institute :
The daily balance of the numbers of lots of collateral
for money lent or borrowed relating to securities business
of each security from the securities firm conducting
money lending relating to securities business
──────────────────────× allocation for money lent or borrowed relating to securities business
The total daily balance of the numbers of lots of
collateral for money lent or borrowed relating to
securities business of each security from securities firms
conducting money lending relating to securities business
- Allocation for margin purchase settlement financing:
The total daily balance of the number of lots of
collateral for each security of settlement money
financing from each of securities finance companies.
─────────────────────×(allocation limit - daily balance)
The daily balance of the number of lots of each
securities for margin purchase from securities firms
and securities finance companies and the total amount
of daily balance of the number of lots of collateral for
money lent or borrowed relating to securities business
of each security from the securities firm conducting
money lending relating to securities business; and the
daily balance of the number of lots of collateral for each
security of settlement money financing from securities finance companies.
- The number of lots of collateral for margin purchase settlement financing allocable to each credit institute :
The daily balance of the number of lots of collateral
for each security settlement financing from
each of the securities finance company.
─────────────────────× Allocation for margin purchase settlement financing
The total daily balance of the number of lots of collateral
for each security settlement financing from
each of securities finance companies.
- short sales and securities lending:
- Allocation for securities lending
The daily balance of sales of borrowed
securities
──────────────── ×(allocation limit - daily balance)
The total daily balance of short sales and
sales of borrowed securities
For the amount of allocation less than 1.5% of the listed stock, use 1.5% for calculation.
- Allocation of short sales
Daily balance of short sales
────────────── × (allocation limit - daily balance)
The total daily balance of short sales
and sales of borrowed securities
- The number of lots of short sales allocable to each credit institute :
- Where the allocation for margin purchases is sufficient to allocate one lot to each credit institute ( excluding the securities firm commencing to conduct business of margin purchases and short sales on the next business day ), allocate firstly one lot to each credit institute and the remaining number of lots :
The daily balance of the number of lots of each
security for margin purchase from each securities
firm and securities finance company
─────────────────────× (allocation for margin purchase - the number of credit institutes)
The total daily balance of the numbers of lots of each
security for margin purchase from securities firms and
securities finance companies
- Where the allocation for margin purchases is insufficient to allocate one lot to each credit institute( excluding the securities firm commencing to conduct business of margin purchases and short sales on the next business day ):
The daily balance of the number of lots of each
security for margin purchase from each securities
firm and securities finance company
─────────────────────× (allocation for margin purchase )
The total daily balance of the numbers of lots of each
security for margin purchase from securities firms
and securities finance companies
- The allocation limit shall be calculated according to the following calculation method on the first day when securities firm commencing to conduct business of margin purchases and short sales and deducted from the account of the securities finance company:
The daily allocation limit for the securities finance company
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The number of agent securities firms on the day before the first day securities firm commencing to conduct business of margin purchases and short sales
- Anything less than one trading unit after calculating the allocation limit in accordance with the preceding calculation method for allocation of margin purchase, short sales and securities lending shall not be counted and allocated.
- Securities firms conducting securities trading of margin purchase and short sale or securities finance companies under the circumstances of exceeding allocation limit set forth in point 4 which results in deduction, the deductible portion shall be included in the calculation and be reallocated to other securities finance companies and the securities firms.
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