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Article NO. Content

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
Article 44     A securities firm shall set up a separate account ledger for each customer margin account, and record therein on a daily basis the following:
  1. Matters relating to margin purchases and short sales.
  2. Collateral.
  3. Any margin calls for, or disposal of, collateral.
    A securities firm shall, based on the account entry records under the preceding paragraph, prepare a reconciliation statement each month and deliver it to the customer, unless there is no record of margin trading for the given month and the customer moreover has not submitted a written request for a statement.
    Upon execution of a consent letter by the customer to allow collection, processing, use and international transmission of the customer's personal data by the TWSE, TPEx, or any institution designated by the competent authority in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, a securities firm shall promptly transmit the data concerning credit line, balance of margin purchases and short sales, and any changes therein, to the TWSE and TPEx computer database systems.
    When borrowing securities from other securities firms, securities finance enterprises and the TWSE securities lending system, a securities firm shall record the lendings, borrowings and returns of securities as well as the delivery of the performance bond.