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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 89     In assessing a customer's maximum amount for margin purchase and short sale, if the securities firm is fully aware that or reasonably determines certain customers are related to each other, i.e. they are related in terms of credit risks (e.g. acting as trading agent on another's behalf), it should control and manage the amount limit for margin purchase and short sale and the amounts of other loan business available to these customers.
    Control and management of loan amount limit for customers related to each other as described in the preceding paragraph apply to a customer's opening of a new account, contract renewal and changes to amount limit, as well as changes to amount limit for another customer related to the customer or addition of a customer related to the customer.