April 15, 2025

Acceptable Collateral Haircut Review

LCH circular number: 4345
Date: April 15, 2025
To: All LCH Ltd Participants

The LCH Limited (LCH) Risk Management department has undertaken a review of the haircuts applied to member margin collateral.

Changes to the haircuts resulting from this review will be made effective from Thursday 17th April 2025* and can be viewed within the LCH Knowledge Centre (accessible via LCH Portal).

The new haircut schedule will be published alongside the existing haircut schedule within the LCH Knowledge Centre (accessible via LCH Portal)

LCH continues to reserve the right to use its discretion in all circumstances and, in particular, around areas of specific concentration in securities received as margin collateral, including ‘wrong-way' risk.

Members seeking further information in relation to this Circular or confirmation of eligibility should contact the following:

FLR BAU
FLRBAU@lch.com

*Subject to regulatory review