Russian Bourses Up FX Futures Collateral

RTS Stock Exchangewill increase collateral rules and regulations,The Wall Street Journalreports. The Russian bourse’s new requirement will affect investors trading billions of dollars a day in futures on equity indexes and currencies.

According to the new regulations, customers acquiring RTS Index futures will require collateral of 10%, instead of 7.5% of their investment. Moscow’sMicexexchange has also rolled out similar higher collateral requirements.

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