Common margin settlement vehicle and method of margining exchange-traded futures contracts
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1. A method of improving the efficiency of margining exchange-traded futures and options on futures contracts, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) purchasing, by a futures commission merchant (FCM) on behalf on a customer, shares of at least one fund; and
(b) transferring, by said FCM on behalf on said customer, at least a portion of said shares to an associated clearing organization, to satisfy a margin requirement of a futures or options contract entered into by said customer and traded through said associated clearing organization.
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A money market mutual fund and a method for improving the efficiency of margining exchange-traded futures and options contracts is described. Shares of at least one mutual find are purchased by a futures commission merchant (FCM) on behalf of itself or its customer. The FCM then transfers or pledges at least a portion of the shares to an associated clearinghouse to satisfy a margin requirement for a futures or options contract. The margin requirement, for example, may be for original margin, variation margin, or both.
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1. A method of improving the efficiency of margining exchange-traded futures and options on futures contracts, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) purchasing, by a futures commission merchant (FCM) on behalf on a customer, shares of at least one fund; and
(b) transferring, by said FCM on behalf on said customer, at least a portion of said shares to an associated clearing organization, to satisfy a margin requirement of a futures or options contract entered into by said customer and traded through said associated clearing organization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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29. At least one fund for improving the efficiency of margining exchange-traded futures and options on futures contracts, the fund comprising:
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shares in said at least one fund; and
fund guidelines of said at least one fund, said guidelines including a requirement that said shares are to be purchased by at least one futures commission merchant (FCM) on behalf on a customer;
wherein at least a portion of said shares are transferred, by said FCM on behalf on said customer, to an associated clearing organization, to satisfy a margin requirement of a futures or options contract entered into by said customer and traded through said associated clearing organization.
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57. A common settlement fund for use in settling margins in connection with exchange-traded futures contracts or exchange-traded options on futures contracts, comprising:
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shares of said fund, said shares are owned by a future commission merchants (FCM) on behalf of its customers, wherein margin related transactions of futures contracts or options on futures contracts are settled by transferring shares from said FCM to a clearing organization.
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58. A method of utilizing a common settlement fund to settle margins in connection with exchange-traded futures contracts or exchange-traded options on futures contracts, wherein said fund includes shares that are owned by a futures commission merchants (FCM) on behalf of its customers, said method comprising the step of:
transferring shares from said FCM to a clearing organization to settle margin related transactions of futures contracts or options on futures contracts.
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