Elements of the guarantee system

KELER CCP operates a guarantee system to make sure that financial obligations towards the non-defaulting party can be met in case of default by the Clearing Members. The guarantee system consists of individual and collective collateral elements as follows:

Balancing Platform
Type Name Objective Eligible instruments
Individual guarantee elements Basic Financial Collateral

 

The Basic Financial Collateral is to be provided upon entry into the Trading Platform and Balancing Gas Market, on one occasion. The objective is to cover risks arising from trading. Its amount is fixed and is published by KELER CCP in the applicable announcement.

In line with the provisions of the Conditions of acceptance of securities and currencies collateral.

Turnover margin

The turnover margin for the Balancing Gas Market is determined based on historic and imbalance data, its objective is to determine margin requirements proportionate to risks, related methodology and parameters are published by KELER CCP in the applicable announcement on its website. 

For the Trading Platform, there is no compulsory turnover margin requirement as defined by the KELER CCP.

 

 

In line with the provisions of the Conditions of acceptance of securities and currencies collateral.

Additional Financial Collateral

It is to manage Clearing Member individual risks, to sanction the violation of certain obligations (according to the General Business Rules), to supplement the clearing member minimum capital or to cover any (temporary or permanent) shortage of individual or collective guarantee elements.

More information on the Additional Financial Collateral.

In line with the In line with the provisions of the Conditions of acceptance of securities and currencies collateral.

 

 

Collective guarantee elements Collective guarantee fund contribution

The Clearing Members form a risk pool to contribute individually to the default fund of the TP platform (TP KGA) and the Balancing Gas Market. The objective of the collective guarantee element is to cover the basically stress risks that are uncovered by individual guarantee elements. Upon default, if the individual guarantee elements of the defaulting Clearing Member and its collective guarantee fund contributions and the dedicated own resources of KELER CCP allocated to the TP and Balancing Gas Market are insufficient to cover the shortage, the collective guarantee fund contributions of non-defaulting Clearing Members will be used also.

The size of the guarantee fund and the methodology and parameters for determining the individual contributions are published by the KELER CCP in the applicable announcement on its website.

HUF bank money only