02.05.2014 - India: MoF proposes single clearing platform for commodity exchange trades
The ministry of finance is working out a roadmap to substantially bring down the transaction cost of trading on the commodity exchanges . According to official sources, in line with the banking system, there is need for common clearing system of the commodity trades. This commonality of clearing of transactions will require a common platform where multiple trades across exchanges can be settled. In the process, the traders can cut down the transaction cost by becoming the member of a single platform for clearing of trades. At present, a trader will have to pay fees for becoming a member of separate clearing platform floated by different commodity exchanges. This entails heavy cost, multiplicity of trades, cross margining etc...............................................Full Article: Source
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