VARMA COMMITTEE REPORT 
RISK CONTAINMENT IN THE 
DERIVATIVES MARKET 
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Para No. Heading
1 Background
2

  2.1

 2.2

 2.3

  2.4

  2.5

  2.6

  2.7

Risk Containment and Related Issues

Estimation of volatility

Calendar spreads

Trader Networth

Margin Collection and Enforcement

Clearing Corporation

Position Limits

Legal Issues
 

 3

   3.1

  3.1.1

  3.1.2

  3.1.3

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.6

Margining System

Mandating a Margin Methodology not Specific Margins

Initial Methodology

Periodic Reporting

Continuous Refining

Initial Margin Fixation Methodology

Daily Changes in Margins

Margining for Calendar Spreads

Margin Collection and Enforcement

Transparency and Disclosures

4

4.1

4.2

Broker Net Worth

Definition of Liquid Net Worth

Minimum Liquid Net Worth Requirement

5

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

   5.5.1

   5.5.2

  5.5.3

Definition of Liquid Assets

Bank Guarantees

Securities

Minimum cash requirement

Bank Accounts

Example on capital adequacy and margin requirement:

Beginning of day one

Initiation of spread trade on day one

Margin and capital adequacy calculations on day two
 

6

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

Position Limits

Customer Level

Trading Member Level

Clearing Member Level

Market Level

7 Customer Level and Trading Member level margins and capital
8 Review after six months
9 Risk Containment in cash market
APPENDIX 1. VALUE AT RISK MODELS IN THE INDIAN STOCK MARKET
APPENDIX 2. Implicit Cost of Carry in Inter-Index Arbitrage

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