Clearing FeeClient Clearing Fees
１．Client Clearing Fee
There are two types of client clearing fee, and each client can choose either (1) or (2) below.
(1) Standard Fee Structure
①Fee for New Clearing
For newly cleared JPY IRS Transactions, the sum total of the amount obtained according to
below formula for each classification of the term to maturity shown in below chart:
Total Notional Amount / 100,000,000 × the value in below Chart
| Term to Maturity (Note1) as of Date of Application for Clearing | Value |
| Up to 1 year | 80 |
| More than 1 year up to 3 years | 200 |
| More than 3 years up to 5 years | 365 |
| More than 5 years up to 7 years | 490 |
| More than 7 years up to 10 years | 650 |
| More than 10 years up to 12 years | 730 |
| More than 12 years up to 15 years | 810 |
| More than 15 years up to 20 years | 1,035 |
| More than 20 years up to 25 years | 1,170 |
| More than 25 years | 1,260 |
(Note 1) "Maturity" here refers to the last coupon payment date (after holiday adjustment) on the payer side.
②Fee for Outstanding Cleared Trades
| JPY IRS Transactions | JPY 25 per JPY 100mil. total Outstanding Notional as of the end of each month |
(2) Structure under Special Provisions (High Turnover Plan) (Note1)
| a．New Clearing Fee | JPY 3,000 per Trade |
| b．Initial Margin-Based Fee | Sum of the amounts obtained as "Daily Required Initial Margin×0.001/365" |
| c．Minimum Fee (Floor) | The amount obtained by multiplying JPY 3.33mil. by the number of months elapsed from the starting month of the Fiscal Year (or the month in which (2) Structure under Special Provisions start to apply, if it is in the middle of a Fiscal Year) to the relevant month.(Note2) |
(Note 1) An advance notification is required to apply (2) Fee Structure under Special Provisions. The Notification can be submitted in March, June, September or December and this fee structure starts to apply from the next month following the month of submission of the notification. It is also possible to submit the notification when opening a Client Clearing account.
When a Client intends to stop application of the fee structure under (2), the Client may submit the notification of such effect in March, June, September or December and the standard structure under
(1) starts to apply from the next month following the submission of the notification.
(Note 2) "Fiscal Year" means a one-year period commencing on April 1 of a year and ending on March 31 of the next year.
(Note 3) When a Client elects the fee structure under (2), Fee under (1) is not charged.
(Note 4) Transactions newly created through compression shall be excluded from the application of the new clearing fee.
２．Account Opening Fee
JPY 100,000 per new Account opened for Client Clearing
- Account Opening Fee will be free for the Customer Accounts opened during the period from January 5, 2026 to December 30, 2026.
３．Compression Fee
| ａ．Per Trade Compression Vendor-Initiated Compression |
JPY 1,200 per trade |
| b．Blended Rates Compression | JPY 2,400 per trade |
４．Collateral Fee
For each month, sum total of the costs calculated according to the formula in a. to d. below:
| 1. JGB Management Cost (The monthly average of the aggregate face value of JGB posted by a Clearing Participant to JSCC as IRS Clearing Fund, Initial Margin and Default Contingent Margin (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Collateral”)) X (Number of Days in Each Month) / 365 X 0.50 / 10,000 |
| 2. US Treasuries Management Cost (a) (The monthly average of the aggregate face value (being the amount calculated by JSCC in accordance with the method prescribed in a public notice and converted into Japanese yen) of U.S. Treasuries posted by a Clearing Participant to JSCC as Collateral) X (Number of Days in Each Month) / 365 X 0.50 / 10,000 (b) (The sum of the Market Value, as of the end of each month, (being the amount calculated by JSCC in accordance with the method prescribed in a public notice and converted into Japanese yen) of U.S. Treasuries posted by a Clearing Participant to JSCC as Collateral) X (Number of Days in Each Month) / 365 X 1.0 / 10,000 (c) JPY equivalent of the amount obtained by below formula converted into JPY in a manner prescribed by JSCC in a public notice USD 20 × (the number of Posting and Withdrawal instructions given by a Clearing Participant to JSCC in relation to U.S. Treasuries posted as Collateral during each month) |
| 3. The costs related to Money Trust (applicable only when a negative interest rate applies to a portion of the current account under the Complimentary Deposit Facility of the Bank of Japan and JSCC is to bear the trust fee corresponding to such interest rate) - These costs have not been charged since March 21, 2024. The sum of the values obtained by below formula on each day during the Calculation Period: (JPY Cash Collateral posted by a Clearing Participant to JSCC on the relevant day which are deposited in ordinary savings account or time deposit of the bank which operates trust business) X 1/365 x (absolute value of the relevant negative interest rate) |
| 4．Other costs incurred by JSCC in fulfilling a Clearing Participant’s requests regarding the management of Collateral |
５．OIS Conversion Fee
When a swap referencing JPY-LIBOR that comes into existence as a result of a Swaption exercise is submitted for clearing, and JSCC converts into OIS swap and then clears such trade:
| JPY 3,500 per trade |
６． Position Transfer Fee
| JPY 2,000 per transferred Cleared Contract at the transferee. - No Fee shall be charged up to 100 transfers per Fiscal Year. (Note1) |
(Note 1) "Fiscal Year" means a one-year period commencing on April 1 of a year and ending on March 31 of the next year.
(Note 2) Following cap shall apply to the aggregate amount of the Position Transfer Fee:
| Position Transfer Fee Cap: JPY 40 mil. |
