Clearing and Prime Brokerage activity
This section addresses specific regulatory requirements (e.g. MiFID II, EMIR, etc.) that apply to clearing and prime brokerage activities (including information to be disclosed to clients).
Indirect Clearing
An indirect clearing arrangement is a set of contractual relationships between a CCP, Clearing member, the client of the clearing member and the client of that client.
This set of arrangements allows these ‘indirect clients’ to access the clearing services of a clearing member via the direct client of the member. The requirements with regards to these arrangements were first implemented under EMIR Article 4(3) in order to allow these clients to meet the clearing obligation for OTC derivatives where they did not have access to clearing previously. This has now been transposed into MiFIR Article 30 in relation to exchange-traded derivatives. ESMA was tasked with establishing Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) in order to ensure a harmonised approach to the indirect clearing provisions across both regulations. The EMIR RTS will come into force following a period of examination by the Council and Parliament (a final date has yet to be established for final implementation), and the MiFIR RTS will come into force in line with MiFIR on 3 January 2018.
These new RTS will: impose obligations on the DCs that facilitate indirect clearing; place new constraints on the length of the chain of such arrangements; provide for specific types of account structures to be available for the holding of assets and positions of the End Indirect Clients (e.g. GOSA and NOSA); and require default management procedures to be in place (e.g. portability and insolvency proceeds distribution).
It will also limit those direct clients of SGSA’s that will be allowed to offer their clients indirect clearing once the RTS are in force, as well as limiting the layers below a direct client that can be offered this facility. For instance, it will no longer be permissible for an IC that accesses clearing via an SGSA DC to offer any of its clients onward indirect clearing (except in limited circumstances). If you as a direct client of SGSA are based outside the EU then there is some clarity to be ascertained at this stage as to how the requirements will potentially impact you (it is likely that the requirements will only apply where you are offering indirect clearing to an EU entity), however we will provide updates as this becomes clear.
This summary information statement sets out the main issues related to the indirect clearing RTS in order that you, as a direct client of SGSA, and we as your clearing member, are able to comply with these obligations in due time.
Below are a number of important information and legal documents that we recommend you read carefully:
SG derivatives clearing services pricing fee disclosure
Protection of collateral
SGSA is committed to ensure that appropriate procedures and arrangements are in place to protect customer collateral in accordance with local law and regulation.
For more information, please click here.
EMIR Clearing Disclosures
Information relating to the types of accounts, e.g. ISA, OSA, BOSA, GOSA, etc., which can be opened can be found within the documents titled Clearing member disclosure document and Direct client disclosure document.
FRANDT
Information relating to Fair, Reasonable, Non-Discriminatory and Transparent (“FRANDT”) commercial terms for clearing services under EMIR.
Central Counterparty Recovery and Resolution Regulation
Information relating to Central Counterparty Recovery and Resolution Regulation ("CCPR").
Central Counterparty Recovery and Resolution Regulation Disclosure.
MiFID II Commodities Position Reporting
Information relating to MiFID II requirements for members of regulated markets, multilateral trading facilities and organised trading facilities to report to the relevant trading venues the details of their own positions held through contracts traded on those trading venues on a daily basis, as well as those of their clients.
Click here to access the "MiFID 2 commodities position" document.
APAC Clients
If you are not based in the EEA or in the UK and you are not in contact with any salesperson of Societe Generale in the EEA or in the UK, please note the following amendments to the SG SA Terms of Business:
Information in relation to our Terms of Business can be found below
MiFID Leaflet
Terms of Business
General Terms of Business 01
APAC Equities Module December 2022
Client Money Module 2022
FINSA Switzerland Module 2021
FINSA SGCIB Best Execution Policy EN 2021
FINSA Summary on SG conflict of interest Policy 2021
FINSA INFORMATION ABOUT FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 2021
Electronic Services Module
Direct Electronic Access Module
Equities Module
Fixed Income Module
Futures Options and EPF Transactions Module
Agency Module
Commodities Module
Retail Client Module
General Terms and Conditions regarding the provision of services for market transactions to the clients of Societe Generale French retail banking
Best Execution Policy
SGCIB Best Execution Public Policy Apr2023
Singapore Best Execution Policy for Societe Generale Mar 2022
SGCIB Best Execution Public Policy Sept 2021
SGCIB Best Execution Public Policy Sept2020
Summary Best Execution Policy Retail Clients EN 29 12 17
Societe Generale CIB Best Execution Policy EN June 2018
TTCA Risks and Impacts on funds and subcontracting of the Safekeeping of Financial Instruments
Information in relation to our Addendum to our Terms of Business for APAC clients can be found here
Best Execution Policies
The following Best Execution policy applies to agency activities of listed derivatives where SG Securities (HK) Limited (“SGSHK”) is appointed as sub-agent of the Societe Generale entity acting as agent on your behalf that has on-boarded you as its client, and in respect of the execution of any order received from you for listed derivatives transactions executed by SGSHK or the licensed representatives of SGSHK.