OREANDA-NEWS. June 01, 2010. In accordance with the resolution made by the Board of Directors of RTS Stock Exchange the new exchange commission for trades executed on RTS Standard (on-exchange trading mode with settlement on T+4) based on direct orders will become effective on June 2, 2010. From that date the size of the exchange commission will depend on the duration of the repo trade.

RTS Standard sets a totally new standard for equity trading in Russia. It will facilitate building up the liquidity of the Russian securities market, curb counterparties’ risks and boost development of the infrastructure. It aims to attract substantial international investor interest into the local equity market due to the applied global standards of trading.

RTS Standard offers CCP trading in anonymous order book without full advance depositing of assets and with settlement on T+4. The market hours are from 10.30 am to 11.50 pm MSK. The range of instruments includes top 22 liquid stocks of Russian issuers. RTS Standard also offers portfolio margining with trades made on FORTS, RTS’s derivatives section, which makes trading in all the instruments possible using a single, consolidated cash position.