04 Nov 2011 | SFEMC statement in relation to MF Global Singapore

4 November 2011

SFEMC statement on best market practice for unwinding of open positions in relation to MF Global Singapore Pte. Limited

The Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee (‘SFEMC”) notes the recent developments in relation to MF Global group of companies.

MF Global Holdings Ltd. and its finance subsidiary, MF Global Finance USA Inc., announced a filing under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on 31st October 2011. Subsequently, MF Global Singapore Pte. Limited (the “Company”), was put under provisional liquidation and with effect from 1 November 2011,

Subject to the priority of any existing contractual rights between the parties, for purpose of orderly unwinding of open positions, SFEMC considers best market practice for close out of foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity transactions between the Company and its customers, to be the mid market levels of relevant market rates as of 1st November 2011.