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FX forwards do not need a cutoff to establish the settlement price so we will 
not be implementing this, however, I suspect that this topic will come up for 
options in the not too distant future.

> I am not sure where this leaves us. Do FX Forwards require
> identification of the cutoff to establish the settlement price?
> 
> If so, do we need to use the planned Cutoff fields for FX Forwards?
> 
> 
> > For ON trades there are cut off times for payments being made - these
> > are currency specific e.g. AUD is much earlier than CAD. The FX FIX
> > spec does not delve into the depths of cash payments. This is a
> > different concept from TK/NY cuts which are options expiry times.
> >
> > Regards, Jay
> >
> > > Thank you, Jim. I appreciate it.
> > >
> > > > Robert - I will look into this a little bit. Hopefully someone
> > > > else from the GFXC Tech Subcommittee can provide a comment.
> > > >
> > > > > I am by no means expert, but for an ON TN or SN trade isn't it
> > > > > important to identify the cutoff time? From vol. 7 they seem to
> > > > > just assume NY cutoff.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Is cutoff required for FX Forwards? You can check volume 7 of
> > > > > > the latest FIX specification for usage for FX Forwards.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We are proposing some enhancements to address cutoff for OTC
> > > > > > FX options
> > > > > > - the initial proposal was presented to the GFXC Tech
> > > > > >   subcommittee a couple of weeks ago. We are proposing a
> > > > > >   CutoffZone (with code list to be maintained by FPL) and a
> > > > > >   Cutoff Time (HH:MM:SS).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sorry for the newbie question, but where does one specific
> > > > > > > NY or Tokyo Cutoff in specifying an FX Forward?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks!


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