IG Japan to Raise Margin Requirements for MXN Currency Pairs

According to IG Securities, the Japanese branch of IG Group, margin requirements for Mexican peso-related currency pairs will be raised. This is because the upcoming Mexican presidential election is expected to make the market more volatile. Mexicans will vote for president on June 2, 2024, which could get a lot of attention in the news over the weekend. This could make instruments tied to the Mexican peso more volatile and subject to price changes.

IG Japan will raise the upkeep margin rate for new holdings in currency pairs tied to the Mexican peso to address this risk. This change will have an impact on all of the MXN/JPY, USD/MXN, EUR/MXN, and GBP/MXN pairs. Instead of 4%, the new reserve minimum is 5%. At 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 31, the change will take place.

This change in margin standards will only affect new jobs, so keep that in mind. Already-held jobs will not be affected by this change. Based on what IG Japan has said, this is only a temporary move. Starting next week, they will decide when to go back to the original profit rates.

It was IG Japan's bold move to protect its clients from possible market instability that led them to raise margin requirements. To make sure that its customers can better handle the risks that come with possible market moves during a time of high volatility, IG Japan is raising the upkeep margin rate.

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