OREANDA-NEWS. November 20, 2009. Now clients of KIT Finance can trade on RTS Standard, a new cash equities market of RTS.

KIT Finance has developed a proprietary scheme for provision of market access to its clients including implementation of a technology for consolidation of collateral across all spot markets. For further information, please visit the company’s website section dedicated to RTS Standard.

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.