According to the provisions of the Interim Measures for the Administration, the responsibility based on the futures brokerage contract shall be directly borne by the futures company to the customer. This also shows that in the risk control link, the futures company bears the main responsibility and is directly responsible for the risk control of customers. IB Business Department mainly assists futures companies in handling notifications and communicating with customers.

The responsibilities of risk control of futures companies mainly include:

■ Perform after-hours risk management. If the balance of the customer's account is lower than the maintenance margin level after settlement, the futures company shall immediately notify the IB business department when issuing the notice of additional margin to the customer, and the margin ratio shall be subject to the notice of the futures company.

■ Implement intra-day risk management. Track the rights and interests of customers' accounts at any time during the transaction, and notify customers and IB business departments in time for customers whose risks reach the alert level.

■ Check the record of margin increase in time, and check whether the customer has added the full margin within the specified time. If the margin is not added according to the time and amount, the futures company shall handle it according to the contract. Inform customers and IB business department of the results in time.

In the risk control link, IB's responsibilities include:

■ Take the initiative to ask. IB business personnel should monitor the deposit and risk status of their customers at any time through IB monitoring system.

■ Inform customers. When the customer's margin is found to be insufficient, IB risk control personnel shall promptly inform the customer of the amount of margin to be added and the additional period.

The work required for risk control link IB mainly includes:

■ Assist futures companies to ask customers to add margin in time or reduce their positions by themselves.

■ Assist futures companies to appease customers who are forced to close their positions.

■ Assist futures companies to recover the funds of customers who have passed the warehouse.

■ Supervise customers to check daily statements, assist customers who have objections to raise objections to futures companies, and assist futures companies to explain customers' settlement results.