Home LME 'substantially' cuts short, medium-dated carry fees effective Q4 On Thursday September 7, the London Metal Exchange announced a series of substantial reductions in trading fees in an attempt to support its physical user-base and further encourage the use of its daily date structure. The LME also intends to introduce a new financial OTC fee, effective from January 1, 2018, to "ensure fairness in LME fee structures," it said. With effect from October 1, 2017, short-dated carries trades – where both legs are within 15 days of the tom date – executed by members on the Ring and LMEselect will be reduced to $0.15... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Perrine Faye September 07, 2017 16:37 GMT London Keywords LME fees discussion paper Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}