Market Notices

• July 29, 2022

  CFEC Releases Results of April 2022 Foreign Exchange Volume Survey

  The Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) released today the results of its April 2022 semi-annual survey of foreign exchange volumes in Canada.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
• June 14, 2022

  CARR extends Term CORRA consultation deadline to 30 June

  Reflecting a number of requests for additional time to respond to CARR’s Term CORRA consultation, CARR will now accept comments until June 30, 2022.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• June 9, 2022

  Government of Canada Cancels Ultra-Long Bond Issuance

  The Government of Canada has decided to cancel the issuance of its 1 December 2064 bond. As such, the previously announced auction on 16 June 2022 is suspended.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• May 16, 2022

  CARR welcomes RBSL’s decision to cease the publication of CDOR after June 28, 2024

  Today, Refinitiv Benchmark Services (UK) Limited (RBSL), CDOR’s regulated administrator, announced the cessation of the publication of CDOR after June 28, 2024.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• May 11, 2022

  Release of the 2021 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report

  The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2021 Annual Report.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 22, 2022

  Bank of Canada announces increases to the limit for Securities Repo and Overnight Reverse Repo operations

  Effective April 25, 2022, the maximum total bidding amount across all securities in the Securities Repo Operation (SRO) will increase to $5,000 million for each counterparty.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Overnight reverse repo operations, Securities Repo Operations
• April 13, 2022

  Bank of Canada provides operational details for quantitative tightening and announces that it will continue to implement monetary policy using a floor system

  As announced on April 13, 2022, the Bank of Canada is ending the reinvestment phase of its asset purchase program and beginning quantitative tightening (QT).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• April 4, 2022

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (April 11-22)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• March 21, 2022

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (March 28-April 8)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• March 7, 2022

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (March 14-25)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program