July 12, 2024
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June 26, 2024
Canadian money markets are undergoing a significant change due to the disappearance of Bankers Acceptances (BAs). BAs will no longer be issued by the major Canadian banks after the cessation of the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate’s (CDOR) publication on June 28, 2024.
CFIF-BATVN publishes an educational primer on Canadian Asset-Backed Commercial Paper
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Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
June 11, 2024
The Bank of Canada is announcing the addition of Secured General Collateral Notes (SGC Notes) as eligible collateral under its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), with the intent to support the development of this new market.
Changes to Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility
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Market notices
June 10, 2024
The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) is providing guidance to market participants with respect to CDOR-linked loans, derivatives and securities that do not have adequate fallback language to address the cessation of CDOR following the final publication by Refinitiv Benchmark Services (UK) Limited on June 28, 2024 (the “Cessation Date”).
CARR provides guidance for CDOR-based loans, derivatives and securities that do not have a robust fallback in place for CDOR’s cessation post June 28, 2024
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Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
May 16, 2024
As of 3 June 2024, all Government of Canada auctions of its treasury bills, bonds and Cash Management Bond Buybacks (CMBB) will be subject to T+1 settlement. This move will follow the Canadian secondary market’s own transition to T+1 settlement, expected to occur on Monday, 27 May 2024.
Move to T+1 settlement for Government of Canada securities auctions
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Press,
Market notices
May 13, 2024
CARR is publishing two presentations to clarify how CARR’s recommended fallback rate for floating rate notes that reference CDOR should be implemented for calculating the coupon and accrued interest post June 2024.
CARR publishes illustrative examples on determining fallback rates on floating rate notes that reference CDOR
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Press,
Market notices
Source(s):
Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
April 30, 2024
Refinitiv Benchmark Services (UK) Limited (RBSL), the administrator of CDOR, today reaffirmed that all three tenors of CDOR will cease to be published after June 28, 2024.
CARR reiterates that market participants with CDOR-based loans, derivatives or securities must prepare for CDOR’s cessation post June 28, 2024
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Market notices
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Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
April 25, 2024
The Canadian Fixed-Income Forum today announced the establishment of the Collateral Infrastructure and Market Practices Advisory Group.
CFIF announces the establishment of the Collateral Infrastructure and Market Practices Advisory Group
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Market notices
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Collateral Infrastructure and Market Practices Advisory Group
April 25, 2024
The Bank of Canada is planning to restart later this year its securities lending program (SLP) which is designed to support the liquidity of Government of Canada (GoC) securities markets.
Bank of Canada plans to re-introduce its securities lending program
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Market notices
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Securities Repo Operations,
Securities-Lending Program
April 17, 2024
In line with the announcement in the federal 2024 Budget, the Government of Canada will be introducing a temporary one-month treasury bill.
Introduction of one-month treasury bill
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Market notices