Market Notices

• July 20, 2021

  Bank of Canada announces changes to its Standing Liquidity Facility Collateral Policy

  To provide support for the upcoming introduction of the Lynx payment system, the Bank of Canada is announcing changes to the Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) Collateral Policy that will be effective July 26, 2021.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility
• July 12, 2021

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (July 19-30)

  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
• July 6, 2021

  CARR publishes results of consultation, recommended CDOR FRN fallback language

  The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) today published the results of its consultation on its proposed methodology for calculating CORRA-in-arrears as well as draft fallback language for floating rate notes (FRNs) that reference CDOR.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• June 29, 2021

  Bank of Canada publishes transaction-level data for its discontinued asset purchase programs

  As previously announced on March 23, the Bank is publishing transaction-level data for its discontinued asset purchase programs that were introduced to support key financial markets during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility, Commercial Paper Purchase Program, Corporate Bond Purchase Program, Provincial Bond Purchase Program, Provincial Money Market Purchase Program
• June 28, 2021

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (July 5-16)

  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
• June 25, 2021

  CFEC recommendations on dating conventions for foreign exchange contracts in light of new national holiday

  In light of the newly-introduced National Day for Truth and Reconciliation holiday, and the closure of payment clearing and settlement systems, the Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) recommends that any existing forward foreign exchange contracts scheduled to settle on September 30, 2021 should be renegotiated to settle on September 29, 2021 instead.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
• June 25, 2021

  Bank of Canada to be closed in observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2021

  In observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation—a new national holiday to commemorate the tragic history and lasting effects of Canada’s residential school system, and to honour Indigenous survivors and their families and communities—the Bank of Canada, as a federally regulated workplace, will be closed on September 30, 2021.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• June 23, 2021

  Release of the 2020 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report

  The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2020 Annual Report. The Report reviews the Bank’s oversight of designated clearing and settlement systems, also known as financial market infrastructures (FMIs).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• June 14, 2021

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (June 21-July 2)

  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
• May 31, 2021

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (June 7-18)

  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