Market Notices

• June 5, 2020

  CARR welcomes MX’s listing of new Three-Month CORRA Futures

  The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) welcomed Montréal Exchange’s (MX) notice that it will launch its new Three-Month Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) Futures contract for trading on Friday June 12, 2020.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• June 3, 2020

  Bank of Canada Announces Changes to Term Repo Operations and Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility

  With substantial improvements in short-term funding conditions recently, as well as reduced participation since mid-April in the Bank’s extended Term Repo and Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) operations, the Bank is making amendments to these programs.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility, Term repo operations
• June 1, 2020

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (June 8-June 19)

  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 27, 2020

  Results of today’s Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program operation (Real Return Bonds)

  Today the Bank of Canada purchased $ 700,000,000 of Government of Canada Real Return Bonds in the secondary market.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• May 26, 2020

  Call for tenders for secondary market purchases of Real Return Bonds (May 27)

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

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• May 20, 2020

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Real Return Bonds issued by the Government of Canada (May 27)

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

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• May 19, 2020

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (May 25-June 5)

  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 19, 2020

  Reporting on Provincial Bond Purchase Program purchases

  The Bank of Canada has updated its reporting on assets purchased for the Provincial Bond Purchase Program (PBPP). The PBPP supports the liquidity and efficiency of provincial government funding markets.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Provincial Bond Purchase Program
• May 19, 2020

  Operational details for the Corporate Bond Purchase Program

  As announced on April 15, 2020, the Bank of Canada is launching its Corporate Bond Purchase Program (CBPP), effective May 26, 2020.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Corporate Bond Purchase Program
• May 15, 2020

  Release of the 2019 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report

  The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2019 Annual Report (the Report) on its oversight of payment clearing and settlement systems, which are also known as financial market infrastructures (FMIs).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices