November 4, 2010
Market Notices
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October 28, 2010
Change in Minimum Bank of Canada Nominal Bond Purchases at Auctions
The Bank of Canada is increasing its purchases of nominal bonds at auctions to 15 per cent effective immediately. This will assist in bringing its holdings of Government of Canada securities more in line with the composition of the government's stock of nominal domestic marketable debt, consistent with the Bank of Canada's policy for managing its balance sheet. -
October 26, 2010
Reform of Over-the-Counter (OTC) Derivatives Markets in Canada: Discussion Paper from the Canadian OTC Derivatives Working Group
Today, the Canadian OTC Derivatives Working Group published a paper that sets out preliminary recommendations for implementing Canada's G-20 commitments related to OTC derivatives. -
July 16, 2010
Changes to Requirements for Assets Accepted as Collateral under the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility
As part of an ongoing review of collateral policy related to the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank is adjusting the credit-rating requirements for assets acceptable as collateral. -
June 30, 2010
Results of the 30 June 2010 Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
The results of today's term repo for balance sheet management purposes operation. -
June 29, 2010
Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a Term Repo for Balance Sheet Management Purposes operation. -
June 17, 2010
Operational Changes to the Bond Buyback Program
In April 2010, officials from the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada sought the views of institutional investors, government securities distributors, and other interested parties on issues relating to the management of the cash flow profile of Government of Canada securities over the medium term and on the demand for long-term bonds (nominal and Real Return). -
June 17, 2010
Changes to Eligible Securities and Margin Requirements for the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF)
As part of an ongoing review of collateral policy related to the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank is broadening the list of assets acceptable as collateral and revising its margin requirements. -
May 17, 2010
Bank of Canada and U.S. Federal Reserve Publish Text of Swap Arrangement
Further to the 9 May 2010 announcement that the Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve have agreed to the re-establishment of the US$30 billion swap facility (reciprocal currency arrangement), the Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve today published the text of that swap arrangement. -
May 9, 2010
Bank of Canada Announces Swap Facility with U.S. Federal Reserve as part of Coordinated Central Bank Actions
In response to the re-emergence of strains in U.S. dollar short-term funding markets in Europe, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are announcing the re-establishment of temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap facilities.