May 24, 2024
Read the terms and conditions of the Overnight Standing Repo Facility.
The Bank makes its Overnight Standing Repo Facility available to primary dealers in order to help reinforce the upper limit (Bank rate) of the operating band for overnight interest rates.
Operation details
- Eligible participants will have access to an Overnight Standing Repo Facility at the Bank Rate, subject to pre-specified limits.
Eligible counterparties
- Primary dealers (PDs) for Government of Canada securities
Process to access facility
- Participants must inform the Bank of their interest in accessing the facility by phone before 2:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) on the day of the request. This interest must also be confirmed by email or fax.
Limits
- The daily limit per counterparty is $300 million, cash-value amount.
Eligible securities
- Marketable securities issued by the Government of Canada are eligible as securities for these transactions.
Notification of securities to be used
- Counterparties must notify the Bank of Canada of the securities that will be offered for sale by 2:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) on the trade date. The Bank of Canada will email or fax the counterparty confirmations, setting out the specific terms of the transaction, including the securities.
Margins
- Eligible securities in these Overnight Standing Repo transactions will be subject to the same margin requirements as those applicable in the Standing Liquidity Facility. See Margin Requirements
Repo rate calculation
- The repo rate for a transaction will be applied to the purchase price of the securities on an actual/365-day basis.
Coupon and principal payments
- All coupon and principal payments received by the Bank of Canada on the purchased securities during the term of the transaction will be kept by the Bank of Canada. The final settlement amount will be adjusted, as required, to account for these receipts in accordance with the Bank of Canada's Master Repurchase Agreement.
Counterparty settlement instructions
- Securities shall be delivered to the Bank of Canada by 3:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) through CDSX on the settlement day of the transaction, on a delivery-of-securities versus payment- of-funds basis. Securities to be delivered shall be confirmed with and priced by the Bank of Canada prior to delivery. The securities sold to the Bank must be repurchased for the Amount Due on Repurchase, as determined in accordance with the Master Repurchase Agreement, by 3:00 pm (Ottawa time) on day T+1. The Bank of Canada’s CDS settlement CUID is “BOCB.”
Legal arrangements
- Eligible counterparties must have made the appropriate legal arrangements with the Bank of Canada, including entering into the Bank’s Master Repurchase Agreement, with appropriate proof of signing authority. The Bank of Canada reserves the right to change the terms of subsequent Overnight Standing Repo transactions by posting a revised version of these Terms and Conditions.
- The Bank of Canada shall not bear any liability whatsoever for any loss incurred by a Primary Dealer or any other person arising out of any errors in submissions received, delays in the transmission of submissions received, technological failures or interruptions, or events or circumstances beyond the Bank of Canada’s control.