November 4, 2010 Time change: Government of Canada 10 November 2010 2-year bond auction The Government of Canada 2-year bond auction scheduled for 10 November 2010 will be held at 10:30 (ET) instead of at the usual auction time of 12:00 (ET) Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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). Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices