The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group (CARR) was created to ensure Canada’s interest rate benchmark regime is robust, relevant and effective in the years ahead. Find more information about our mandate, market notices, publications, meetings, and membership.
Mandate
Interest rate benchmarks are a cornerstone of the global financial system and are used by market participants across a wide range of financial products and contracts. In 2013, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) established the Official Sector Steering Group (OSSG) to advise the FSB on recommendations to strengthen existing interbank offered rate benchmarks (commonly known as IBORs), as well as to promote the development of alternative risk-free or nearly risk-free reference rates that could be used for some types of transactions. Both existing and new benchmarks would need to adhere to international regulatory standards, including the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks.
In response, Canada established the Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group—sponsored by the Canadian Fixed-Income Forum.
CARR’s primary objectives will be to:
- support the adoption of, and transition to, the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) as a key financial benchmark for Canadian derivatives and securities; and
- analyze the current status of the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR) and its efficacy as a benchmark, as well as make recommendations on the basis of that analysis.
CARR also oversees the CORRA Advisory Group.
Overview on Financial Benchmark Reform Efforts
Market Notices
Bank of Canada becomes administrator of Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average
The Bank of Canada is now the administrator of the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) and will post today the first rate calculated using an improved methodology.CARR welcomes MX’s listing of new Three-Month CORRA Futures
Publications
September 23, 2019
June 24, 2019
February 26, 2019
January 10, 2019
November 19, 2018
September 17, 2018
June 25, 2018
Meetings
CARR Meeting (November 16, 2020)
CARR Meeting (September 10, 2020)
Membership
Co-Chairs
Harri Vikstedt
Senior Director, Financial Markets
Bank of Canada
Karl Wildi
Managing Director and Vice-Chair, Global Markets
CIBC Capital Markets
Market Representatives
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of Montreal
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Manulife
National Bank of Canada
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
PIMCO
PSP Investments
Royal Bank of Canada
Scotiabank
Sun Life Financial
TD Bank
Observers
Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation
LCH
Montréal Exchange
Contact
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