NSD conducts first federal Treasury repo auction with floating rate
20 April 2018 Moscow
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Russia鈥檚 Federal Treasury successfully conducted its first repo auction with a floating rate via National Settlement Depository鈥檚 (NSDs) collateral management system on 12 April.
The amount of concluded transactions reached RUB 60.7 billion ($98.8 billion).
Federal Treasury repos with a floating rate is a new product in NSD鈥檚 collateral management system product range.
The floating rate product will enable long-term repos to be performed at favourable market terms where interest rates are declining.
Transactions are performed using the basic floating interest rate to place funds and the interest rate spread.
The Federal Treasury plans to conduct regular auctions with the floating rate alongside repo auctions with the fixed rate.
The amount of concluded transactions reached RUB 60.7 billion ($98.8 billion).
Federal Treasury repos with a floating rate is a new product in NSD鈥檚 collateral management system product range.
The floating rate product will enable long-term repos to be performed at favourable market terms where interest rates are declining.
Transactions are performed using the basic floating interest rate to place funds and the interest rate spread.
The Federal Treasury plans to conduct regular auctions with the floating rate alongside repo auctions with the fixed rate.
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