The Canadian Fixed-Income Forum (CFIF) is a group set up by the Bank of Canada to facilitate the sharing of information between market participants and the Bank on the Canadian fixed-income market. You can find what we do and how we're organized, related market notices as well as our members. We also provide a list of our meetings.
What we do
The Canadian Fixed-Income Forum (Forum) is a senior level industry-wide committee established by the Bank of Canada to discuss developments in fixed-income market structure and functioning, market practices, and related policy issues. The goals of the Forum are to:
- enhance the efficiency and resilience of the Canadian fixed-income market;
- improve the quality, clarity and market-wide understanding of Canadian fixed-income trading practices;
- evaluate and propose changes to market infrastructure;
- communicate any recommendations and analysis to oversight authorities, regulators, industry groups and other market participants as needed.
The Forum will not discuss monetary policy or policy issues directly relating to the size and distribution of the federal government’s debt programme which are covered through other fora.
How we're organized
The Forum’s membership will be drawn from senior individuals in the Canadian financial community, across both buy and sell side firms, who are active in Canadian fixed-income, ensuring a broad geographical representation.
News
GMF publishes a consultation paper on a proposed fee for failing to settle GoC securities
Bank of Canada Publishes the Results of the Canadian Fixed-Income Forum Survey on Market Liquidity, Transparency and Market Access
Meetings
CFIF Meeting (February 7, 2023)
CFIF Meeting (November 29, 2022)
CFIF Meeting (September 20, 2022)
Membership
Bank of Canada
Toni Gravelle
Deputy Governor
Bank of Canada
Co-Chair
Jim Byrd
RBC Capital Markets
Co-Chair
Market representatives
TJ Sutter
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (CC&L)
Brian D’Costa
Algonquin Capital
John McArthur
Bank of America Securities
Paul Scurfield
Scotiabank
Jason Lewis
Ministry of Finance, Province of British Columbia
Karl Wildi
CIBC World Markets
Philippe Ouellette
Fiera Capital
Nick Chan
BMO Capital Markets
Kelsey Gunderson
Laurentian Bank Financial Group
Eugene Lundrigan
SLC Management
Elaine Lindhorst
TD Asset Management
Marlene Puffer
CN Investment Division
Rob Goobie
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
CARR
The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group (CARR) was created to identify and seek to develop a new term risk-free Canadian dollar interest rate benchmark.
Contact CFIF
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