Market Notice No: 202107
Date: 13 December 2021
The New Zealand Financial Benchmark Facility Limited (NZFBF) are consulting on a proposed change to the maturity convention used for short-term bank paper (i.e., with a maturity of <12 months).
Bank paper is quoted and transacted in the BKBM two-minute rate-set window, between 10:20 and 10:22am, to set the benchmark. There is also an interbank market. The consultation proposes changing the maturity convention from the current early/late to the actual maturity date -/+ 5 business days. The consultation document provides more detail on both the current and proposed conventions. The consultation document can be found here.
The consultation closes at 5:00pm on Monday 31 January 2022 and submissions can be emailed to submissions@nzfbf.co.nz before the cut-off time.
If you have any questions in the interim, please contact the NZFBF team at submissions@nzfbf.co.nz.