Open Market OperationsOpen Market Operations currently in operation and suspended5.1 Participants in Open Market Operations (OMOs) must be either a Bank or Building Society or aBroker Dealer.5.2 The SMF includes a number of OMOs, not all of which are currently active. The status of each ofthese is summarised in Table 2 below and in a table on the Bank’s website.20Table 2 OMOs currently in operation and suspendedOpen MarketOperationBrief Description StatusWeekly Short-TermOMOsUnder the reserves averaging scheme, Short-TermOMOs supply a quantity of reserves consistent withthe aggregate target set by Participants for thatmaintenance period.Suspended.Fine-Tune OMOs Normally carried out on the last day of themaintenance period, Fine Tune operations adjust thesupply of reserves to help Participants meet theirreserves targets.Suspended.Indexed LongTermRepooperation (ILTR)The ILTR provides sterling liquidity insurance,providing cash against the full range of EligibleCollateral.21Active.Gilt PurchaseOMOsThe Bank may choose to provide reserves longerterm to the banking system via outright purchases ofgilts.22Suspended.Contingent TermRepo Facility(CTRF)The CTRF is a contingency liquidity facility, providingcash against the full range of Eligible Collateral.The Bank may activate the CTRF inresponse to actual or prospectivemarket-wide stress of an exceptionalnature.5.3 The ILTR and CTRF are described in more detail in sections 5A and 5B. These SMF OperatingProcedures will be updated for the other operations once they are re-activated.Conducting Open Market Operations via Btender5.4 The timetable for the Bank’s OMOs and a summary of the parameters of each operation arepublished on the Bank’s website.235.5 The Bank conducts OMOs via its electronic trading system, Btender.2420 A summary of the parameters of each of the Bank’s operations is available atwww.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/sterlingoperations/default.aspx.21 See section 7 on Collateral Eligibility for more detail.22 These are separate from Asset Purchase Facility gilt purchases undertaken by the Bank as part of QuantitativeEasing.23 The OMO timetable is available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/money/schedule.htm.24 The Btender User Guide is available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/money/documentation.aspx.The Bank of England’s Sterling Monetary Framework SMF OPERATING PROCEDURES115.6 The start and end times for each OMO are set out in the Btender system shortly ahead of theoperation and are available, for information, in the Bank’s wire services announcements. Bids maybe submitted once the operation begins in Btender. Bids must be received by the Bank prior to theclose time for the operation.5.7 The time stamp applied to any bid in accordance with these SMF Operating Procedures is final andbinding. Participants should note that it may take some seconds for bids to be received at the
Bank’s server after being input. A countdown timer is provided in the Btender system to assist
users.
5.8 It is the responsibility of Participants using Btender to ensure that access rights to Btender are
assigned appropriately within their organisations. The Bank does not accept any liability for loss or
damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential resulting from the use of, or inability to use,
Btender.
5.9 Participants may cancel or amend bids using the Btender system at any point up to the close of the
operation. Bids which are submitted as at the close of the operation are irrevocable. By submitting
a bid a Participant is committed, if its bid is accepted, to entering into OMO transactions up to the
amount specified in the bid, the details of those transactions being determined in accordance with
the procedures described below.
5.10 Participants may neither bid through, nor discuss their bids with, any third parties.
5.11 Participants should access their individual allocations via the results screen in the Btender system to
confirm whether the full value of their bid has been accepted or, if not, what amount of their bid has
been accepted. Should Btender not be available, the Bank would call each Participant by telephone
to confirm allocations.
5.12 In the event of a dispute, reference may be made to the Btender system archive or recordings of
telephone conversations.
5.13 Notwithstanding any provision in these SMF Operating Procedures, the Bank reserves the right to
accept individual bids in full, in part and in any amounts determined by the Bank at its sole
discretion, and to reject individual bids.
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5A Indexed Long-Term Repo operations
5.14 The regular monthly market-wide Indexed Long-Term Repo (ILTR) operations provide liquidity
insurance for Participants with a predictable need for long-term liquidity. They allow Participants to
bid for reserves against Level A, B or C collateral.25
5.15 The key parameters of the operation are set out in Table 3 below, and are also available on the
Bank’s website.
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The Bank will keep all ILTR parameters under review.
Table 3 Parameters currently applicable for the ILTR
Parameter Description
Maturity Six months. Normally 182 days but maturities are occasionally of different lengths to
ensure that they coincide with the settlement date of previous ILTRs.
Timing Normally conducted once each calendar month and are usually held on a Tuesday
mid-month at 10:00 am.
Size The minimum amount offered in each ILTR auction will initially be set at £5 billion,
with the total amount available rising to many multiples of this minimum amount.
Announcement The Bank publishes the minimum amount to be offered, the settlement and maturity
dates via wire services announcement one week before the operation.
Rate Indexed to Bank Rate for the life of the transaction.
Duration of auction 30 minutes.
Collateral Participants are able to borrow against the Bank’s three collateral sets (Level A,
Level B and Level C).
Minimum bid £5 million
Minimum bid
increment
£1 million
Maximum total bids
from a single banking
group
No restriction currently. The Bank may, at its discretion, limit the maximum total size
of a Participant’s bids.
Settlement T+2 days
Interest
5.16 The interest charged on each ILTR transaction will be calculated on a daily basis, using the
applicable interest rate that day. The interest rate will be the sum of Bank Rate at close of business
that day plus the clearing spread (see 5.17) for the respective collateral set in the auction. The total
interest payable over the life of the ILTR transaction will be the sum of these daily interest accruals.
Participation
5.17 Participants may choose to submit any number of bids against Level A, Level B or Level C collateral.
Participants should bid by submitting a nominal amount and a spread to Bank Rate expressed in
whole basis points. Bids will be subject to a minimum bid spread, as outlined in the Market Notice.
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25 See the Red Book for further details, available at
www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/sterlingoperations/redbook.aspx.
26 A summary of the Bank’s current operations in the sterling money markets is available at
www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/money/default.aspx.
27 ILTR Market Notices are available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/money/ltomo/default.aspx.
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The Bank does not set plausibility limits in Btender for the ILTR operations; Participants may do so
individually.
Allocation
5.18 The auction’s pricing mechanism uses a so-called uniform-price format, in which every successful
bidder pays the lowest accepted spread (the ‘clearing spread’) for borrowing against a specific
collateral set.
5.19 The clearing spread for each collateral set is determined in the auction based on the pattern of bids
received and the Bank’s preferences for supplying funds across collateral sets and in aggregate.
For each collateral set, bids are ranked in descending order of their bid spread. Bids at the highest
spread are accepted first, followed by bids at successively lower spreads until the Bank’s predetermined
supply preferences have been met. Bids above the clearing spread will be fully allocated
and bids at the clearing spread may be scaled back, ie allocated 0%-100% of the bid amount,
rounded down to the nearest allocation increment, currently £0.1 million.
5.20 The auction is designed to be flexible. Two automatic responses are built into each ILTR operation.
First, a greater proportion of funds is lent against a particular collateral set as the clearing spread for
that collateral set increases relative to the other collateral sets. Second, a greater total quantity of
funds is made available as the pattern of bids observed in the auction suggests a greater demand for
liquidity insurance.
5.21 The Bank will offer some funds against each collateral set in each ILTR operation at the minimum
bid spreads to Bank Rate and will offer more funds as the clearing spreads rise. The minimum
aggregate amount offered in each ILTR auction will initially be set at £5 billion, with the total amount
available rising to many multiples of this minimum amount.
5.22 The Bank aims to announce the result of each operation at 10.40 am on the day of the operation on
the Bank’s wire services pages, or as soon as possible thereafter. The results detail the amount bid
and the amount allocated for the operation in aggregate and the amount bid, amount allocated and
the clearing spread to Bank Rate for each collateral set.
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5B Contingent Term Repo Facility
5.23 The Contingent Term Repo Facility (CTRF) is a contingent liquidity facility that allows the Bank to
provide liquidity against Level A, Level B and Level C collateral at any time, term and price it
chooses, in response to actual
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