NFEA indexes for Russian Money Market Dmitry Piskulov, Ph.D. (econ.) Chairman of NFEA Management Board, Chairman of Committee for Professionalism Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 1 RUB domestic money market Average daily volumes, US$ bln., Source: CBR Bln.$ All tenors Interbank deposits Domestic Crossborder REPOs Domestic Crossborder Jan10 $7.5 bln $2.7 bln $2.2 bln 0 Oct 10 $6.5 bln $1.6 bln $5.6 bln 0 Feb 11 $6.2 bln $2.1 bln $5.1 bln 0 Sep 11 $8.3 bln $2.8 bln $5.6 bln 0 Off-shore RUB MM (non-resident to non resident): no Jan-Apr12 $9.2 bln $2.4 bln $4.2 bln $1.7 mln datahjk Jul-Oct12 Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 $9.0 bln $3.3 bln $2.2 bln $20.8 ml "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 2 Russian FX market 2008-12 Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 3 Global derivatives amounts • Source: BIS, June 2012 • Notional principal amounts outstanding, trln.US$ By underlying asset June 2011 June 2012 OTC Exchanges Foreign exchange 64.7 66.6 0.325 Interest rate contracts 553.2 494.0 55.6 Equity linked contracts 6.8 6.3 3.5 Commodity contracts 3.2 3.0 n.a Credit default swaps 32.4 26.9 n.a Unallocated 46.5 42.0 n.a Total contracts 706.9 638.9 Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 4 Russian OTC FX& IR derivatives trading volumes ADT bln.US$ FX derivatives IR derivatives April 2012 $4.8 bln. $270 mln. May 2012 $5.0 bln $250 mln. June 2012 $5.3 bln. $154 mln. July 2012 $4.8 bln $96 mln. Aug 2012 $5.1 bln $46 mln. Sep 2012 $5.7 bln $150 mln. Oct 2012 $4.8 bln $186 mln. • FX derivatives: FX swaps(longer than spot),outright/NDF,FX options • IR derivatives: Cross currency swaps, Interest rate swaps, OIS Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 5 RUB markets outside Russia • • • • Trading volumes(ADT) reported off-shore: FX instruments: $ 18-19 bln. Money market instruments: $ 2.0-3.0 bln. Interest rate derivatives: $ 0.3-0.5 bln. RUB bonds trading: $ 0.5-1 bln. Total (FX,MM,Derivat.): $ 20-22 bln. Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 6 Volumes of USD/RUB FX instruments in London Bank of England UK FXJSC: ADT in 2008-12 Instrument Oct 2009 Apr 2011 Apr 2012 FX spot $1.9 bln $5.5 bln $7.6 bln - NDF $1.2 bln $2.2 bln $2.4 bln + Outrights $0.3 bln. $0.4 bln. $1.7 bln + FX swap $4.3 bln $4.6 bln $4.4 bln - Ccy swaps $0.1 bln $0.4 bln $0.2 bln - FX options $1.2 bln $0.8 bln $1.1 bln + Total: $9.0 bln $13.9 bln $17.4 bln Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 7 Choice of right interest rate QUESTION: What interest rate is best (true and representative)? • Quoted at certain time? • Based on actual deals? • Synthetic? And FOR WHAT PURPOSES? Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 8 History of NFEA indices • MosIBOR – Moscow InterBank Offered Rate (Aug 2001Jan2010) - first interbank indicative MM index launched by NFEA by LIBOR methodology 16 C o n t r i b u t o r b a n k s ABN Amro MDM Alfa Petrocommerce Citibank Raiffeisen DIB (now Trust) Rosbank CSFB Sberbank Evrofinance Vneshtorgbank International Moscow Bank Vnesheconombank • RIBER – Ruble interbank Exchange Rate (2006-2009) Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 9 MosIBOR: what was wrong • 16 banks of different (unequal) credit quality: one bank quote 4.0% other 8% • As result MosIBOR represented simple average – dilemma of “average temperature in hospital” • Non representative % rate for commercial purposes (benchmark) • MIBOR and MIACR (of CBR) have same problems Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 10 Today NFEA, CBR rates indices Since 2005, 10 contributor banks Since 2010, 14 banks Since Sep 2010, together with CBR, 29 banks Since April 2011, 9 banks Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 11 jkgxl • Launched in April 2005 by request of EBRD (first international RUB bond issue) • Methodology same as LIBOR: offered rates quoted by 12:15, published at 12:31 by Thomson Reuters • Homogenous list of contributor banks representing same (similar) credit quality –10 banks from 01/12/12 (max 12 in 2011 before LIBOR crisis) – includes Credit risk component • Tenors: 1-6 months • in 2008 was included into ISDA Definitions 2006 as recommended global reference rate for RUB instruments • Similar to LIBOR most used globally: >200,000 times seens monthly (of them majority – 3 months and 6 months) Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 12 Contributors of MosPrime rate As per 01 October 2012 • • • • • • • • • • • Citibank Deutsche bank Gazprobank HSBC (РR) ING Bank (Eurasia) RBS Raiffeisenbank Rosbank * Sberbank Unicredit bank VTB • • Rosbank ceases to take part in MosPrime rate from 01 Dec 2012 WestLB Vostok and Bank of Moscow excluded since 15/09/2012 Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 13 Graph of MosPrime 2011-12 Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 14 xgf • Since Sep 2010 - Actual O/N trades in the market • Graph RUONIA (yellow) vs MosPrime rate O/N (blue) Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 15 jgk Contributors as per 01.10.2012 • VTB • Goldman Sachs • Deutsche • ING Bank (Eurasia) • RBS • Credit Suisse (Moscow) • Metallinvestbank • Morgan Stanley • Raiffeisen • Rosbank • Sberbank • Citibank • HSBC • Unicredit Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 Launched December 2011 Indicative FX swap rates (swap points) – mid rate USD/RUB + EUR/RUB Tenors: 1w, 1m, 2m, 3m, 6m Published 16:31 MSK Allows to calculate Implied RUB interest rate "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 16 Graph of implied % rate from NFEA FX Swap rate 2011-12 Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 17 fh NFEA RUONIA OIS FIXING • Idea: ICAP plc Contributors ROISFIX 01.10.12 • Deutsche • ING Bank (Eurasia) • RBS • Metallinvestbank • Merrill Lynch International • Raiffeisenbank • Citibank • Troika Dialog • Unicredit Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 • Launched April 2011 • Indicative fixed rates of RUB Overnight Index Swaps (mid rates) at 12:31 MSK • Tenors: 1w, 1m, 2m, 3m, 6m OIS % rate - free of credit risk, clean value of money Problem: no market liquidity "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 18 Graph of ROISFix 2011-12 Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 19 Spread OIS–LIBOR(MosPrime) • Difference or "spread" between LIBOR/MosPrime and OIS rates - important measure of risk and liquidity in the money market, strong indicator for the relative stress in the interbank market. • A higher spread (high Libor) - indication of a decreased willingness to lend by major banks, a lower spread indicates higher liquidity in the market. • Spread can be viewed as indication of banks' perception of creditworthiness of other financial institutions and the general availability of funds for lending. Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 20 Regulators: monitor spread LIBOR-OIS or MosPrime-ROISFix Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 21 About NFEA • • • • • Established: October 1999 in Moscow Membership: institutional (local and global banks and brokers) operating in Russian spot/forward foreign exchange , money markets and derivatives; Management: the Board (28 market practitioners), 4 co-chairmen, 3 Committees (on Market Indices; for Professionalism, Ethics & Education; on Legal Affairs) Projects up to date: – 1999-2001, 2006: Elaboration of Standards (Code of Conduct and Rules to Conduct Operations (Committee for Professionalism, Ethics & Education), – Market indices: MosPrime Rate (2005, RUB money market reference rate), NFEA FX SWAP RATE – new index for USD/RUB and EUR/RUB forwards - Standard Documentation for Russian OTC derivative transactions (Russian ISDA Agreement) – completed in 2009, new version in 2011 (approved FFMS) - RUONIA – Russian analogue of EONIA, SONIA (since Sept 2010) - ROISFIX – OIS interest rates index (since April 2011) - CLS Bank: inclusion of Rub into CLS clearable currencies (since end 2011) International cooperation, partners and working contacts: - EBRD (MosPrime rate, joint conferences) - ISDA (inclusion of MosPrime rate into ISDA definitions 2006) - ACI-The Financial Markets Association Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 22 Moscow, 26 Nov 2012 "Russian money market" Seminar CBR-Moscow Exchange 23 Contact Details 12 Bolshaya Nikitskaya st, Moscow, 125009, Russia, Tel.+7 (495) 629-9510, 629-9709 www.nva.ru, www.nfea.ru; www.ruonia.ru @ The Copyright National Foreign Exchange Association, 2012 All rights reserved. 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