Cost of Large Scale Asset Purchase (LSAP) vs direct purchase of NZ Govt bonds

Martin Taylor made this Official Information request to Reserve Bank of New Zealand

The request was refused by Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

From: Martin Taylor

Dear Reserve Bank of New Zealand,

With reference to newly-issued NZ Govt bonds purchased to date on the secondary market under the LSAP programme, can you advise the cost (actual or estimated) of purchasing bonds from the secondary market compared to purchasing those bonds at face value directly from Treasury.

For the purpose of clarifying my request, I am looking for the "margin" accruing to financial intermediaries that is incurred from purchasing bonds on the secondary market rather than directly from Treasury.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Martin Taylor

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Dear Martin

 

Thank you for your official information request of 22 July 2020 for the
following:

 

“With reference to newly-issued NZ Govt bonds purchased to date on the
secondary market under the LSAP programme, can you advise the cost (actual
or estimated) of purchasing bonds from the secondary market compared to
purchasing those bonds at face value directly from Treasury.

 

For the purpose of clarifying my request, I am looking for the "margin"
accruing to financial intermediaries that is incurred from purchasing
bonds on the secondary market rather than directly from Treasury.”

 

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Jessica Singleton

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Reserve Bank of New Zealand | Te Pûtea Matua

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Good afternoon Martin,

 

Please find attached our response to your official information request of
22 July 2020.

 

Kind regards,

 

Tobias Vandenberg

Ministerial & OIA Adviser | Reserve Bank of New Zealand | Te Pūtea Matua

2 The Terrace, Wellington 6011 | P O Box 2498, Wellington 6140

DDI: + 64 4 474 8628

Email: [1][email address]  | [2]www.rbnz.govt.nz

 

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