MAS Overnight RMB Liquidity Facility

The MAS Overnight RMB Liquidity Facility is a foreign currency lending facility that allows eligible counterparties to borrow Renminbi ("RMB") funds on an overnight basis. It aims to bolster market confidence by providing financial institutions with the assurance that their short-term RMB funding need will be met.

Key Details

Eligible Counterparties
  • MEPS+ participants that are also participants in offshore RMB clearing and settlement services provided by the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Singapore Branch).
  • Eligible counterparties that have not established SWIFT MT199 RMB Standard Settlement Instructions ("RMB SSIs") with the Authority shall contact the Authority at least three (3) business days before any transaction to establish and exchange RMB SSIs.
Tenor
Overnight
Size
RMB 5 billion
Allotment and Rate
  • RMB funds will be allotted daily through a fixed rate tender. A bank intending to borrow funds (“applicant”) is required to submit an application stating the amount of RMB it is requesting to borrow ("requested amount").
  • Each applicant will be allotted their requested amount, if the total RMB funds requested on that Business Day is less than or equal to RMB 5 billion. Where the total RMB funds requested exceeds RMB 5 billion, the funds will be allotted equally among applicants, and up to their requested amounts if applicable.
  • The interest rate payable by applicants is the overnight CNH HIBOR fixing with a spread applied by MAS, to be published daily on this page at 4.30pm.
Eligible Collateral
SGD cash, Singapore Government Securities ("SGS") Bonds and T-Bills, MAS Bills
Initial Haircuts
Available upon request
Operating Window
Applications must be submitted between 4.40 pm - 5.00 pm.
Settlement
Same-day (T+0)
Contact Information
  • Official dealing line: +65 6229 9150
Terms and Conditions
Available upon request
Rate
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