March/June bond contract roll

15 March 2016

The Sydney Futures Exchange, March 2016, 3 and 10 year bond futures contract expires on Monday 15 March 2016 with the ‘quarterly roll’ to the June 2016 contract completing on that day. The basket of physical bonds that underlie the two contracts value are unchanged as follows:

3 year bond contract 10 year bond contract
3.25% October 2018 3.25% April 2025
5.25% March 2019 4.25% April 2026
2.75% October 2019 4.75% April 2027
4.50% April 2020

The 20 year bond futures contract also expires on 15 March 2016 and rolls to the June 2016 contract. The underlying basket of bonds has added the 3.25% June 2039 bond.

20 year bond contract
4.50% April 2033
2.75% June 2035
3.75% April 2037
3.25% June 2039