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In a recent alert, we highlighted the United Kingdom (UK) benchmark manipulation cases of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo from 2015 and 2019, respectively. Hayes was the first banker to be jailed in the LIBOR scandal....more
Summary - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently announced the results of its November 2022 consultation on synthetic USD LIBOR. In line with the FCA consultation, USD LIBOR will continue to be published by the...more
In May 2022 we reported that where Term SOFR was being used widely in U.S. loans; its use in other markets was more limited. Six months on, how has the picture changed?...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's new rules permitting legacy use of certain synthetic sterling and yen LIBOR settings enter into force today. The FCA has published its final notice confirming that ICE Benchmark...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that the use of certain synthetic sterling and yen LIBOR settings will be permitted until the end of 2022 for legacy LIBOR-referencing contracts, other than cleared...more
The last few months have seen the pace of change accelerate in the business loan market’s transition away from LIBOR. Several alternatives to the replacement benchmark rate recommended by the Alternative Reference Rates...more
LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) is a set of interest rate benchmarks based on the rates at which banks are willing to borrow wholesale-unsecured funds. It is used in numerous financial instruments such as loans,...more
On May 20, 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation on its proposed policy framework for exercising two of its new powers under the Benchmarks Regulation, as introduced by the UK Financial...more
I. What’s the issue? The London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is the most widely used interest rate benchmark in the world, referenced in some $373 trillion notional value of financial transactions of all types. But...more
As LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) transitions, various jurisdictions are mapping out the path forward. ...more
On 5 March 2021, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) formally announced the dates for the cessation of all London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) benchmark settings currently published by ICE Benchmark Administration...more
On 5 March 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the administrator of LIBOR, ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) each made important announcements for parties to instruments or other contracts referencing LIBOR. ...more
As widely expected, the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the regulator for Libor (the London Interbank Offered Rate), has issued an announcement confirming that all 35 Libor benchmark settings currently...more
On November 30, 2020 UK and US regulators published a series of statements providing guidance and milestones for the transition away from LIBOR and cessation of LIBOR rate publication....more
The London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is a benchmark interest rate index used in setting the interest rate for many variable-rate loans and other financial obligations. LIBOR is currently set to be phased out in...more
On November 18, 2020, the LIBOR administrator ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) announced that they will consult on their intention to cease publication of GBP, EUR, CHF and JPY LIBOR settings across all tenors. Their...more
The proposed powers for the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") to manage the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") transition should address so-called "tough legacy" contracts involving UK participants but could also have...more
On October 21, 2020, the UK Government introduced the Financial Services Bill (the Bill) to Parliament. The Bill is seen as a vital step towards ensuring the UK’s continued status as a global finance hub in the post-Brexit...more
Over the course of the next several months, participants that are actively engaged in project financing will need to begin thinking about how to manage the transition away from the London interbank offer rate (LIBOR, known as...more
The U.K.'s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates has published a set of non-binding Recommendations on the conventions that market participants may wish to adopt to support their use of the Sterling Overnight...more
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published a summary, prepared by the Brattle group, of the responses to the ISDA 2020 consultation on how to implement pre-cessation fallbacks in derivatives....more
In light of the various price-fixing scandals surrounding the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and the limited activity in the London interbank market, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced in 2017...more
Work is progressing on the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), but not as fast as the regulators would like. On November 21, 2019, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a speech by...more
On April 8, 2020, the Alternative Reference Rate Committee (“ARRC”) agreed to align itself with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”), in recommending to the market a “spread adjustment”...more
Since it entered into force in 2018, the PRIIPs Regulation has raised a number of issues. These range from issues concerning the scope of the Regulation, in particular its application to corporate bonds and the impact this...more