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Convertible bond boom opens window of opportunity for issuers

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Convertible bond issuance surged through the first half of 2025, presenting issuers with a golden opportunity to raise capital on highly attractive terms - There has rarely been a better time for companies to raise capital...more

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Transición de la TIIE en operaciones derivadas en México

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El Banco de México (Banxico), el 2 de junio de 2023, publicó un comunicado de prensa relacionado con la transición de la Tasa de Interés Interbancaria de Equilibrio (TIIE) en moneda nacional a plazos mayores a un día hábil...more

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US ARRC Publishes Updated Best Practices Guidance, Provides Some Detail for Certain Milestones, But Retains YE 2021 Deadline

On May 27, 2020, the US Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) published updated best practices guidance, including a summary factsheet, complete best practices guidance and a graphical timeline. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

ARRC Releases Best Practices for Orderly LIBOR Transition

On May 27, 2020, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“ARRC”) published recommended best practices for preparing for the end of USD LIBOR (the “Best Practices”). The Best Practices aim to provide appropriate target...more

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Financial Stability Board Calls for Sustained Efforts to Migrate From LIBOR

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The Financial Stability Board has published a progress report on reforms to major interest rate benchmarks. The report provides the FSB's annual update on progress taken by the official sector and market participants to move...more

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LIBOR and the transition to SONIA: compounding the problem?

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In 2012, the Wheatley Review recommended reform rather than replacement of LIBOR, on the basis that a transition to a new benchmark would pose an unacceptably high risk of financial instability. Reform came in the form of a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Updates on Virtual Currency Regulation, Alternatives to Libor and Fallout From Brexit

In 2017, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo made clear he will strive to improve, not abolish, many reforms the CFTC adopted to implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s mandate for new...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

CFTC Comparability Determination on EU Margin Requirements and a Common Approach on Trading Venues - On October 13, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") announced determinations by the CFTC and the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Federal Reserve Board Seeks Public Comment on Alternatives to LIBOR

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board is requesting public comment on proposed plans for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Office of Financial Research to publish three new reference rates intended as alternatives to the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Derivatives In Review - August 2017

LIBOR Discontinuance and the Derivatives Markets - On July 27, the Chief Executive of the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, the FCA would no longer use its power to persuade or compel...more

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