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HM Treasury has announced the launch of a permanent mortgage guarantee scheme, aimed at supporting first-time buyers and home movers across the UK. The scheme enables access to 91–95% loan-to-value mortgages, allowing buyers...more
During the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) transition, and post LIBOR’s end date of June 30, 2023, the goal for all should be that (1) the effective interest rates be generally economically equivalent as a result of the...more
On October 1, 2024, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (UK FCA) phased out ‘Zombie’ LIBOR, as a transitional benchmark, with the move to alternative “risk-free” rates....more
The Court of Appeal has affirmed a three-step test for penalty clauses: (1) is it a secondary obligation; (2) does the clause protect a legitimate interest; and (3) is it extortionate by reference to the legitimate interest?...more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported its observations on firms’ market abuse surveillance arrangements in the May edition of Market Watch. The newsletter looks at a peer review of surveillance model testing...more
On 31 July 2023, following roundtable discussions held with banks earlier that month, the FCA published its Cash Savings Market Review (the “Review”). In this insight we explore the content of the Review, as well as...more
The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will stop being published on the basis of panel bank quotes and will be replaced by alternative replacement rates after today. In the spirit of the season, below is the commencement...more
The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will stop being published on the basis of panel bank quotes and will be replaced by alternative replacement rates after June 30, 2023. In the spirit of the season, below is the...more
On November 23, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) released its further consultation to require the administrator of LIBOR to publish a synthetic version of 1-, 3-, and 6-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings for a...more
The mini budget delivered by UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday, 23 September received an overwhelmingly negative response from the financial markets. When Asian markets reopened on the Sunday night UK time that followed,...more
On September 29, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) issued a statement that the publication of the 1-month and 6-month synthetic sterling LIBOR would permanently cease at the end of March 2023....more
Recently the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced a consultation seeking comments on the winding down of one-, three- and six-month synthetic sterling LIBOR settings and on the future of the remaining US dollar...more
On April 25, 2022, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) provided an important update relating to the future of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) benchmark. On its updated Benchmarks Regulation: our powers,...more
Most of 2021 was characterized by free-flowing capital, as government aid propped up economies in response to COVID-19. Low interest rates and other central bank stimulus measures contributed to an environment that helped see...more
The formal end of using the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as a risk-free reference interest rate for banks and other financial institutions, in the UK at least, was scheduled for the end of 2021....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
This article summarizes the significant problems with the LIBOR transition in the US as compared to the UK (and the rest of the world). This summary is based upon the keynote speech at the United Kingdom Financial Conduct...more
As part of the ongoing transition from the London InterBank Offering Rate (LIBOR) to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) recommended by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) as an alternative rate, an...more
In February, Katten conducted a survey of 112 private credit industry professionals that showed how a large percentage of private equity investors and lenders in the private credit industry expect deal flow to increase in...more
LIBOR transition: FCA and BoE encourage switch to SONIA in sterling non-linear derivatives market - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) have published a joint statement announcing that they...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
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
Our Finance Group explains why the transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate remains an essential task amid COVID-19 and urges loan market participants not to wait on devising a transition plan. ...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