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The End of LIBOR: Hotel California Edition [Part III]

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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

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Our Top 5 Banking Litigation Cases From 2024 - Looking Back to Look Forward

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2024 was a busy year for the Courts in England and Wales when it came to banking and wider financial services disputes. We were spoilt for choice when selecting our top 5 cases and, inevitably, have left out some significant...more

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FCA Consulting on Proposed Changes to the Derivatives Trading Obligation

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The Background: In 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and HM Treasury began consulting on the Wholesale Markets Review (the "Review"), a broad review of the structure, functioning, and regulation of secondary...more

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A Long Hot Summer: Effective Variable Rates Subject to Increase (Irrespective of General Market Conditions)

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There are major issues arising from the phaseout of the US Dollar London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which will soon become apparent in connection with LIBOR’s fast-approaching end date. This will dramatically impact many...more

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FCA Compels the Publication of ‘Synthetic’ USD LIBOR

After USD LIBOR stops being published on June 30, 2023, “synthetic” USD LIBOR will continue to be published for a limited period, according to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”). The FCA said that the “synthetic”...more

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The Last Days of LIBOR

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Our Financial Services & Products Group discusses the status of the financial industry’s transition away from LIBOR, including the final rule identifying replacement benchmarks that was recently adopted by the Board of...more

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The End of LIBOR: New Year’s Resolutions

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Last year, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (UK FCA) announced the following: - ‘Zombie’ USD LIBOR for proposed use from July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, except for cleared derivatives - 1-Month and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Synthetic USD LIBOR

As market participants prepare to submit comments on the recent proposal of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) (available here) to require the temporary publication of a “synthetic” 1-, 3- and 6-month USD LIBOR,...more

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As SOFR Deadline Looms, FCA Proposes Extensions for 'Synthetic' Approach to Legacy USD LIBOR Contracts

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Summary - The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on November 23 published its Consultation on ‘Synthetic’ U.S. Dollar LIBOR to advance some synthetic applications of USD LIBOR from June 30, 2023, until...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FCA Seeks Feedback on ‘Synthetic’ USD LIBOR

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FCA Issues Statement on the End of Synthetic Sterling LIBOR

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

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CFPB Issues Final Libor Transition Rules

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau) has issued final regulations (Final Regulations) to facilitate the transition away from Libor (the London Interbank Offered Rate) in the consumer credit market and to...more

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Federal Law to the Rescue?

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Snidely Whiplash kidnaps Nell and, in the show’s opening, ties her to the railroad tracks to get even with his nemesis, Dudley Do-Right, of the famed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Menacing music plays. In each episode,...more

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Latest Milestone in LIBOR Replacement Passed

This past Monday, July 26, marked passage of the most recent major milestone in the replacement of LIBOR as the benchmark USD interest rate. Following the recommendation of the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC)...more

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LIBOR Transition Comparison: UK vs. US (Round II)

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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

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Mid-Year Check In on LIBOR Transition Developments

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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

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Tax Implications of LIBOR Reform

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

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Recent Developments in the Transition from LIBOR

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While the end of widespread use of the U.S. Dollar London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”)1 has been looming for several years, there have been a number of key developments recently in the transition away from LIBOR that...more

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FCA Announces Future Cessation and Non-Representativeness of Libor Benchmarks

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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

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LIBOR transition gets a jumpstart: ISDA announces ISDA IBOR fallbacks provisions and related protocol

As we have previously reported, in July 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced that it would no longer use its legal powers to persuade or compel contributing banks to make the transaction data submissions...more

King & Spalding

What Happened to My Interest Rate? A Deep Dive into Hardwiring Predictability and Fairness for LIBOR Transition in Loans,...

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The U.S. dollar LIBOR interest rate index is the most widely used variable interest rate benchmark in the world, serving as the reference rate for over an estimated $200 trillion of financial products worldwide, and official...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Transition From LIBOR Appears to Remain on Track (At Least for Now)

As both lenders and borrowers in the financial industry are well aware, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom publicly announced in 2017 that it would no longer compel financial institutions comprising...more

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Regulators determined to keep SOFR transition on track

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The disruption to capital markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has not shifted the overall timeline of regulators and industry bodies for the replacement of US dollar LIBOR with SOFR by the end of 2021. With the expected...more

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Undeterred by the COVID-19 Pandemic, ARRC Publishes on April 8, 2020 a Methodology for Addressing Differences between LIBOR and...

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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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

LIBOR Primer

The reference rate provided by selected panel banks to the LIBOR administrator, ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) and that is used to establish interest rates on many loans, notes, bonds and other financings, derivatives,...more

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