In a pivotal move expected to significantly impact the US energy sector, the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) announced on May 29, 2024 that it plans to develop standardized contracts for the burgeoning hydrogen...more
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g)1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...more
US borrowers have turned to convertible bonds in recent months as mainstream debt and equity markets have stumbled in the face of inflationary and interest rate headwinds. Combined leveraged loan and high yield bond deal...more
The hard deadline for stopping new use of USD LIBOR following 31 December 2021 is rapidly approaching. Latest market practice as at end November 2021 suggests that some loan market participants are (at last) now contracting...more
Canadian dealmakers are betting on large overseas purchases as market confidence returns -
Canadian dealmakers have become a major presence beyond their borders, conducting a total of 361 outbound deals worth a total of...more
11/19/2021
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Recent statements by LIBOR authorities in the UK have implications for benchmark fallbacks in US documents.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and ICE Benchmark Administration ("IBA") released statements1 on...more
New legislation would ease benchmark transition for tough-to-amend contracts governed by NY law -
New York State Senator Kevin Thomas has introduced a bill that would provide a legislative fix for contracts that lack...more
For the thousands of financial institutions anxiously watching the discontinuation and transition from certain interbank offered rates ("IBORs"), 2020 just got a little less chaotic...
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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
8/4/2020
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is presenting the global markets with unprecedented challenges. Governments, corporations and the financial markets have been struggling to evaluate and adapt to the social and...more
On October 1, 2018, Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") published a white paper entitled "Cross-Border Swaps Regulation Version 2.0: A Risk-Based Approach with Deference to...more
4/3/2019
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