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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: Federal Reserve Issues Final Rule Implementing LIBOR Act

On December 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) adopted a final rule (the “Final Rule”) to implement the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”). The Final Rule follows...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: December 2022

The Federal Reserve has adopted a final rule that provides benchmark replacement rates based on SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) for contracts governed by U.S. law that reference the overnight and one-, three-, six-,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Federal Reserve Issues Final Rule Implementing LIBOR Act

On December 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) adopted a final rule (the “Final Rule”) to implement the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”).  The Final Rule follows...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Reserve Board issues final rule on benchmark replacements for contracts that use LIBOR

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The Federal Reserve Board issued a final rule last week that establishes default rules for benchmark replacements in certain contracts that use the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as a reference rate. LIBOR will be...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: July 2022

Headlines - ..New Federal Guidance Issued on Customer Due Diligence and Risk Management ..Fed Proposes Rule to Mandate LIBOR-Replacement Benchmark Rates in Contracts ..CFPB Clarifies Permissible Purposes for Furnishing,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Federal Reserve Issues Proposed Rules under LIBOR Act

On July 19, the Federal Reserve issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPR”) that would implement the Federal LIBOR Act. The NPR focuses primarily on identifying the particular version of SOFR that will apply to legacy...more

Dechert LLP

SOFR:  The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships Was Photo-Shopped!

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Why I’m bothering to write about SOFR transition at this point is a bit of a mystery.  Hasn’t this topic now finally exhausted both our energy and interest?  Oh, and a European war is being fought as I write which, to say the...more

Dechert LLP

LIBOR and SOFR:  Welcome to a Two-Speed Market?

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The Great Index Reformation is coming.  (I note in passing that the last Reformation led to the 100 Years War…just saying.)  This is a massive change to our market that did not bubble up from the great unwashed on the...more

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LIBOR’s Ending: A Long Goodbye

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In our October 2019 alert, we advised that LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) will not be available for use as an interest rate index after December 31, 2021 (the LIBOR Cessation). As the end of 2021 approaches, here is...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legislating for LIBOR’s cessation

On April 6, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York State Legislature’s Senate Bill 297B/Assembly Bill 164B (the New York LIBOR Legislation), strengthening the groundwork for the forthcoming...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Termination of U.S. LIBOR Tenors Postponed Until June 30, 2023

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On November 30, 2020, the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (commonly referred to as “ICE”) announced its plan to extend the date that most U.S. LIBOR values would cease being computed and announced from December 31, 2021...more

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Libor Administrator Proposes Extending Timeline for Discontinuing Some U.S. Dollar Benchmarks

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The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Benchmark Administration (IBA), which is the administrator of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), announced on Nov. 30, 2020, that it will consult in early December on its intention...more

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ARRC Issues Updated Recommended Fallback Language for Libor Bilateral Business Loans

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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York convened the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) in 2014 to develop an alternative rate and conversion methodology for the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

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ARRC Releases NY Law Proposal To Amend Transactions Referencing USD LIBOR

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On March 6, 2020, the Alternative Rate Reference Committee (ARRC), the Federal Reserve’s LIBOR-transition working group comprised of private-sector entities and industry regulators, released its New York State legislative...more

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SOFR: LIBOR: P/TOMO and No QE

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave a speech on Tuesday, October 8, that touched upon recent events in the repo market. We discuss below certain aspects of this speech in the context of the market discussion regarding...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Staff Issues Statement on LIBOR Transition; Practical Considerations for Investment Companies, Investment Advisers and Other...

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The staffs of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management (IM Division), Division of Trading and Markets, and Office of Chief Accountant (collectively, Staff) on...more

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LIBOR Phase-Out: Considerations for Oil & Gas Companies

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With over $370 trillion of global financial contracts referencing LIBOR (London Inter-bank Offered Rate), many oil and gas companies are curious about how the phase-out of LIBOR by 2021 could impact their organization. Many...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

We Do Know Libor is Going Away - But Here's What We Don't Know Yet

LIBOR (or the London Inter-bank Offered Rate), the most widely utilized reference rate for financial transactions in the world, will cease to be quoted at the end of 2021. A mind-boggling $200 trillion in LIBOR-based...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Summary of ARRC's Libor Fallback Proposal for Floating Rate Notes

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• The Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) recently released proposed fallback language for Libor-based floating rate note (FRN) transactions in anticipation of the cessation of Libor in 2021. • The board of...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

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Phasing Out of LIBOR: Initial Reaction and Preparation

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1. Background: Elimination of LIBOR by 2021 - As has been widely publicized, on July 27, 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) the longtime global interest rate...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Federal Reserve Board Requests Public Comment on Proposed LIBOR Replacement

On August 24, the Federal Reserve Board (the Board) requested public comment on a proposal for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in cooperation with the Office of Financial Research, to produce three new reference rates...more

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New Broad Treasuries Repo Rate “Best Practice” Benchmark

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On June 22, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (the “ARRC”) identified a broad Treasuries repo financing rate (the “Broad Treasuries Financing Rate”) that, according to the ARRC, in its consensus view represents best...more

Vedder Price

Global Transportation Finance Newsletter - June 2017

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So, what is LIBOR? LIBOR—the London Interbank Offered Rate—is one of the most ubiquitous benchmarks for determining short-term interest rates in bank (and other) lending. LIBOR rates are short-term fixed rates quoted for...more

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