Cornerstone Research Experts in Focus: Andrea Eisfeldt
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Regulators step up pressure to implement LIBOR transition plans
Podcast: CFTC Issues LIBOR Transition Relief for Swaps
Podcast: Credit Funds: Replacing LIBOR – Steps To Consider Taking Now
Wayward Financial Institutions Facing Increasingly Stricter Punishment
Weekly Brief: New DOJ Tact Pushes Bank Subsidiaries To Admit Guilt
Weekly Brief: Will RBS Plead Guilty In LIBOR Scandal?
Corporate Law Report: U.S. Manufacturing, Social Media, Online Endorsements, Hart Scott Rodino, More
Weekly Brief: Lawyers Advised To Accept New Reality
Jonathan Armstrong on Global Regulatory Cooperation
Although July 3 was the first business day on which no USD LIBOR was published, many financial instruments will not reset until the next reset date, based upon the tenor of each instruments’ underlying benchmark, which could...more
June 30th has passed and one-, three- and six-month USD LIBOR settings have ceased to be published. As confirmed by the FCA on 3 April 2023, the ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) has begun publishing non-representative...more
The last publication of USD LIBOR on the basis of panel bank submissions occurred on June 30, 2023. As of July 3, 2023, 1-, 3- and 6-month USD LIBOR settings will be calculated using a synthetic methodology based on CME Term...more
Jacqueline Cook, Of Counsel and Larissa Head, Trainee Solicitor, provide an update on the transition away from USD LIBOR with the deadline of 30 June 2023 upon us. What do market participants in the trade finance industry...more
Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin’s monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. We hope you are enjoying the Spring weather! Note: Some of the links in this newsletter may redirect...more
...join us for the next installment of our M&A Webinar Series, in which Matt Cheek, the chair of our Banking & Finance practice, will provide attendees with a high level overview of the history of the LIBOR floating rate, the...more
As 2022 drew to a close, the Board of Federal Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) adopted a final rule addressing “legacy contracts” in order to avert financial chaos due to potential breaches of...more
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
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
Summary - The Federal Reserve Board last week adopted a final rule that implements the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the LIBOR Act). The LIBOR Act identifies benchmark rates based on the Secured Overnight Financing...more
In May 2022 we reported that where Term SOFR was being used widely in U.S. loans; its use in other markets was more limited. Six months on, how has the picture changed?...more
The U.S. dollar London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) publication is scheduled to end by June 30, 2023. With roughly nine months to go as of this writing, parties still have time to make modifications to existing debt...more
Since passing the December 31, 2022 “no new LIBOR” line-in-the-sand drawn by regulators, the pace of new developments in LIBOR transition has slowed as various markets have adapted to pricing transactions at SOFR or some...more
On March 15, President Biden signed, as part of a larger appropriations act, legislation known as the “Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act,” which addresses “tough legacy” contracts that do not provide for the use of clearly...more
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
On Jan. 4, 2022, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) published final regulations (the Final Regulations) offering guidance to taxpayers with respect to the widely reported...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
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that the use of certain synthetic sterling and yen LIBOR settings will be permitted until the end of 2022 for legacy LIBOR-referencing contracts, other than cleared...more
On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021, which facilitates the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). For U.S. dollar...more
As the year’s end approaches, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a primary US banking regulator, has published its Banking Supervision Operating Plan for 2022. As you might expect, much of the OCC’s...more
Welcome, dear reader, to our annual Golden Turkey Awards. But for my commitment to absolute fairness and concern over the appearance of impropriety, I would have awarded the first Golden Turkey Award to Dechert for actually...more
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
On September 29, 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (UK FCA) proposed that synthetic LIBOR rates (i.e. ‘Zombie’ LIBOR) be published next year for certain currencies, for a maximum of ten (10) years. In addition, it also...more
An update from the Dechert LIBOR taskforce - On July 29, 2021, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (the “ARRC”) formally recommended the forward-looking term rates based on the secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”)...more
As expected, on July 28, 2021, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) formally recommended the CME’s SOFR Term Rate. The SOFR Term Rate is known in advance of the related interest period and provides an indicative,...more