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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Benchmarks Beyond January 2024 - 2024 Update on the Cessation of CDOR and SIBOR

As we kick off 2024, the focus on the unavailability of certain benchmarks continues on. To refresh, we have already seen the benchmark for US Dollars generally replaced with the Secured Overnight Financing rate as...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A LIBOR Commencement Speech

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

Paul Hastings LLP

Market Intersection: A Quarterly Look at the U.S. Credit Markets 1Q23

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General market unease in the first fiscal quarter of 2023 was evident. The back-to-back collapse of two regional banks spooked investors and the effects of two federal rate increases rippled through the market. Uncertainty in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Term SOFR Hedges: The Price of Perfection

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Summary - As a result of the shift from LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Finance Rate (SOFR), borrowers who use interest rate swaps or options to manage interest rate risk may be asked to pay extra to maintain a hedge under...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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Ticking Fees Trends in the U.S. Loan Market

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Ticking fees for extended commitment periods (often over at least 4 to 6-months) have long been a feature of committed financings in the U.S. loan market. Such fee structures were initially most common in syndicated deals,...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

An Introduction to Aviation CLOs

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One of the reasons for a reduction in the number of aircraft asset-backed securitizations (ABS) coming to market in 2022 and 2023, is the time lag between the rapid increase in interest rates by central banks and the...more

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What Are the Alternatives? April 2023 - Current State of Play of Alternative Currency Benchmark Rates

As we finish the last season of LIBOR replacement, the fund finance market is busy amending our loan documents to include SOFR as the interest rate benchmark for U.S. dollar loans. While the cessation date for USD LIBOR is...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Springing into Q2 April 2023 - LIBOR Transition Update: Synthetic LIBOR Is Here

Back in March of 2021, we covered a number of developments pertaining to the end of LIBOR that came out of certain announcements made early that month by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration (the “IBA”),...more

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The End of LIBOR: Final Countdown

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With USD LIBOR expected to end on June 30, 2023, there are numerous legal and financial implications to consider, especially as the pace of remediation of leveraged loans (and other commercial loans) needs to progress further...more

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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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fannie, Freddie announce LIBOR transition plans

On December 22, GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced replacement indices based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) for their legacy LIBOR indexed loans and securities ...more

White & Case LLP

SOFR amendments poised to ramp up in Q1 2023

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While US dollar (USD) LIBOR has all but vanished from new-issue loans in 2022, the vast majority of the US loan market is comprised of legacy transactions that remain tied to the retiring rate. For every US institutional loan...more

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‘Covered Modifications’ and LSTA’s New SOFR Amendment Forms

On June 21, 2022, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (“LSTA”) published its final form documents for loan parties amending credit agreements to replace London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) with Term Secured...more

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SOFR transition progresses despite volatile markets

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During 2021, after months of regulatory pressure to end reliance on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), concerns were mounting that the US leveraged loan market was being too slow to adopt the Secured Overnight...more

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London, Here We Come - June 2022 | Issue No. 181 - LSTA Publishes New Forms of Term SOFR Amendments

The LIBOR transition process continues to roll along. New transactions are (mostly) being closed without using LIBOR any more, and many legacy transactions are naturally transitioning when refinanced or renewed this year....more

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Federal Law to the Rescue? (The Senate Version)

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LIBOR Relief Included In Appropriations Bill - New York Law Concerns - The New York law enacted in April 2021 provides the ‘Get Out of Jail’ card[2] for banks from litigation relating to the LIBOR (London InterBank...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Spring in Our Step March 2022 | Issue No. 168 - Quarter-End Market Update

As we usher in spring and hopefully finally say goodbye to the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, deal volume and overall market activity remain extremely robust. With less than a week to go in an eventful first quarter, we’re...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Magnificent Miami! - February 2022 | Issue No. 163 - Panel Recap: 'Fund Finance Market Update'

The “Fund Finance Market Update” panel focused on the current state of the market. Moderated by Laurie Lawler, Managing Director at Société Générale, the panel included the following: Roshan Chagan, Partner at Ares...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Breakage Costs & SOFR Loans: Breaking-up is Still Expensive

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It may not be the next Taylor Swift song, but a prepayment changes the Lender-Borrower relationship. In a swap, we all know there are consequences. Rather than a “breakage cost”, the swap market just calls it an early...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Be Bold - January 2022 | Issue No. 159 - Four Bold Predictions for 2022

Hitting the year-end deadlines was hard. Your kind words eased that pain like a week’s vacation on a remote island with no wifi. I have saved every single one of those emails, texts and LinkedIn messages and filed them away...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

And the Beat Goes On - January 2022 | Issue No. 157 - NAV Finance Market Update

Between Omicron, the holidays, and down-to-the-wire end-of-year closings, it was a hectic finish to 2021. But now that the calendar reads 2022, we wanted to reflect this week on the state of the NAV finance market and provide...more

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One Rate to Rule Them All: The End of LIBOR & the Future of “Cost of Carry”

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Effective December 1, 2021, the Loan Syndication and Trading Association (LSTA) has issued a revised suite of loan trading documents modified to replace LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) with SOFR (Secured Overnight...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

ELFFF on the Shelf - December 2021 | Issue No. 155 - December Fund Finance Market Update

The active underlying deal environment comingled with the December 31st LIBOR transition deadline combined to make November the busiest month in the history of Cadwalader Fund Finance. We have no doubt that’s been the case...more

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USD LIBOR Transition: Has the Moving Van Arrived Yet?

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According to government regulators across the globe, everyone should have been acting to slow USD LIBOR use for the next six weeks. Except, of course, for the next six weeks… UK FCA Announcement- It is now official –...more

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