On April 12, 2023, Tradeweb’s Swap Execution Facility, TW SEF LLC, filed a self-certification for certain overnight index swaps (OIS) referencing USD Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or GBP Sterling Overnight Index...more
Critics are warning that the SEC’s recently proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) prohibiting conflicts of interest in asset-backed securities (ABS) transactions may impede the ability of financial institutions, broker-dealers...more
4/17/2023
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Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Financial Institutions ,
Investment Adviser ,
Proposed Rules ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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
On August 12, 2022, the CFTC issued a final rule modifying its clearing requirement for interest rate swaps (“IRS”). ...more
U.S. state and federal lawmakers, as well as federal regulators, are increasingly focusing on the role of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (“DLT”) in ongoing efforts to combat climate change and to facilitate the...more
As of November 1, 2021, dealers in security-based swaps (“SBS”) whose dealing activity exceeds certain de minimis thresholds (e.g., gross notional amount of $3 billion for credit default SBS, $150 million for other SBS, and...more
On August 25, the LSTA published its Term SOFR Concept Document (the “Term SOFR Concept Document”)—the latest addition to its suite of SOFR-based Concept Documents.
The Term SOFR Concept Document was prepared in response...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
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
7/29/2021
/ Brokers ,
CFTC ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Governor Cuomo ,
ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) ,
Interest Rates ,
Lending ,
Libor ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
UK