In recent years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed two actions with facts so shocking the reader is forced to ask, ‘can this be how the industry really functions?’
The Complaints -
The most recent...more
2/24/2021
/ CFTC ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Fraud ,
Libor ,
Material Disclosures ,
MSRB ,
Price Manipulation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Suitability Requirements ,
Swaps
Everything you need to know to be prepared for the LIBOR-SOFR transition.
What to Know -
It had been recommended that the US Dollar (USD) London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) be replaced by the Secured Overnight...more
Everything you need to know to be prepared for the LIBOR-SOFR transition.
What to Know -
ed that the US Dollar (USD) London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) be replaced by the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as a...more
The focus of regulators in the United States and the United Kingdom had been to correctly transition away from LIBOR due to past bank manipulations.
After nearly two (2) years in the making, the International Swaps and...more
In order to deal with the tremendous recent market disruptions and related liquidity needs, the Federal Reserve System, through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (New York Fed), on March 12 offered $500 billion in 3-month...more
Last week, most observers focused on the more than 11% drop in the stock market due to public health and related supply concerns. In response, the Federal Reserve made an aggressive 50 basis point interest rate cut on March...more
Fed Liquidity – Recent Actual Infusions (1Q 2020) -
Week of February 3rd -
As recently reported, during the week of February 3rd, the New York Fed infused, through the repo market, an aggregate of $112.3 billion with...more
Previous Repos -
In the last Client Alert, it was reported that the New York Fed recently infused approximately $220 billion into the banking system – $70 billion of overnight repos and $150 billion in term repos....more
12/30/2019
/ Banking Sector ,
CFTC ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Reserve ,
FOMC ,
Interest Rates ,
Libor ,
Liquidity ,
Market Manipulation ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Swaps
The following is based upon the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee Panel meeting held on Monday, November 5 entitled ‘LIBOR Transition Update and SOFR Volatility,’ and related statements from the Federal Reserve...more
For a variety of reasons, as has been widely reported, LIBOR is to cease to be published by the end of 2021 and this expected elimination of the index upon which financing transactions are based raises serious tax and non-tax...more
11/4/2019
/ Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Capital Gains ,
Capital Gains Tax ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Credit Default Swaps ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Stability Board ,
Financial Transactions ,
Interest Rates ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
ISDA ,
Libor ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swaps ,
Tax-Exempt Bonds ,
U.S. Treasury
Many conduit tax exempt revenue bonds bear interest at a floating rate, most typically a percent of USD 1-month LIBOR (here, LIBOR).
Many of these transactions have been synthetically “fixed” by the conduit borrower entering...more
10/15/2019
/ Bonds ,
Federal Reserve ,
Interest Rate Swaps ,
ISDA ,
Libor ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Tax-Exempt Bonds ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Variable Rates