On July 29th, 2021, the Alternative Reference Rate Committee (“ARRC”) formally recommended the adoption of CME Group’s forward-looking Secured Overnight Financing Rate term rates (“Term SOFR”). This announcement completes the...more
The Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“ARRC”) convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with the assistance of its Securitizations Working Group released a report (the “Report”) on...more
On March 25, 2021, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (the “ARRC”) issued supplemental guidance to its recommended hardwired fallback language for U.S. dollar LIBOR denominated syndicated and bilateral business loans....more
On March 5, 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration (the “IBA”) issued feedback that it had completed the consultation with LIBOR panel banks that it began in December 2020, and stated that it will be unable to publish certain...more
In recent weeks, U.S. banks have been receiving inquiries from the U.S. Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”) in connection with the banks’ current London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) exposure, plans for amendments which...more
On November 6, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued an inter-agency...more
The federal government has implemented a number of relief programs in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Many borrowers in the healthcare industry may be seeking funds under the recently-expanded Medicare...more
King & Spalding’s Healthcare Finance practice is working to keep clients informed of issues that may be of concern to lenders in the healthcare space. The CARES Act includes a number of provisions to offer financial relief to...more