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January 29, 2024, marks the end of an era for the interest rate derivatives (“IRD”) markets, since on this date the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) and Clarus Financial Technology (“CFT”) published...more
1. Con la sentenza del 22 dicembre 2022 n. 1359, il Tribunale di Arezzo si è pronunciato su una controversia sorta a seguito della sottoscrizione di un contratto di Interest Rate Swap Multifase. Tale sentenza consolida,...more
As the countdown to the LIBOR sunset enters its final six months, the CFTC staff is trying to help the market transition. With less than six months to go before the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) expires on December...more
In our publication of 16 December 2020, we gave an overview of Italian case law in 2020 on the nullity of Interest Rate Swap (IRS) contracts: the majority of the decisions published at that time declared such contracts null...more
Serious risks of invalidity, restitution effects and possible defences. Italian Courts issued numerous rulings on derivatives in the last decade: but the year 2020 has been particularly dense of judgments and could mark a...more
Since the end of 2017, we have been talking about the discontinuation of LIBOR as a reference rate for borrowers who finance with floating rate loans. The December 2021 end date is fast approaching, but much work remains to...more
On July 12, 2019, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management, Division of Trading and Markets, and Office of the Chief Accountant (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
• New legislation has been proposed in Pennsylvania imposing specific restrictions and parameters on interest rate swaps entered into by certain cities, counties and municipal authorities in the Commonwealth, and imposing new...more
On November 30, 2018, nearly two years after the trial concluded, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York found in favor of Defendants Donald R. Wilson (Wilson) and his derivatives trading firm DRW...more
Specified OTC derivatives must be cleared on central counterparties with effect from 1 October 2018. This mandatory clearing requirement will apply to Singapore-Dollar and US-Dollar fixed-floating interest rate swaps....more
On June 9, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed to require additional interest rate swaps to be centrally cleared. Since December 2012, the CFTC has required four classes of interest rate swaps...more
As widely reported, in the latest Lehman bankruptcy “fundraiser,” managers of the Lehman estate are now demanding millions of dollars from non-profit retirement homes, colleges and hospitals. Lehman claims that it was somehow...more
On December 21, 2012, the High Court decided an alleged mis-selling of interest rate swaps case in favour of the defendant, RBS....more