In March 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released two documents with its updated supervisory approach for the asset management and alternatives sector: the FCA’s 2024/25 Business Plan (the Business Plan), and a...more
El Banco de México (Banxico), el 2 de junio de 2023, publicó un comunicado de prensa relacionado con la transición de la Tasa de Interés Interbancaria de Equilibrio (TIIE) en moneda nacional a plazos mayores a un día hábil...more
LIBOR, the reference rate for more than US$300 trillion of contracts globally and nearly US$200 trillion of US dollar contracts, is expected to cease after the end of 2021. In highlighting the limitations of the LIBOR reforms...more
On April 3, 2018, in preparation for the discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR; for background on the discontinuation of LIBOR, see our prior blog post), the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“Reserve...more
On March 15, 2018, the European Central Bank (“ECB“) published its second consultation paper on a new euro unsecured overnight interest rate. The ECB announced in September 2017 that it intended to start providing a euro...more
Background - The integrity of benchmarks used in financial transactions has been the subject of increasing focus from regulators since the investigations into manipulation of the setting of LIBOR, EURIBOR and other...more
The individuals and entities responsible for setting financial market reference rates or, more broadly, financial benchmarks, have not historically been subject to extensive regulation. Recent misconduct by banks with regard...more
In This Issue: - Chasing Return, Reprise - IOSCO: Uniform Regulation and More Transparency for ETFs - FINRA Removes Proposal to Require Supervision of Non-Securities Business - In Case You Missed It -...more