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Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Regulators step up pressure to implement LIBOR transition plans
Podcast: CFTC Issues LIBOR Transition Relief for Swaps
Podcast: Credit Funds: Replacing LIBOR – Steps To Consider Taking Now
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Weekly Brief: New DOJ Tact Pushes Bank Subsidiaries To Admit Guilt
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Weekly Brief: Lawyers Advised To Accept New Reality
Jonathan Armstrong on Global Regulatory Cooperation
Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has opened a consultation on proposals to amend the EU clearing and trading derivative obligations to reflect recent benchmark transitions from LIBOR to so-called risk-free rates....more
It has been a period rife with notable shifts on the global stage; a new administration in the US, the end of the Brexit transition period and the reaching of key milestones in the discontinuation of LIBOR, to name but a few....more
UK CRR: Draft Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2021 A draft version of the Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2021 has been published, together with a draft explanatory memorandum....more
The latest edition of our Private Bank Briefing provides a roundup of legal and compliance issues impacting private banks and their clients from Q2 2021. In this edition, we cover sustainable finance developments, the...more
ESMA reminds firms on rules of reverse solicitation - In a statement published on 13 January 2021, ESMA reminded firms not established or situated in the EU of the MiFID II requirements on the provision of investment...more
On November 30, 2020, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) announced that the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICE and the administrator of LIBOR, will consult in early December 2020...more
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has written to the Co-Chairs of the Financial Stability Board Official Sector Steering Group seeking input on its proposed timing for the launch of its IBOR Fallbacks...more
29 September - The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its perimeter report 2019/20, which provides an update on the issues raised in its 2018/19 report. A European Commission notice (2020/C 321/01) relating...more
Katten's London affiliate office launched its weekly fireside chat on May 5, 2020 and each week has covered a wide range of interesting UK and EU financial services regulatory topics. We have received some fantastic feedback...more
Andrew Bailey’s most recent speech on LIBOR transition (now in his new capacity as Governor of the Bank of England) likened the transition away from LIBOR to the game of cricket...more
As is our tradition here at Crunched Credit, each year, about this time, we award our Golden Turkey Awards. Once again, I must say that we are utterly blessed with so many worthy candidates. The truly deserving have once...more
BREXIT - Post-Brexit options in the Luxembourg financial sector - Allen & Overy has published a list of available options for UK firms currently passporting their activities to Luxembourg or willing to provide services...more
The Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) – or to give it its long name, the Regulation on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds ((EU) 2016/1011) –...more
In the 2018 edition of this publication, we ended the introduction with the line, “We can only hope that we will enter 2019 with greater certainty than 2018 as to how the regulatory landscape will look.” Unfortunately,...more
Six months have now passed since publication of the Dechert OnPoint, LIBOR – Where Are We Now?, and in that period progress on benchmark reform and the development of alternative risk-free-rates (RFRs) has gathered pace. At a...more
On July 12, 2018, the Financial Stability Board (“FSB“) published a statement on reforms to interbank offered rates (“IBORs“) and the development of overnight risk-free rates (“RFRs“) and term rates. The FSB’s comments...more
The ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA“) released issue 5 of the LIBOR code of conduct on June 19, 2018. This document is intended to provide guidance as to the appropriateness of LIBOR as a benchmark rate in agreements,...more
The European Money Markets Institute has published a consultation paper seeking views from stakeholders on a hybrid determination methodology for the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor). EMMI is the administrator for...more
Discussion of LIBOR was catapulted back into the spotlight last summer when Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), gave a speech1 on the reference rate’s future. The key take-away was...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
US regulators have given passing grades to the living wills for all 8 major US banks, a reversal from the April 2016 determination that 5 of the 8 had deficiencies in their bailout-prevention plans....more
Agencies to Propose Amending CRA Regulations to Conform to HMDA Regulation Changes, and Remove References to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program - On September 13, 2017, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve...more
Plans to end the long reign of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as one of the world's most often-used interest rate benchmarks have recently been confirmed by several top financial regulators. On July 27, 2017,...more
With all of Europe closely eyeing the ECB for hints about its move away from aggressive bond buying, some cities that have benefited disproportionately from the QE are being forced to consider what life on the other side will...more