The Background: In 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and HM Treasury began consulting on the Wholesale Markets Review (the "Review"), a broad review of the structure, functioning, and regulation of secondary...more
Islamic finance providers have been slow to make the transition away from LIBOR, as the replacement benchmark rates pose challenges in the context of Sharia compliance - The phase-out of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate...more
On January 28, 2021, the UK Loan Market Association (LMA) published exposure drafts of two multicurrency term and revolving facilities agreements which incorporate, among others, backward-looking compounded risk-free rates...more
Spring 2020 Budget: key financial services announcements - The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has delivered the Spring 2020 Budget. The Budget includes a number of measures of interest to financial services...more
1. What is LIBOR and why is it going away? The London Interbank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR,” is a reference rate commonly used in a broad range of financial contracts. In fact, it serves as a reference rate for tens of...more
Recent updates from the Bank of England, the New York Federal Reserve, and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and Bloomberg in connection with publication of IBOR fallback rate adjustments should be welcomed...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a user's guide to overnight risk free rates, providing an overview of such rates and how they can be calculated, as well as proposals for how they can be used in cash products. The...more
Following a recent breakfast briefing, partner Patrick Clancy (London-Finance) highlights the following four key points to be aware of regarding the latest developments in the transition from the LIBOR lending benchmark...more