14 Dec 2021 LIBOR transition - impact for trustees By Clare Wilson, Jennifer Smithson The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is one of the main interest rate benchmarks used in financial markets, determining interest...
16 Sep 2021 Legislating for the LIBOR transition: synthetic LIBOR for tough legacy contracts By Jamie Macpherson, Tim Plews With less than four months to go before the FCA turns off the supply of daily LIBOR (in its well-used form) for most of the 35...
11 May 2021 Beyond LIBOR: transatlantic divergence in loan markets By Jamie Macpherson A recent FT Alphaville article considers the state of play in the ongoing transition from LIBOR and usefully focuses on the market...
12 Mar 2021 The coming end of LIBOR By Jamie Macpherson Long trailed and now confirmed: the FCA has announced the future cessation or loss of representativeness of all LIBOR currency-tenor...
24 Jun 2020 FCA powers for LIBOR transition: firms beware By Andrew Henderson, Tim Plews Yesterday, the Chancellor made various statements on financial regulation in the context of the forthcoming Financial Services Bill,...
01 May 2020 FCA statement on LIBOR and Covid-19: any change for asset managers? By Andrew Henderson, Tim Plews On 29 April, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a statement on the impact of Covid-19 on the timeline for firms’ transition...
27 Mar 2020 LIBOR transition in the midst of Covid-19 By Rachel Richardson Recent focus of market participants in the debt markets has rightly been on both the immediate liquidity issues faced by businesses in...
13 Mar 2020 LIBOR transition: are you ready? By Christine Dowdall, Timothy Bromley-White Last week, the Loan Market Association (LMA) hosted another seminar focused on the transition from LIBOR to alternative interest rates....
05 Mar 2020 Cost of funds for credit funds? By Rachel Richardson At the end of 2021 it is expected that LIBOR will cease to be published. While some in the market appear to be awaiting forward looking...
17 Jan 2020 Accelerating LIBOR transition By Timothy Bromley-White The Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates (the Working Group), the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority have...
21 Nov 2019 LIBOR transition: FCA presses firms to extend their Senior Manager arrangements to cover LIBOR risks By Macfarlanes On Tuesday 19 November the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a document answering key questions which they have received on...