Global Interest Rate Reform
Reform of LIBOR and other global benchmark rates used in loans and other financial instruments
The transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other IBORs is unlike any previous regulatory reform – underpinning loans, debt and derivatives contracts estimated at $350 trillion globally, its scale is potentially larger, it will involve a great number of granular moving parts and is technically challenging.
Whilst alternative risk-free rates are still being agreed, now is the time for banks, asset managers and corporates to start focussing on the replacement timeline, planning and understanding how to make an orderly transition.
IBOR transition will be a project of great scale and complexity – and Linklaters can support you through this journey as your strategic legal adviser, as well as legal adviser for the various specific product areas. We can bring our unrivalled market-leading knowledge of IBOR-related issues, our depth of experience, as well as our track record of running strategic matters driven by regulatory change.
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(Reuters) - Banks must provide concrete evidence to show that they are ending the use of the Libor interest rate benchmark as a price reference in financial contracts, a senior Financial Conduct Authority official said on Thursday. Read the full article by Reuters
(Financial Times) - UK market regulators on Thursday gave little comfort to senior bank executives who might have been hoping that they can soon stop worrying about Libor. Read the full article by the Financial Times (£)
(Bloomberg) - The borrowing costs known as the London interbank offered rates are embedded throughout the DNA of finance. Read the full article by Bloomberg
23rd May 2019 // News
ISDA recently launched two market consultations - the first was on fallbacks for USD LIBOR, CDOR, HIBOR and certain aspects of fallbacks for derivatives referencing SOR and the second addressed “pre-cessation triggers”
12th June 2019 // Deal
Associated British Ports (ABP), the biggest port operator in the UK, has today received consent from bondholders to switch the benchmark underpinning its £65m floating rate notes due 2022 from LIBOR to SONIA.
14th June 2019 // Publication
In this bulletin, we review the progress of interest rate benchmark reform in Hong Kong and Singapore and discuss the recent key global developments in this complex and fast-moving space.
24th June 2019 // Publication
We are pleased to invite you to watch our mid-year review of the banking market, in which we highlight key developments during the first half of 2019.
6th June 2019 // News
On 5 June, the Bank of England, the FCA and the Working Group on Sterling Risk Free Reference Rates (Sterling RFR WG) jointly held a conference on the transition from LIBOR to alternative risk-free rates and both the FCA and PRA published feedback on the Dear CEO letter on LIBOR transition.
16th January 2019 // Publication
In this video, we will be discussing major developments which affected the banking market, including Brexit, global interest rate reform and lease accounting.
7th January 2019 // News
Nearly $2trillion in loans may need to have their documentation revised following the switch off of the LIBOR (and other IBOR) benchmarks in 2021.
4th December 2018 // Publication
From MiFID II to operational resilience, LIBOR reform to individual accountability, read our report to refresh yourself about what else has been keeping regulators and market participants busy and take a glimpse of what we expect to come in 2019.
23rd November 2018 // Publication
18th October 2018 // Publication
The European Money Markets Institute (EMMI), which is the administrator for the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR), has published its second consultation paper on a hybrid methodology for EURIBOR.
This is important because it sets out further details regarding the new EURIBOR methodology and indicates that EMMI is confident that EURIBOR will comply with the requirements of the EU Benchmark Regulation, such that “EMMI expects to become an authorised benchmark administrator” before January 2020.
10th October 2018 // News
As global regulators prepare for the LIBOR benchmark to be ditched by the end of 2021, analysis published by Linklaters today shows that there are more than $512billion worth of legacy bonds which will need to switch to an alternative reference rate.
19th September 2018 // News
Set out below in an FAQ format is a brief overview of the key aspects of the Benchmarks Supplement.
6th February 2018 // Publication
EMMI has announced that EONIA, in its current form, is unlikely meet the requirements of the European Benchmark Regulation.
