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On Jan. 4, 2022, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) published final regulations (the Final Regulations) ...

Introduction Although the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is currently the most widely used interest rate benchmark and serves as a price reference for a broad range of financial instruments, the UK Financial Conduct Authority will stop supporting LIBOR at the end of 2021. According to the National Working Group (NWG) on Swiss Franc Reference Rates, the Swiss Average Rate Overnight (SARON) is the proposed replacement standard. The transition period poses several challenges for national an...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 5, 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA), UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) made important announcements regarding the timelines of the cessations of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). LIBOR cessation dates The IBA, which administers LIBOR, confirmed in its feedback statement on its consultation regarding th...

JPY LIBOR GBP LIBOR USD LIBOR Overnight and 12 Months ‘Synthetic’ LIBOR Under proposed amendments to the UK Benchmarks Regulation, the FCA would have the power to require the IBA to continue publishing LIBOR settings on a “synthetic” basis using a changed methodology. The FCA has indicated that synthetic LIBOR would be based on a forward-looking term rate version of the relevant risk-free rate plus a fixed spread adjustment calculated over the same period and in the same way as the spre...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently reiterated that 2021 is the critical year for firms to complete their transition away from LIBOR. 1 LIBOR). In this article, we discuss the current state of play and the measures governments and institutions are taking to aid this transition, including the development of overnight risk-free rates ( RFRs), recommended transition milestones and...