The U.S. financial agencies do not plan to recommend a credit-sensitive element to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate or a credit-sensitive rate, agency heads said in a letter to a group of regional banks yesterday.
The Basel, Switzerland-based Financial Stability Board on Friday released a “global transition road map” to help financial firms navigate potential shifts away from the London Interbank Offered Rate, which is not guaranteed to be available after 2021.
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association announced today that its framework for reference rate fallbacks will launch on Oct. 23.
Despite the pandemic, financial institutions should not expect a delay in the Dec. 31, 2021, date when publication of the London Interbank Offered Rate can no longer be relied upon, Federal Reserve Bank of New York General Counsel Michael Held said at an investor conference today.
The Alternative Reference Rates Committee today released updated recommended fallback language for newly originated bilateral business loans that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate.
As part of its ongoing work to facilitate the transition by financial market participants away from the London Interbank Offered Rate, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee today released a “starter kit” of resources on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate.
With the London Interbank Offered Rate relied on by many banks not guaranteed to be available after 2021, ABA and the Consumer Bankers Association today welcomed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed changes to Regulation Z designed to facilitate the transition away from Libor.
Federal financial regulators today said they will ramp up their supervisory focus on banks’ transitions away from the London Interbank Offered Rate in 2020 and 2021.
The Alternative Reference Rates Committee today outlined how it will implement its methodologies for calculating spread adjustments on financial products that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate.
Five federal financial regulatory agencies today finalized a rule that removes the requirement for covered swap entities to collect initial margin from affiliates—an American Bankers Association-supported change that fosters systemic risk mitigation and allows swap entities to better manage liquidity.