In a letter to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) on January 20, 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed the possibility that LIBOR may continue to be published for a short period after regulators have announced that it is no longer representative of an underlying market (a non-representative LIBOR). The European Benchmarks Regulation could prohibit EU-supervised firms from entering into new derivatives transactions referencing such a non-representative LIBOR. As a result, the FCA encouraged ISDA to provide the derivatives market with the ability to insert triggers into their derivatives contracts to allow fallbacks to risk-free rates if such a regulatory announcement is made prior to the cessation of LIBOR (a pre-cessation trigger).
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Update on Benchmarks Reform in Derivatives
By LIBOR Transition Team on
Posted in Credit Spread Adjustment (CSA), FCA
On July 27, 2017, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, Andrew Bailey, announced that the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) may not continue to be available after 2021. Since this announcement, a number of national working groups have been set up, and consultations carried out, to develop and select alternative risk-free rates (RFRs) to replace LIBOR.
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