Libor 2.0: The runners and riders

From home loans to bonds and interest rate swaps, a host of very different markets are linked to Libor, which makes it difficult to replace the damaged benchmark. A number of alternatives are available, but disparate products may be better served by disparate reference rates. Tom Newton reports

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David Clark

Since US and UK regulators announced the June 27 settlement of investigations into Libor rigging at Barclays, commentators have been predicting the death of the benchmark – but it is not easy to replace an interest rate referenced by an estimated $300 trillion in financial products.

“Putting aside the terrible way Libor is fixed – by asking dumb questions to banks – it’s actually a marvellous construction of a family of derivatives and cash instruments that work so well together. It’s a

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