Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Dealers back ‘SOFR first’ in bid to jump-start new rate adoption
Term SOFR recommendation would follow “in days, not weeks” of US swaps quoting convention switch
Libor transition nears its end – Five topics you need to know
As the deadline to Libor cessation approaches, Liang Wu, executive director of financial engineering and head of cross-asset product management at Numerix, presents a series of market themes that warrant closer inspection
FCA tells asset managers to challenge companies on climate
A few serious attempts to change behaviour beats lots of shallow attempts, says UBS’s investing arm
UK to lose more swap trades when FCA Brexit powers expire
Relief granted under temporary transitional powers will end in December 2022 – unless changes are made
Sterling swaptions edge towards Sonia ahead of July deadline
Risk-free successor jumps to almost half non-linear activity, up from 20% in April
FCA unfazed by ‘inflated’ sterling Libor swaps trading
Regulator says high volume of new Libor swaps traded since April 1 is linked to risk reduction
FCA could get legal with USD Libor laggards
Incoming powers permit regulator to ban use of benchmarks with known cessation dates – but only for UK-supervised firms
US federal legislation ‘eliminates’ need for synthetic Libor
‘Tough legacy’ proposal will be discussed at a House Financial Services subcommittee meeting on April 15
Dealers applaud proposal to halt yen Libor swaps after Q3
BoJ working group timetable viewed as likely to boost liquidity in nascent Tonar market
US markets fret over ‘unrepresentative’ fallbacks
Two-year gap between spread fixing and cessation leaves fallback signatories tied to outdated basis
Market dispels fears over USD Libor cross-currency swap shift
Traders confident market convention will shift to RFRs on both legs of deals
Industry group backs wider use of term Sonia in derivatives
Swaps used to hedge tough legacy products and some new loans could reference a forward rate
Esma dithers over mandatory LEIs for repo collateral
The risk of no-trade lists due to SFTR hasn’t stimulated the uptake of LEIs outside Europe
Japan debuts swaptions linked to risk-free rate
Sparse liquidity in Tonar swaps may put premium on swaption pricing, dealers warn
Fraud op risk losses edged up at UK banks in 2020
An average 38% of losses by value last year were because of internal or external fraud
NatWest to quit US dollar Libor panel at year-end
Fifteen banks will continue submitting US dollar Libor quotes until mid-2023
Basis spreads reprice as FCA confirms Libor end-dates
Fallback adjustments for US dollar Libor swaps were not fully priced in by the market
The importance of getting technology change right
Christoph Kurth, partner and member of the global financial institutions leadership team at Baker McKenzie, covers some of the rapid technological changes under way brought about by, and in the wake of, the Covid-19 pandemic
SOFR adoption stalls after US Libor delay
Stay of execution, RFR illiquidity and fallback reliance slow SOFR adoption
UK snuffs out hopes of end to midpoint trading ban
Financial Conduct Authority resists calls to diverge from EU’s tick size regime
Funds steering clear of bets on Libor timeline after losses
Despite FCA assurances, most actively traded swap bases have not yet widened back to November levels
Libor transition – What is the endgame?
No-one expected the transition away from Libor to be easy. At the outset, some doubted whether the transition was even possible. However, with less than a year left before the expected cessation of Libor as a regulated benchmark, the transition certainly…
Shell bides time over Isda fallbacks
Oil major will adopt Isda protocol as “insurance policy” despite hedge accounting concerns
FCA sees ‘no case for delay’ on Libor cessation ruling
Synthetic Libor powers set for spring consultation as fallbacks become effective and IBA analyses cessation feedback