Risk-free rates (RFRs)
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Goldman Sachs
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Race to cash in on term Sonia is filled with twists
Pending merger and FCA’s effort to create synthetic Libor rates could sway outcome
Stanford’s Duffie shakes up SOFR credit race with AXI index
Academics propose new credit index that ditches Libor tenors for a single funding spread
Cross-currency confusion stalks FCA announcements
Possibility of RFR fallbacks setting on different dates creating valuation issues, say banks
Singapore to end Sibor by 2024
Multi-rate approach ditched after failed efforts to enhance Sibor
Term SOFR rate still possible this year, benchmark firms say
Administrators target year-end benchmark trials despite low swaps liquidity
Libor Risk – Quarterly report Q2 2020
Detaching an estimated $350 trillion of financial contracts from Libor was always going to be an uphill struggle. For a rump of so-called “tough legacy” contracts it’s a near impossible task. Now their future lies in the hands of legislators
UK’s tough legacy fix spells trouble for US Libor transition
FCA will have little control over how synthetic Libor rates are used in other jurisdictions
Why Asian firms expect a major systems and data overhaul
In this feature, Bing Li, head of Asia‑Pacific, and Steffan Tsilimos, global head of interest rate derivatives products at Bloomberg, explore the implications of the Libor transition on the Asia markets and the broader market impact of the transition
How Covid‑19 is impacting transition preparations
A forum of industry leaders, including the sponsors of this report, discusses key industry concerns around the transition away from Libor, including how the discontinuation deadline will be impacted by the Covid‑19 pandemic, the benefits and challenges…
One-quarter of Libor FRNs to mature after benchmark’s death
One-third of outstanding notes issued out of non-Libor countries
Lawmakers have to sort ‘tough legacy’ Libor products – survey
Challenges agreeing contract amendments and lack of term rates for the risk-free alternatives are also barriers to transition
Beware of cliff edge in Libor fallbacks
Derivatives users may see a sudden change in the value of payoffs when Libor ends, Coremont analysts write
Shifting Libor fallback window jolts basis market
Fallback spreads widened more than 20% after UK regulator says Libor’s end could be announced this year
Libor webinar playback: traders hope for liquidity catalysts
Panellists from JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Tradeweb discuss "make or break" year for transition
Sonia term rate nears ‘beta’ release, while SOFR struggles
ARRC chair says current liquidity in SOFR derivatives is insufficient to create a term rate
Lagging futures market holding back swaptions RFR transition
“Elephant in the room” is hindering non-linear growth and swap market liquidity, say rates traders
Twin-track solution for ‘tough legacy’ Libor falls flat
Critics deplore lack of detail in UK taskforce's call for parallel legal fix and synthetic rate
US loan market will move to SOFR by Q1 of 2021 – Wells Fargo
Libor head predicts quick transition for loans following ‘big bang’ shifts in swaps
UK regulator rules out extending Libor deadline
Despite Covid disorder, FCA will not compel banks to submit Libor quotes after 2021
Aegon, Allianz Solvency II ratios diverge under coronavirus stress
Aegon cites volatility adjustment for buoying capital position through the crisis
Markit plans SOFR credit spread add-on using CDS data
Vendor taps vast pool of credit market data to create new benchmark “not dissimilar” to Libor
Big banks worry small lenders could derail Libor switch
As UK regulator reiterates 2021 warning, dealers say Covid-19 is forcing smaller lenders to divert resources