Sonia
Protocol delay casts doubt on Libor death knell timing
Two-month delay to Isda fallback protocol leaves FCA’s planned end-2020 statement in the balance
Libor webinar playback: spotlight on sterling
Panellists from Barclays, HSBC, Intralinks and Morgan Stanley discuss early cessation announcement
Sterling swap traders brace for new Sonia switch deadline
Covid delays force regulators to set new date for interdealer swap market to price off RFR
Friary deal clears path for Sonia switch revival
Consent solicitation for Libor-linked pass-through notes is first transition test for variable-duration instruments
Bonds and loans clash on Sonia compounding style
Choice of ‘lag’ method for sterling RFR loan conventions bars use of BoE index
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
Term SOFR rate still possible this year, benchmark firms say
Administrators target year-end benchmark trials despite low swaps liquidity
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
Risk-free rates may fail liquidity test for hedge accounting
Experts fear trades referencing SOFR and €STR will not be eligible for hedging relief
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
Libor webinar playback: Schooling Latter on timing of ‘death notice’
Benchmark cessation could be announced this year, FCA official reveals – news that has moved the market
Bruised, not broken: execs say Libor switch on track despite Covid
Compressed timeline for transition may leave smaller firms struggling to meet end-2021 deadline
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
Structured products are lost in translation post-Libor
Benchmark shift would “fundamentally transform” popular rates structures, users fear
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
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
Sonia proves its mettle through Covid-19 crisis
New risk-free rate gaining ground at Libor’s expense
Ronin, the survival of Libor and synthetic data
The week on Risk.net, April 25-May 1, 2020
Fed does U-turn on SOFR loans
Libor rates to be used instead for four-year emergency lending schemes
Covid loans support six-month extension for Libor lending
UK working group delays Libor loan end-date to March 2021 as emergency loan scheme shuns Sonia