All posts tagged "benchmarks"
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364InternationalISDA Publishes Consultation Results on Benchmark Fallback Parameters
The majority preferred a historical median spread adjustment with a five year lookback period, and a two-banking-day backward shift adjustment for the compounded setting in arrears rate.
November 18, 2019 -
411FeatureS. Korea Passes Benchmark Legislation, Seeks BMR Equivalence
The new legislation will strengthen the management and supervision of financial benchmarks and their administrators, the FSC said.
November 4, 2019 -
232JapanBOJ Calls for Applications from Aspiring Benchmark Administrators
The BOJ committee is soliciting entities that can begin calculating and publishing term structures based on JPY overnight index swaps as prototype rates.
October 31, 2019 -
875Asia-PacificTransitioning Away from IBORs: The View from Asia
Asian banks have a large and complex operational task ahead of them as they prepare for a post-LIBOR world after 2021, say KPMG’s Marie Gervacio and Luke Gower.
October 30, 2019 -
348Australia & NZAustralia: Smaller Institutions, Buy Side Less Prepared for Libor Cessation
Existing Libor-referencing contracts that don’t have robust fallback provisions in place will be tied up in very lengthy disputes, warned the RBA’s Christopher Kent at ISDA’s Australia Conference.
October 24, 2019 -
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ISDA Publishes Final Results of IBOR Pre-Cessation Consultation
The consultation did not yield a consensus among market participants regarding how to address pre-cessation issues related to a benchmark's nonrepresentativeness.
October 22, 2019 -
247Australia & NZASIC, ESMA Sign MOU to Cooperate on Benchmarks
The MoU sets out cooperation arrangements to complement the EU’s July equivalence decision, as well as to ensure effective information exchange and supervisory coordination.
October 22, 2019 -
806Asia-PacificBOJ Deputy Governor Calls for Collective Action on LIBOR Transition
LIBOR’s permanent discontinuation will be one of the “most significant events in global financial history”, BOJ deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya said at ASIFMA’s Annual Conference.
October 14, 2019 -
571Asia-PacificAPAC Central Banks Prepare Market for Benchmark Reforms
A group of APAC central banks have issued a report on the regional implications of LIBOR’s discontinuation, BMR implementation, and reforms to local benchmarks.
September 27, 2019 -
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ISDA Consults on Final Parameters for Benchmark Fallback Adjustments
Based on the results, the 2006 ISDA Definitions will be adjusted to incorporate fallbacks for new IBOR trades, and a protocol for including fallbacks in legacy IBOR contracts will be published.
September 19, 2019
