ISDA and AFMA responded to an ASIC proposal to remove OIS contracts referencing USD LIBOR from derivatives clearing requirements and replace them with those referencing SOFR.
April 5, 2023ASIC proposes to replace products referencing USD LIBOR with OIS contracts referencing SOFR, and to remove AUD forward rate agreements.
February 16, 2023The BOE will add SOFR overnight index swaps to the scope of contracts subject to the derivatives clearing obligation and remove USD LIBOR contracts in April 2023.
August 26, 2022Mandatory clearing requirements will instead apply to interest rate swaps referencing SARON, TONA, €STR, SOFR and SORA.
August 16, 2022Stand-alone primary dealers can offer FX market-making facilities and undertake foreign currency OIS transactions directly with non-residents.
August 15, 2022The extension will encourage further development of the SORA derivatives market and deepen liquidity in longer tenors of SORA OIS.
June 21, 2022Only a small number of JPY LIBOR contracts remain that still need to complete the transition, but USD LIBOR rates are "still widely used" by Japanese FIs and corporates.
June 9, 2022The RBA will adjust the way it sets interest rates for repo transactions with banks and shorten the maximum tenor to four weeks.
February 28, 2022AD Cat-I banks are eligible to offer foreign currency settled overnight indexed swaps to persons not resident in India as well as to other AD Cat-I banks.
February 16, 2022The move will enhance access for non-resident investors and facilitate the inclusion of Indian G-secs in global bond indices.
September 5, 2021