Industry bodies say only benchmarks designated as systemically important should be in scope of BMR for mandatory compliance.
April 6, 2023Regulators continue to express concerns that the use of Term SOFR and credit sensitive rates could draw away liquidity from the overnight SOFR derivatives markets.
December 20, 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 legislation will automatically shift tough legacy contracts to a new benchmark, preventing disputes over which rate should apply and how interest is calculated.
December 10, 2021Synthetic JPY LIBOR may be used if the contracting parties agree to do so, as well as in "exceptional cases" where it is difficult to proceed with negotiations.
November 24, 2021Input is sought on the special circumstances in loan and bond contracts that would make transition difficult and the specific details of such circumstances.
October 5, 2021RFR adoption jumped in August in Japan and Switzerland. The US and UK are seeing steady progress. ISDA chief Scott O'Malia says there is no room for complacency.
September 19, 2021Market participants are asked not to wait for the European Commission to exercise its powers to designate a replacement for LIBOR.
July 6, 2021Only 14 percent of post-cessation date loans have robust fallbacks in place, said ASIC's Nathan Bourne at a Bloomberg-ICMA webinar.
May 28, 2021Up to 80% of tough legacy bonds in APAC have inadequate fallbacks in place, or no fallbacks at all, ICMA and Bloomberg say in a new report.
May 27, 2021