Risk-free rates (RFRs)
Market participants question South African rate reform
Risk South Africa: Some urge caution as South Africa moves to reform Jibar
Nationwide and Lloyds win nod for Sonia bond switch
Covered bonds secure unanimous transition support, while first negative consent amendment passed
UK financials pilot £4bn Sonia bond switch
Lloyds, Santander UK and Nationwide follow ABP with legacy bond transition
Race to create term risk-free rates hots up
Markit joins term Sonia hopefuls; four providers release term €STR plans
Hong Kong eyes SOFR solution for term fixing
New ‘proxy’ Honia could help change discount rate from Hibor to OIS for local swaps, says HKEX
UK swaps carrot for stick in Libor switch
BoE committee mulls policy action, which could include capital hikes on Libor exposures
Lloyds wins consent to flip £1bn covered bond to Sonia
The conversion, backed by 99.84% of bondholders, marks another milestone in the Libor transition
FCA official: stick with overnight rates for all new contracts
Schooling Latter limits term rates to legacy contracts and wants backward-looking method for loans
Realising opportunities while managing conduct risk
As efforts to transition from Libor to risk-free rates ramp up, Maria Blanco and Nassim Daneshzadeh, partners in PwC’s US and UK financial services practices, discuss two critical and interconnected strategies that are front and centre for PwC clients
Synthetic Libor mooted as ‘tough legacy’ fix
Recalibration of doomed rate or catch-all legislation under debate as lifeline for lingering contracts
LCH sets date for euro swap discounting change
Clearer will make switch for €91 trillion in swaps next June
Ice swap rate failure disrupts exotics desks
Dollar version of rate wasn’t published on nine out of 22 working days in August
Looking forward to backward‑looking rates
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Isda sets two options for Libor fallback spread
Historical spread adjustment to be based on five-year median or 10-year mean
FCA urges dealers to quote Sonia swaps on Clobs
Regulator co-ordinates efforts to stream firm prices as part of ramped-up transition plans
Bank of China pioneers SOFR lending in Asia
In absence of term rate, lender uses daily compounded backward-looking rate
Isda set to launch fallback spread consultation
Lookback and mean/median study to launch this month, with results tipped to move the basis market
Libor takes a back seat as insurers await regulatory clarity
Eiopa silence on discount curves holds back transition plans
Singapore looks to establish term RFR by 2020
Swaps linked to overnight rate will help create term structure, says industry committee member
Libor switch spells trouble for loan systems
Lenders face costly updates to ageing legacy platforms to cope with new risk-free rates
Why Asia is so desperate for a term SOFR
With US dollar Libor embedded in local benchmarks, users need a similar replacement
Dealers dip toe into Sonia swaptions market
NatWest and HSBC print trades, Barclays offers prices