The Background: In 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and HM Treasury began consulting on the Wholesale Markets Review (the "Review"), a broad review of the structure, functioning, and regulation of secondary...more
8/15/2024
/ CFTC ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Derivatives ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs) ,
Interest Rates ,
Risk Free Rates (RFRs) ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The proposed powers for the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") to manage the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") transition should address so-called "tough legacy" contracts involving UK participants but could also have...more
The United Kingdom and European Union look to give powers to regulators, rather than using direct legislation, to deal with existing contracts that prove unable to convert or be amended to include fallbacks ahead of IBOR...more