One of the important components of the collateral package for a subscription finance facility is the lender’s perfected security interest in the fund’s bank deposit account into which the actual cash constituting the proceeds...more
As we kick off 2024, the focus on the unavailability of certain benchmarks continues on. To refresh, we have already seen the benchmark for US Dollars generally replaced with the Secured Overnight Financing rate as...more
1/26/2024
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Canada ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interest Rates ,
Libor ,
Loans ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Singapore
Back in March of 2021, we covered a number of developments pertaining to the end of LIBOR that came out of certain announcements made early that month by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration (the “IBA”),...more
4/14/2023
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financing ,
ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) ,
Interest Rates ,
Investment Funds ,
ISDA ,
Libor ,
Loans
On December 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) adopted a final rule (the “Final Rule”) to implement the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”). The Final Rule follows...more
On December 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) adopted a final rule (the “Final Rule”) to implement the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”). The Final Rule follows...more
On July 11, 2022, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (the “ARRC”) published a “Playbook” to assist market participants in transitioning their legacy LIBOR contracts to an alternative rate by June 30, 2023. The...more
The LIBOR transition process continues to roll along. New transactions are (mostly) being closed without using LIBOR any more, and many legacy transactions are naturally transitioning when refinanced or renewed this year....more