ISDA has today published a statement summarizing the preliminary results of a consultation on pre-cessation issues for LIBOR and certain other interbank offered rates (IBORs).
The consultation on pre-cessation issues was launched in May, and sought comment on how derivatives contracts should address a regulatory announcement that LIBOR or certain other IBORs categorized as critical benchmarks under the EU Benchmarks Regulation[1] are no longer representative of an underlying market.
The full ISDA statement is available on the ISDA website.
This consultation follows a request by the Financial Stability Board’s Official Sector Steering Group (FSB OSSG) for ISDA to request comment on the events that should trigger a move to a spread-adjusted fallback rate for LIBOR.
ISDA hopes to publish additional information – including anonymized and aggregated responses to the consultation – in September.
View the preliminary results of the consultation on pre-cessation issues here.
View the consultation on pre-cessation issues here.
For Press Queries, Please Contact:
Nick Sawyer, ISDA London, +44 203 808 9740, nsawyer@isda.org
Lauren Dobbs, ISDA New York, +1 212 901 6019, ldobbs@isda.org
Christopher Faimali, ISDA London, +44 20 3808 9736, cfaimali@isda.org
Nikki Lu, ISDA Hong Kong, +852 2200 5901, nlu@isda.org
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[1] The consultation on pre-cessation issues does not cover yen TIBOR, euroyen TIBOR, BBSW, HIBOR or CDOR. The consultation covers SOR only insofar as to consider if the SOR fallback for a US dollar LIBOR index cessation event – which is separately being consulted upon currently – should also apply in the event of a US dollar LIBOR pre-cessation trigger
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