Episode 3: Building Momentum in Alternative Rates

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LIBOR is on its way out – but what will replace it? What alternative rates are available, how widely used are they and what needs to happen to bolster liquidity? In this episode, Jack Hattem, managing director in global fixed income at BlackRock, and Subadra Rajappa, head of US rates strategy at Société Générale, give a traders’ perspective on the benchmarks that are being introduced to replace the IBORs.

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