Progress on Global Transition to RFRs in Derivatives Markets

This paper examines the progress made on the global transition to risk-free rates (RFRs). Specifically, it analyzes the adoption of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate in different regions and highlights major industry developments that are expected to take place in the first half of 2023. The paper also explores several current topics related to the RFR transition, including synthetic LIBOR rates, term RFRs, credit-sensitive rates and the modification of clearing and trading requirements.

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Efficiency is Vital to Delivering Resilience

With less than three months to go until implementation of US Treasury clearing begins at the end of this year, it’s critical that the mandate is safely implemented without compromising market efficiency. This represents a huge change in market structure,...

Assessing Tokenized MMFs as Eligible Collateral

Distributed ledger technology and digital assets have matured from their early stages to solutions capable of addressing longstanding inefficiencies in collateral management. Tokenized money market funds (TMMFs) represent a particularly promising area for the application of this technology, combining the...