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UK banks starting to adopt US recommendations on contractual fallbacks for loans in the event of Libor’s demise
By Neil Roland
August 12, 2020, MLex
A growing number of UK banks are choosing to follow US recommendations on how to structure contractual fallbacks for loans from a group …
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Transparency vs clarity: the Mifid swaps conundrum
By Samuel Wilkes
July 29, 2020, Risk
Sometimes you just can’t do right for doing wrong – and regulators are no exception. As the European Securities and Markets Authority discovered …
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CSDR: UK firms will still have to comply with settlement discipline
By Alice Tchernookova
July 23, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
In an announcement that gave some initial pointers on the shape of post-Brexit financial services regulation, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak …
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UK’s tough legacy fix spells trouble for US Libor transition
By Helen Bartholomew
July 22, 2020, Risk
In their rush to rid the financial world of Libor rates, regulators glossed over a stubborn problem: an untold number of so-called tough …
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Attention turns to Esma after UK quashes CSDR buy-ins
By Philip Alexander
June 29, 2020, Risk
The European Union could face renewed pressure to rethink its pending rules on settlement discipline following the UK government’s unilateral decision to opt …
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Twin-track solution for ‘tough legacy’ Libor falls flat
By Helen Bartholomew
June 9, 2020, Risk
A sketchy report on one of the big challenges in Libor transition has disappointed observers who were hoping for more detail.
The report …
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The U.K.’s path to E.U. equivalence: détente or detour?
By Samuel Wilkes
March 5, 2020, Risk
In post-Brexit Europe, the U.K.’s ability to retain direct trading and execution relationships with European Union firms hinges on 40 separate equivalence determinations …
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City watchdog tells asset managers to stop using Libor-linked products
By Matthew Vincent
February 27, 2020, Financial Times
Asset management groups have been given the sternest warning yet that they must stop using investments and fee-structures linked to Libor — …
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Trading venues decry disruptors as MTF battle heats up
By Ben St. Clair
January 14, 2020, Risk
Imagine, for a moment, a trading tool that allows buy-side users to send quote requests to multiple dealers in one click. The …
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Libor trigger “tricky” to align with portfolios – experts
By James Thursfield
August 23, 2019, Global Investor Group
Legal experts have said the lack of consensus over how to switch away from Libor reflects how “tricky” it will be …
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