LIBOR transition: Facing Into The End-Game

Events of the past few months have provided greater clarity around the end-game for LIBOR. However, with only six months to go until non-USD LIBOR settings cease to be published or become non-representative, many questions remain unanswered and market participants still have much to do. The operational, conduct and regulatory risks associated with meeting the challenge are considerable.

Co-authored by Ashurst's Legal and Risk Advisory team, LIBOR Transition: Facing Into the End-Game provides an overview of recent LIBOR-related developments and examines some of the key transition risks and challenges facing market participants during the critical months ahead.

Key topics explored include:

1. Extended publication of key USD LIBOR settings until June 2023: what it means (and does not mean) for SOFR transition efforts and USD LIBOR-linked benchmarks
2. Key transition tasks associated with non-dollar LIBOR transition at end-2021, including preparing for CCP conversion events, operationalising fallbacks and managing dislocation of fallback terms across instruments and currencies
3. Dealing with 'tough legacy' exposures: legislative changes in the US to support USD LIBOR transition and recent FCA consultations around the terms and applicability of Synthetic LIBOR 
4. Other non-LIBOR benchmark-related work that may impact end-2021 transition, including EONIA transition and adoption of the 2021 ISDA Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions
   
5. The challenge of conduct risk mitigation and the risks of getting it wrong

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