The phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") continues apace and we are now approaching the finish line for transition away from LIBOR to reference free rates ("RFRs"). On June 30, ...

Islamic finance providers have been slow to make the transition away from LIBOR, as the replacement benchmark rates pose challenges in the context of Sharia compliance The phase-out of the London ...

LIBOR set interest rates for trillions of dollars in loans for over 30 years. Banks manipulated the rate because it relied on estimates rather than real transactions. A new system called SOFR replaced ...

Libor is calculated for multiple terms each day by the British Bankers’ Association based on submissions received from 16 global banks. The four highest and the four lowest submissions are disregarded ...

Within the financial sector, few topics are hotter right now than the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor. Libor, essentially, is the average benchmark for different interest ...

Regulators are ramping up efforts to end Libor trades by year-end. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission last week told brokers that facilitate derivatives trading among large banks that they ...

Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have spent the better part of three years trying to kill the London interbank offered rate. Now, they’re looking to it once again to underpin hundreds of ...

The London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, will die on Jan. 1, 2022 — sort of. The 36-year-old British invention served as the world’s benchmark for short-term interest rates, helping banks from ...