This paper examines the transition from LIBOR to SOFR in the US and maps out the consequences for European corporate treasurers by showing how the application of SOFR in cash products and derivatives differs from LIBOR. As interest rate and cross-currency swaps transition to compounded SOFR,...

This paper examines the transition from LIBOR to SOFR in the US and maps out the consequences for European corporate treasurers by showing how the application of SOFR in cash products and derivatives differs from LIBOR. As interest rate and cross-currency swaps transition to compounded SOFR,...

The reform of LIBOR by its administrator IBA to a transaction-based benchmark, completed 2019, has not succeeded due to lack of transactions. In July 2017 the UK FCA Chief Bailey prepared the market for the end of LIBOR by end-2021. National working groups have developed alternatives to LIBOR...