Corporates braced for daily compounding impact of Libor replacements

Regulators have set high conduct standards for banks in assisting particularly smaller corporate customers with the impact of the transition away from Libor.

The end of Libor – which has been looming over the financial markets for years – is now imminent.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that sterling, euro, Swiss franc and Japanese yen Libor will cease after December 31, as will one-week and two-month US dollar Libor.

All other US dollar settings will end after June 30, 2023.

Despite this, even at such a late stage, the market is still developing a universal approach to address the commercial and documentation aspects of conversion, notably the implied trading spread between Libor and Sonia – the sterling overnight index average.

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