LIBOR transition: Bond market update
Charlotte Bellamy and Katie Kelly, Senior Directors in Market Practice and Regulatory Policy at ICMA, discuss recent developments in LIBOR transition, focusing on Sterling and US dollar LIBOR. As well as describing the uptake and operation of new risk-free rates and current sterling and US dollar LIBOR usage set within the context of significant milestones for LIBOR cessation, they also focus on legislative solutions for addressing legacy LIBOR transactions, with an eye on possible outcomes for US dollar LIBOR, and highlight the importance of active transition as a key strategy in LIBOR transition.