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Daniel Franks (UK)

On 22 April 2020, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published its Interest Rates Benchmarks Review for the first quarter of 2020.

The ISDA Interest Rate Benchmarks Review analyses the trading volumes of interest rate derivatives (IRD) transactions in the US referencing the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) and other selected alternative RFRs, including

On 23 April 2020, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and Bloomberg Index Services Limited (BISL) published an IBOR Fallback Rate Adjustments Rule Book, which sets out the methodology, rules and conventions that BISL will implement to calculate rate adjustments in derivative contracts in relation to the transition from

On 16 April 2019, ISDA announced the preliminary results of its consultation on the implementation of pre-cessation fallbacks for derivatives referencing LIBOR.

The consultation, commenced in February 2020, invited feedback from market participants on whether a pre-cessation trigger should be included in ISDA standard documents in addition to the permanent cessation fallbacks that ISDA is