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1. ''Interest rates - reference rates''.
''Law.''


A 'fallback' is a specified alternative reference interest rate, for use in the event that the originally envisaged reference rate is unavailable.
The unforeseen termination of a contract as a result of an event or circumstances that either render its [[performance]] impossible or illegal, or prevent its main purpose from being achieved.
 
"Whilst fallbacks are contained in existing documentation should a reference rate become (temporarily) unavailable, these were not drafted as a long-term solution [to the permanent retirement of LIBOR]."
 
''ACT Briefing Note, Transition to risk free rate benchmarks.''
 
 
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Similar arrangements in other contexts.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Alternate Base Rate]]
* [[Contract]]
* [[Benchmark]]
* [[Legacy]]
* [[LIBOR]]
* [[Reference rate]]
* [[Risk-free rates]]
* [[Waterfall]]
* [[Waterfall methodology]]
 
 
===Other links===
 
[http://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/interest-rate-benchmark-reform-transition-world-without-libor A World without Libor - FCA speech - July 2018]
 
[[Media:ACT LMA Future of LIBOR Guide 0318.pdf| The future of LIBOR: what you need to know, ACT & LMA, March 2018]]
 
[[Media:Slaughter and May interest rate benchmarks.pdf| 2021: A Benchmark Odyssey, Practical Guidance for Treasurers on interest rate benchmarks, Slaughter and May]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 10:13, 10 November 2013

Law.

The unforeseen termination of a contract as a result of an event or circumstances that either render its performance impossible or illegal, or prevent its main purpose from being achieved.


See also