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1. ''International Financial Reporting Standards''.
''Interest rates - reference rates - LIBOR transition.''


The Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, sets out fundamental concepts for financial reporting and aims to ensure that Reporting Standards are conceptually consistent and that similar transactions are treated the same way.
A rate losing representativeness means it is considered by the regulator to have ceased being representative of the underlying market or economic reality it is supposed to represent, and that representativeness will not be restored.  


A rate becoming non-representative in this way may be a trigger for the application of fallback rate provisions, rate switch provisions, or clauses providing for the re-negotiation of the agreement in question to replace the relevant rate, all of which may appear in LIBOR-referencing loans.


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If a rate such as LIBOR loses representativeness, regulated financial institutions will be prevented from
using it in many contexts by the EU and UK regulatory framework that governs the use of important benchmarks.  


Similar overarching guidelines in other contexts, designed to encourage an analytical, structured approach to resolving problems by applying principles in a consistent way.
For all practical purposes, this means that if a LIBOR rate becomes non-representative, the consequences are no different to had it ceased.
 
:''(Source - The LMA’S recommended forms of facility agreement for loans referencing risk-free rates -
A Borrower’s Guide - Slaughter & May - ACT - May 2021 - p11)''




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Base rate]]
* [[International Accounting Standards]]
* [[Benchmark]]
* [[International Financial Reporting Standards]]
* [[Benchmarks Regulation]]
* [[Neutrality]]
* [[Fallback]]
* [[Prudence]]
* [[Financial Conduct Authority]]
 
* [[Provision]]
 
* [[Rate switch]]
 
* [[Reference rate]]
[[Media:IFRS_conceptual-framework-project-summary.pdf| Download - IFRS Conceptual Framework Project Summary 2018]]
* [[SOFR]]
* [[SONIA]]
* [[Synthetic LIBOR]]
* [[Transition risk]]
* [[Waterfall]]


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Revision as of 21:59, 19 July 2021

Interest rates - reference rates - LIBOR transition.

A rate losing representativeness means it is considered by the regulator to have ceased being representative of the underlying market or economic reality it is supposed to represent, and that representativeness will not be restored.

A rate becoming non-representative in this way may be a trigger for the application of fallback rate provisions, rate switch provisions, or clauses providing for the re-negotiation of the agreement in question to replace the relevant rate, all of which may appear in LIBOR-referencing loans.

If a rate such as LIBOR loses representativeness, regulated financial institutions will be prevented from using it in many contexts by the EU and UK regulatory framework that governs the use of important benchmarks.

For all practical purposes, this means that if a LIBOR rate becomes non-representative, the consequences are no different to had it ceased.

(Source - The LMA’S recommended forms of facility agreement for loans referencing risk-free rates -

A Borrower’s Guide - Slaughter & May - ACT - May 2021 - p11)


See also