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''Interest rates - market rates.''
''Interest rates - reference rates - LIBOR transition.''


Any method of paying interest that is periodically refixed in line with the current market rate.
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.  


Floating rate interest is not fixed for the life of the issue, but is periodically reset according to a predetermined formula.
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.


Floating rate debt, for example, carries an interest rate which will vary as market interest rates vary.
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.


There is a time lag between the setting of the rate for each tranche of interest at the ''start'' of the interest calculation period, and its payment at the ''end'' of the interest period.
:''(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 ==
* [[Basis swap]]
* [[Base rate]]
* [[Drop-lock bond]]
* [[Benchmark]]
* [[Exposure period]]
* [[Benchmarks Regulation]]
* [[Fixed debt]]
* [[Fallback]]
* [[Fixed rate]]
* [[Financial Conduct Authority]]
* [[Floating debt]]
* [[Provision]]
* [[Floating exchange rate system]]
* [[Rate switch]]
* [[Floating rate payer]]
* [[Reference rate]]
* [[Standard variable rate]]
* [[SOFR]]
* [[Variable rate]]
* [[SONIA]]
* [[Synthetic LIBOR]]
* [[Transition risk]]
* [[Waterfall]]


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[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

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