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Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Caroline D. Pham Before The Global Markets Advisory Committee

Keynote Of CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam At Bloomberg's The Final Chapter For USD LIBOR

<p><i>Introduction</i></p> <p>Good afternoon.&nbsp; Thank you to Bloomberg for hosting this event.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a pleasure to join you to discuss LIBOR transition and expectations as we approach June 30, 2023, the end date for the remaining settings of U.S. Dollar (USD) LIBOR.</p>

MIL-OSI USA: CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee Adopts SOFR First Recommendation at Public Meeting

Source: US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Washington, D.C. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) today adopted a market best practice known as SOFR First for consideration by the full Commission. SOFR First is a phased initiative for switching trading conventions from LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) for U.S. Dollar (USD) linear interest rate swaps, cross currency swaps, non-linear derivatives and exchange traded derivatives. Acting Chairman Rostin Behnam is the sponsor of the MRAC.  SOFR First, developed by the MRAC’s Interest Rate Benchmark Reform Subcommittee (Subcommittee), is designed to help market participants decrease reliance on USD LIBOR in light of statements from the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions on LIBOR transition which reinforce U.S. banking regulator guidance that banks cease entering new contracts that reference USD LIBOR post Decembe

Regulator calls for sunsetting LIBOR in some interest rate swaps in July

Dive Brief: A Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) subcommittee recommended as a “market best practice” that interdealer brokers switch trading of linear interest rate swaps from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) beginning July 26. The recommendation by the CFTC’s Interest Rate Benchmark Reform Subcommittee is aimed at speeding the adoption of SOFR, which has yet to gain widespread acceptance as a replacement for LIBOR, the reference rate for trillions of dollars in business loans, derivatives and other financial contracts worldwide. U.S. regulators have called on banks to stop using LIBOR in new contracts by the end of this year.

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