The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”)—the regulator of the ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR—has said that all sterling, Swiss franc, euro and Japanese yen LIBOR settings will cease or no longer be representative after year-end 2021. The FCA also said that the settings for one-week and two-month USD LIBOR will also cease or...
Companies and their investors are increasingly focused on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors impact their businesses. For many investors, being aware of the ESG risks a company faces and the way in which these risks are being addressed—is critical to understanding a company’s broader risk profile. Moreover, end investors are regularly requiring asset...
While the majority of sustainable finance activity has been on the equities side, the fixed income markets have also seen the development of green and sustainability linked products. On the loans side, the US loan market saw its first green loans and sustainability linked loans in 2018. To find out more, download this publication....
LIBOR, “the world’s most important number”, is likely to cease after 2021. This presents significant—but hopefully surmountable—challenges. We discuss the LIBOR problem, timeline and potential shorter- and longer-term solutions. We discuss the LIBOR problem, timeline and potential shorter- and longer-term solutions....
Are broadly syndicated term loans securities for the purposes of federal and state securities laws? That critical question, which has been percolating around the loan market for decades, is the subject of an amicus brief that the LSTA recently filed in a federal district court in New York. The LSTA argues that they are not...
The LSTA is a member of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“ARRC”), the U.S. body charged with the transition from LIBOR to a successor rate. The LSTA also co-chairs the ARRC’s Business Loans Working Group (“BLWG”), which developed LIBOR Fallback Language for Syndicated Loans, and the BLWG’s Operations Sub-Group. Attached is the FAQ on the...
www.standardandpoors.com October 2008 S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index Frequently Asked Questions 1. What is the Leveraged Loan Market? The leveraged loan market consists of loans made to speculative-grade borrowers. The vast majority of loans are senior secured floating-rate paper that the issuer can prepay with little or no restrictions or fees. In this universe,...
