LIBOR

The guidance note looks at Term SOFR (SOFR is the Secured Overnight Financing Rate), the ARRC recommended RFR term rate

The Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) is now formally recommending CME Group’s forward-looking Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) term rates (SOFR Term Rates), following the completion of a key change… read more →

The Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) is announcing recommendations and best practice advice to aid and accelerate the transition away from the U.S. dollar (USD) LIBOR. The committee is recommending… read more →

London, UK. The International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA) and Trade Finance Global Trade (TFG) have today launched the LIBOR transition for trade finance hub.

The Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) announced it selected CME Group as the administrator that it plans to recommend for a forward-looking Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) term rate, once market indicators for… read more →

BNY Mellon’s Joon Kim, Global Head of Trade Finance Product and Portfolio Management, Treasury Services, explores how the move from LIBOR to SOFR will impact trade finance.

By the end of 2021, it’s anticipated that LIBOR rates will be discontinued, transitioning to the SONIA or SOFR. But what does this mean for trade finance? ITFA explains

Everything you need to know about how the transition away from Libor will impact your business

Trade Finance Global’s Editor Deepesh Patel hears from Robert Plehn, Head of Capital Markets, GE Capital, Jerome Farges, Head of Corporate Securitisation, Societe Generale, Steven Hollands, Managing Director, Greensill Capital, Jeremy Levy, Partner and Baker McKenzie.

In partnership with Reuters Events, TFG hears from Simon Collins, TradeCloud and Movsum Muslumzada, SOCAR Trading about the digitization of commodity trading

TFG heard from the CFTC’s Heath P. Tarbert, on CFTC’s tremendous accomplishments in achieving integrity through sound derivatives regulation.

ITFA has led another industry wide initiative to draw the attention of governments and regulators to the importance of the continuous support of all the different insurance tools in times of crisis.