OCBC bondholders consent to £250 million Libor switch
Singapore’s OCBC Bank, advised by Linklaters, has won approval from bondholders to switch the benchmark underpinning millions of pounds in covered bonds from Libor to a new risk-free rate.
Bank of England launches “fiendishly complicated” climate stress tests
The Bank of England has launched its biennial climate stress test for the UK’s largest banks - but insists it will not link the results to future capital requirements.
“Days not weeks”: CFTC and Fed groups back accelerated Libor departure
The United States’ Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s benchmark reform committee has called for a swifter move away from Libor in interdealer swap trades, to speed up the production of a term rate for its replacement benchmark.
EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation: another step towards an ESG-driven economy
On March 10, 2021, a host of provisions came into effect as part of the European Union’s (“EU”) Regulation on Sustainability‐Related Disclosures in…
Crypto: Where regulation meets innovation (Gibraltar)
I have been involved in regulatory work for many years and written extensively on regulatory matters, especially as a staunch advocate of the need for…
Germany's Law on the Introduction of Electronic Securities
On 6 May 2021, the German Federal Parliament passed the Law on the Introduction of Electronic Securities (Gesetz zur Einführung von…
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“Let’s not run before we can walk”: BoE’s Bailey on stablecoins
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has urged caution on stablecoin initiatives, saying multi-currency ‘baskets’ are the “wrong place to start”.
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