This is a follow-up to an RFR Adoption blog that I wrote in November: In that blog, I noted that Fed Funds seemed to be settling at around 10% of the USD market (excluding LIBOR, which continued to print in relatively large size every month in 2022). However, last week I noticed the following Linkedin […]

As January slips by, we will shortly be staring at June 30th 2023 when USD LIBOR will finally cease publication. Whilst all signs suggest that LIBOR transition in USD markets will be just as smooth as in GBP, JPY and CHF last year, it is worth just pausing and noting how large the USD LIBOR […]

I first wrote about benchmark reform in Canada in 2019: Since then, we have had the announcement that CDOR will cease in 2024: As with all good benchmark stories, the announcement of cessation sets the ball-rolling on a number of fronts: CORRA First Luckily, we have a well-thumbed playbook to refer to now, and the […]

The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator for November 2022 has now been published. Showing; Is History Repeating? Groundhog Day appears to be a traditional film that isn’t actually set at Christmas but is associated with this time of year. RFR Adoption is somewhat similar – in the run up to the end of 2021, it was all […]

In April, Amir gave a timely update on Term SOFR. In case you missed it: And the calls from the industry to make Term SOFR a more widely traded derivative have only become louder since, with the latest Risk.net article particularly worth a read: It’s a great article, but it does not update readers on […]

The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator was 51.3% last month. This is the third consecutive month that it has remained around 51%. SOFR adoption hit a new all-time of 58.1%.  €STR adoption remains volatile. Trading activity across all markets was lower than last month. The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator for October 2022 has now been published. Showing; […]

The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator has stayed above 50% for the second month. In September 2022 it remained at 51%. SOFR adoption was at 56.6%, the second highest on record.  €STR trading increased to 23.5%. Trading activity in RFRs hit all-time records across DV01 and notional amounts traded. The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator for September […]

The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator has now climbed above 50% for the first time. In August 2022 it hit a new all-time high at 51.1%. SOFR adoption increased to a new all-time high, at 57.2%.  GBP and CHF continue to see nearly 100% of risk traded as RFRs. €STR trading slipped (again) to 19.3%, the […]

I wanted to follow up on two of our 2022 blogs to estimate the impact on overall volumes in GBP, JPY and CHF markets of LIBOR cessation (which was only 7 months ago, believe it or not!). DECIPHERING THE END OF LIBOR IN THE DATA THE ENDGAME FOR BASIS SWAPS? All of the data in […]

The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator retained its all-time high of 46.4% in July 2022. SOFR adoption hit a new record at 51.7% of the market. 20.3% of EUR risk traded versus €STR, below last month’s all-time high. July 2022 was a relatively quiet month for trading activity, with the total risk traded falling by ~25% from last […]