The arduous, decade-long process to end the financial system’s reliance on a tarnished interest-rate benchmark, which once underpinned trillions of dollars in contracts across the globe, is almost over.
From next week, the rate, known as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR for short, will cease to be published.
LIBOR is a collective term for dozens of rates, denominated in different currencies, intended to reflect how much it costs banks to borrow from one another.
In the end, roughly $10 billion in fines were meted out across the financial industry over accusations of LIBOR rigging, which led to efforts to move away from the tainted benchmark.
“There are still issues, but it’s remarkable that LIBOR will go out with more of a whimper than a bang.
Persons:
LIBOR, ”, Mark Cabana
Organizations:
London, Barclays, Bank of America
Locations:
LIBOR, British