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Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates’ report on conventions for referencing SONIA

On 19 March 2019, the Bank of England’s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates published a discussion paper on conventions for referencing SONIA in new contracts. The discussion paper is intended to raise market awareness of the identified conventions … Continue reading

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Working Group on euro risk-free rates recommends ESTER as new euro risk-free rate

On 13 September 2018, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a press release outlining the recommendations of the private sector working group on euro-risk free rates (the Working Group). The Working Group has recommended that the euro short-term rate (ESTER) … Continue reading

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