The European Commission, ECB Banking Supervision, EBA and ESMA encourage market participants to cease all LIBOR settings

Securities Markets Regulation

Date: 29 July 2021
On 24 June 2021, the European Commission, the European Central Bank in its banking supervisory capacity (ECB Banking Supervision), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a joint statement in which they strongly encourage market participants to use the time remaining until the cessation or loss of representativeness of USD LIBOR, GBP LIBOR, JPY LIBOR, CHF LIBOR and EUR LIBOR to substantially reduce their exposures to these rates.