US dollar LIBOR panel – 1 month to go

It is now 1 month until the US dollar LIBOR panel ends on 30 June 2023. This is the last remaining LIBOR panel and its end marks another critical milestone in the transition away from LIBOR.

In November 2022, we consulted on our proposals for a synthetic US dollar LIBOR.  In April we confirmed our intention to require IBA, LIBOR’s administrator, to continue to publish the 1-, 3- and 6-month US dollar LIBOR settings in synthetic form until end-September 2024.

Ahead of the 30 June 2023 deadline, market participants must be prepared for the following:

• The overnight and 12 month-US dollar LIBOR settings will cease after final publication on 30 June 2023.
• The 1-, 3-, and 6-month US dollar LIBOR settings will be published in synthetic form from 3 July 2023 until end-September 2024, for use in legacy contracts only (other than in cleared derivatives).
• All new use of these remaining US dollar LIBOR settings will be prohibited. This overrides the exemptions we permitted to the restriction on new use imposed from 1 January 2022, and as such all new use will be prohibited under the UK Benchmarks Regulation from 1 July 2023.

As we have said in the past, synthetic LIBOR settings are not representative, and are only a temporary solution to allow more time to complete transition and ensure the orderly wind-down of LIBOR. Firms must continue to actively transition contracts that reference LIBOR to appropriate, robust reference rates, and we continue to expect firms to deliver demonstrable progress.

Today we have also published a detailed Feedback Statement summarising the feedback received to our November consultation and setting out our response.

Notes to editors

• Read the Feedback statement.
• We have also published 2 technical notices under the UK Benchmarks Regulation (Article 23B and Annex 4 Notices) as part of the implementation of our decisions. Further technical publications shortly after midnight on 1 July 2023 will complete the implementation.