For half a century the series of interest rates known collectively as the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, has helped determine the cost of all sorts of borrowing around the world. But over ...
Mortgage lenders are preparing for the end of LIBOR, which is set to be phased out by the end of 2021. Financial institutions have been searching for alternatives since regulators in the United ...
Libor, the London Interbank Offered Rate, is being phased out by lenders — and that could mean a change in the interest rates paid by millions of existing home mortgage borrowers in the U.S., if the ...
Regulators recently gave lenders and market-makers definitive guidance on the end game for Libor, the tainted interest-rate benchmark, tied to trillions of dollars in loans, credit cards and ...
For decades, LIBOR has been the key index for the consumer finance industry in making adjustable rate loans. As many know, a recent scandal demonstrated the index to be susceptible to manipulation, ...
LIBOR is promoted as representing the average interest rate that large banks can borrow from one another. LIBOR is not the interest rate on any single loan. Rather it is an index intended to reflect ...
LONDON, ENGLAND - June 28, 2012. Barclays Bank Fined Over Libor. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Libor is on the verge of becoming Bernie from Weekend at Bernie’s—a corpse being propped up for yet ...
For more than 40 years, the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, has been a key benchmark for setting the cost of floating-rate debt around the world. LIBOR also plays a big role in pricing debt ...
The Federal Deposit and Insurance Corporation has filed an up to $400 billion court case in London over the rigging of Libor those years ago. This is an important case, very important, for the ...
Before I interviewed for my investment-banking job at Citigroup, I called an acquaintance in the finance industry for advice. I had gained the interview by way of nepotism and was given little time to ...