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ISDA IBOR Benchmark Fallbacks Supplement and Protocol: key considerations

12 October 2020

ISDA's IBOR Fallbacks Supplement and Protocol have been finalised and will be released on 23 October 2020. The Supplement, when it becomes effective on 25 January 2021, will implement risk-free rate fallbacks into the terms of new transactions and the Protocol will enable adhering parties to implement these fallbacks into the terms of legacy transactions.  The broad scope of the amendments made by the Protocol, the range of agreements it covers and the availability of a series of templates and amendment agreements which can be used to tailor the terms of adherence, confront parties contemplating adherence with a series of major challenges.

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