The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published a report entitled, Supervisory issues associated with benchmark transition: Report to G20, which outlines supervisory recommendations LIBOR transition. The report concludes that, “Continued reliance of global financial markets on LIBOR poses clear risks to global financial stability. Transition away from LIBOR by end-2021 requires significant commitment and sustained effort from both financial and non-financial institutions (FIs and non-FIs) across many jurisdictions.” The report also includes surveys initiated by the FSB, the BCBS and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), developed to address remaining challenges to the benchmark transition.

The report outlined three recommendations that support LIBOR transition in jurisdictions with LIBOR exposures:

• “Identification of transition risks and challenges – authorities and standard-setting bodies to issue public statements to promote awareness and engage with trade associations, and authorities to undertake regular surveys of LIBOR exposure and to request updates from financial institutions.

• Facilitation of LIBOR transition – authorities to establish a formal transition strategy supported by adequate resources and industry dialogue. Supervisory authorities should consider increasing the intensity of supervisory actions when the preparatory work of individual banks is unsatisfactory.

• Coordination – authorities to promote industry-wide coordination, maintain dialogue on the adoption of fallback language, consider identifying legislative solutions, where necessary, and exchange information on best practices and challenges. The FSB and the standard-setting bodies will coordinate at the international level to identify key common metrics for monitoring transition progress.”

More information on the BSB and BCBS’ LIBOR transition report can be found here and here.