Transition from IBORs in the loan market

IBOR Transition

LIBOR is an interest rate benchmark which has been phased out. No new loan facilities are able to use LIBOR. As of 1 October 2024, there are no remaining LIBOR settings being published. There is still some ongoing work on the transition of legacy LIBOR facilities and there is work to do in transitioning IBORs in a number of currencies and strengthening fallbacks to remaining IBORs (namely EURIBOR). The LMA continues to work with the market, other trade associations and the regulators on RFR transition and will continue to keep the market updated through this microsite as well as regular blogs.

Latest News

EURIBOR fallbacks: Where are we now?

On 16 September 2025, the LMA hosted a live webinar (with Q&A) on EURIBOR fallbacks.

Attendees joined Kam Hessling, Managing Directors at the LMA, and Toby Mann, Knowledge Director at Clifford Chance, for a session that covered:

  • An update on the LMA’s work on EURIBOR fallbacks and key messages: where things stood, why the LMA had focused on EURIBOR fallbacks, developments in the market and LMA documentation, and action points for loan market participants.
  • An overview of the LMA’s recommended forms of single currency euro documentation: including how they addressed the Euro RFR Working Group’s recommendations on EURIBOR fallbacks and feedback from the LMA’s RFR Documentation Survey 2024.

SA MPG publishes updated JIBAR transition plan

On 10 September 2025, the MPG legal workstream hosted a Legal Industry webinar on the transition from JIBAR to ZARONIA.

Attendees joined Kam Hessling, Managing Director at the LMA, Ann Battle, Senior Counsel at ISDA, and Katie Kelly, Senior Director – Market Practice & Regulatory Policy at ICMA and others, for a session that covered:

  • An introduction to the transition 
  • An overview of JIBAR and ZARONIA transaction data 
  • Insights from industry associations on the legal and market implications of the transition.
  • Key market updates from senior treasury professionals 
  • Practical experiences on JIBAR transactions shared by legal experts 
  • A summary of the supervisory approach

 

LMA strengthens EURIBOR fallbacks – the single currency euro exposure drafts are now recommended forms

We are pleased to have published recommended form versions of our single currency euro exposure drafts with €STR-based fallbacks. The recommended forms have not substantively changed except for the incorporation of the drafting for the ISDA/Bloomberg EURIBOR-€STR Spread Adjustment. The Users Guide to the Interest Rate Provisions has been updated to include further clarificatory commentary.  The publication marks a significant milestone in implementing robust EURIBOR fallbacks in LMA documentation and we will now begin the process of updating the euro-referencing suite.   

The updated documents can be found on our Documentation Hub.

Video Content

EURIBOR fallbacks: Where are we now?

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From JIBAR to ZARONIA: An overview of the LMA SA Rate Switch Agreement

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Preparing for the ZARONIA transition- Loan Markets Association guidance on repapering agreements

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