ISDA issued a second consultation on implementing
pre-cessation fallbacks for derivatives in response to a request
from the Financial Stability Board Official Sector Steering
Group.
In the new consultation, ISDA asked respondents whether expected
amendments to the 2006 ISDA Definitions should contain triggers for
benchmark change based on a "non-representativeness"
pre-cessation trigger. Per the consultation, the spread adjustment
would then be calculated as of the relevant
"non-representativeness" announcement date (or permanent
cessation, if earlier), but fallbacks would be implemented based on
a permanent cessation or a statement by the UK Financial Conduct
Authority ("FCA") that LIBOR is
"non-representative."