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US$ interest rate and cross currency swaps after the LIBOR funeral: A corporate treasury primer

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  • Heidorn, Thomas
  • Liem, Erik
  • Requardt, Stefan
  • Wahnschaap, Tim

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This paper examines the transition from LIBOR to SOFR in the US and maps out the consequences for European corporate treasurers by showing how the application of SOFR in cash products and derivatives differs from LIBOR. As interest rate and cross-currency swaps transition to compounded SOFR, corporates may face a trade-off between the higher costs of using Term SOFR versus facing operational difficulties with their internal treasury systems when using compounded SOFR in arrears. With respect to European corporates, challenges arising from the new in arrears conventions should be less pronounced since EURIBOR coexists next to €STR, which means that corporates may continue to use term rates set in advance when they choose to swap U.S. dollar exposure into euros.

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  • Heidorn, Thomas & Liem, Erik & Requardt, Stefan & Wahnschaap, Tim, 2025. "US$ interest rate and cross currency swaps after the LIBOR funeral: A corporate treasury primer," Frankfurt School - Working Paper Series 236, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
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    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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