Reform of key interest rates on the money market and some implications for credit markets

Ongoing reform of key interest rates on the money market is one of the most significant events on financial markets in the world. This is due to the fact that most of the LIBOR rates in different currencies will be discontinued at the end of 2021. Cessation of LIBOR after a number of scandals following emerging global financial crisis in 2008 lead to existence of more benchmark rates constructed as risk-free rates based on transactions, from SOFR in the U.S.A. to SARON in Switzerland. Intention of EU regulators is to replace EURIBOR with ESTR in the future so that ESTR becomes benchmark for EU and EFTA. The last analysis of lenders and borrowers' positions indicates that EURIBOR is satisfactory reformed based on the fact that in its determination data about transaction and expert judgment are included. According to the current prevailed thinking in the banking industry EURIBOR could be continually used. True, not necessarily on the derivatives market, but certainly on the credit and mortgage markets which are particularly related to EURIBOR in eurozone.