Analyses & décryptages

Proposed Amendments to the EU Benchmarks Regulation

On 24 July 2020, the European Commission published a proposal for amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds (the « EU Benchmarks Regulation »).

The proposal aims notably at granting new powers to the European Commission to facilitate the transition of « tough legacy » contracts to replacement benchmarks.

Click on the PDF below to read the client alert in full.