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Libor Funeral Set for 2021 as FCA Abandons Scandal-Tarred Rate

  • Bank lending no longer ‘sufficiently active’ to sustain Libor
  • FCA’s Bailey says decision not linked to past manipulation
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Andrew Bailey, chief executive officer at Financial Conduct Authority, explains the decision to end Libor in 2021 in favor of a more-reliable system. He speaks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua on 'Bloomberg Surveillance.' (Source: Bloomberg)

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Libor, the nearly 50-year-old global borrowing benchmark that became a byword for corruption, is headed for the trash heap of history.

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority will phase out the key interest-rate indicator by the end of 2021 after it became clear there wasn’t enough meaningful data to sustain the benchmark that underpins more than $350 trillion in securities, Andrew Bailey, the head of the regulator, said in a speech Thursday at Bloomberg’s London office.