The Infrastructure Scoping Forum attends to issues of legal uncertainty concerning institutions that enable the effective operation of financial intermediates, such as payment systems, central counterparties (“CCPs”) and securities settlement facilities (“SSFs”).
Recently, Forum members have focused their discussions on uncertainties related to the discontinuance of and transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).
For further information, please see the Forum’s Terms of Reference and 2024 Forward Schedule.
On 8 March 2018, members of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum met for the first meeting of 2018. The meeting was chaired by John Ewan. On the agenda were topics such as the European Commission’s proposal to amend Article 4 and Article 39 of EMIR...
On 11 December 2017, members of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum met for the fourth and last quarterly meeting of 2017. The meeting was chaired by Emma Dwyer of Allen & Overy LLP. On the agenda were topics such as the future of contracts linked...
On 18 September 2017, members of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum met for the third meeting of 2017. The meeting was chaired by Adam Eades of BATS Chi-X Europe. On the agenda were topics such as the transition form LIBOR to SONIA and the E.U. report...
On 19 June 2017, members of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum met for the second meeting of 2017. The meeting was chaired and hosted by Barnabas Reynolds of Shearman & Sterling LLP. On the agenda were topics such as the European Commission’s Proposals for amending Regulation...
On 20 March 2017, members of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum met for the first meeting of 2017. The meeting was chaired by Simon Gleeson of Clifford Chance LLP. On the agenda were topics such as the CCP resolution and the boundary between “multilateral” and “bilateral”...