BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: LIBOR
- London Inter Bank Offered Rate
Wiktionary Definition for: LIBOR
- #London Interbank Offered Rate (loan interest rate)
Additional Resources
- ADB rebates on LIBOR-based loans.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 July 2002-ADB: ADB rebates on LIBOR-based loans C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07082002 MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- The Asian Development Bank ADB is giving rebates to its developing member countries that were billed for LIBOR-based loans LBL between 1...
- Research articles 2002-07-08
- LIBOR Hitting Record Lows, Forcing Lenders to Get Creative
- LIBOR continues to drift down, hitting new record lows. It's a positive sign as lower LIBOR is lowering banks' cost of funds. But this trend is also lowering interest income on assets, because a large portion of loans on banks' balance sheets tend to be LIBOR based. USD 3-month LIBOR...
- External links 2009-08-10
- Fitch's U.S. RMBS Group Changes LIBOR Stresses
- NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings will increase LIBOR spread to one- and six-month LIBOR following an ongoing review of the stresses Fitch's U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities group utilizes to evaluate excess spread. This change will be effective for all deals closing on or after Nov. 1, 2004. 'Fitch determined...
- Research articles 2004-08-19
- One-Month LIBOR Derivatives
- The article tells about the markets for one-month LIBOR futures contracts and options on those futures for a year-end price effect consistent with the previously identified year-end rate increase in one month LIBOR. It finds that the cash market rate increase passes through to the derivative contracts, which allows the...
- White papers 2003-11-05
- Seasonality in One-Month LIBOR Derivatives
- This paper examines the markets for one-month LIBOR futures contracts and options on those futures for a year-end price effect consistent with the previously identified year-end rate increase in one month LIBOR. The cash market rate increase passes through to derivative prices, which allows the derivatives to properly hedge year-end...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- No Changes to Libor
- Felix Salmon submits: Remember the big Libor makeover, prompted by fears that Libor was increasingly fictional? Well, now that we've all pretty much forgotten what the fuss was all about, the BBA has come out and decided to do nothing. In a 14-page paper, the BBA carefully runs down...
- External links 2008-08-06
- Fixed Rate Mortgage Vs. LIBOR ARM Calculator
- This tool will compare the monthly mortgage payments for a fixed rate loan to a LIBOR based adjustable rate mortgage. It will also help to calculate what your expected payment may be on the LIBOR ARM when the interest rate changes in the future.
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- Wellsford Residential Property Trust issues $25 million of medium-term notes at LIBOR + .32%
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 26, 1996--Wellsford Residential Property Trust (NYSE: WRP) announced today that it has issued $25 million of unsecured notes through its medium-term note program. The notes bear interest at LIBOR + 32 basis points, mature in November 1999 and are callable in November 1997. ...
- Research articles 1996-11-26
- Fitch Releases Updated LIBOR Stresses Report for U.S. RMBS
- NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has released a special report regarding its updated one- and six-month LIBOR stresses for U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities. The new report details these stresses by rating category as well as the analysis performed to derive the new stresses, which will be effective for all deals...
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- Markets ease as Libor falls for fifth day running
- Business in brief FINANCE Money markets eased again yesterday, as the rates charged on interbank lending fell for a fifth day running. However, while analysts welcomed further reductions in the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate Libor, they warned the cost of borrowing was only edging down slightly,...
- Research articles 2008-10-18
- British Bankers Association Rejects Changes to Libor
- Research Recap submits: Despite the recent flap questioning the accuracy of LIBOR, no significant changes are planned in the key interest rate benchmark. After looking into the issue the British Bankers Association issued a paper endorsing the current procedure for gathering the rates that go into the...
- External links 2008-08-06
- Libor ARM favored among advisers touting home-mortgage benefits; Interest-only option frees up cash early on.(News)
- Byline: Jeff Benjamin The home mortgage is emerging as the "no-brainer'' of choice among financial advisers looking to secure deeper relationships with their clients. One particular interest-only version, known as the Libor ARM (Lo ...
- Research articles 2004-01-19
- VCA Antech, Inc. Announces Refinancing of Senior Credit Facility — Lowers Interest Rate by 50 Basis Points to LIBOR +175
- LOS ANGELES -- VCA Antech, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOOF) announced today that it has refinanced its senior credit facility. The $223.9 million of total outstanding senior term E notes were replaced with new senior term F notes in the same amount, priced at LIBOR plus 175 basis points, resulting in a 50...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Libor Once Again Signals Tighter Credit
- David Enke submits: Money markets are signaling that recent credit problem may be long from over, with possibly the worst yet to come see Bloomberg article. As with the end of 2007, interest-rate derivatives are showing hesitation from the markets over fear that credit losses will continue to increase....
- External links 2008-08-26
- Football: Super Gers feeling so Libor-ated
- ABERDEEN 1 Lovell 84 RANGERS 2 Novo 22, Sionko 24 RANGERS boosted their hopes of clinching second place in the SPL with a 2-1 win over Aberdeen. Goals by Nacho Novo and Libor Sionko secured...
- Research articles 2006-12-24
- Lending rates for US Dollar, Yen and Libor-based loans.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 July 2004-ADB: Lending rates for US Dollar, Yen and Libor-based loansC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07072004 MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- The Asian Development Bank ADB has lowered its lending rate for US dollar pool-based loans. For the period 1...
- Research articles 2004-07-07
- ADB announces lending rates for multi-currency and US Dollar loans for the first half of 2002; ADB's LIBOR-based loan product now available, lending rates for pool-based loans announced.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 January 2002-ADB: ADB announces lending rates for multi-currency and US Dollar loans for the first half of 2002; ADB's LIBOR-based loan product now available, lending rates for pool-based loans announced C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02012002 Manila, Philippines --...
- Research articles 2002-01-02
- CZECH REPUBLIC: KLAUS SAYS 'TOO MUCH ATTENTION' PAID TO NOVAK TRIAL.(Vaclav Klaus, Libor Novak)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Civic Democratic Party ODS chairman Vaclav Klaus on 28 April told journalists that the media pays "too much attention" to the ongoing trial of former ODS deputy chairman Libor Novak, who is charged with having concealed the identity of a donor to the ODS in 1996, ...
- Research articles 2000-05-03
- www.ONN.tv Interviews Jim Iuorio on LIBOR Credit Spreads and Currencies
- CHICAGO -- In www.ONN.tv's (http://www.onn.tv) Wednesday morning edition of "Yield Curve Update," host Kevin Cook spoke with Jim Iuorio of TJM Institutional Services about LIBOR credit spreads and why banks are hoarding cash. Iuorio explained why short-term U.S. Treasury securities and gold are favored right now with the credit markets...
- Research articles 2008-10-01
- Fitch: Latest U.S.'RMBS Mortgage Principles & Interest' Discusses Alt-A & LIBOR
- NEW YORK -- Hidden risks within the evolving Alt-A RMBS market and the introduction of new LIBOR stresses for RMBS transactions are a few of the topics covered in the latest edition of Fitch Ratings' newsletter for U.S. RMBS, 'Mortgage Principles and Interest'. Upon finding material differences among Alt-A...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
