Finastra expands Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator

By Joy Dumasia

Finastra has introduced additional Alternative Reference Rates (ARR) and Risk-Free Rates (RFRs) to its Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator. The move enables banks, corporates and borrowers to calculate ARR in preparation for the end of the majority of LIBOR rates on December 31, 2021. In addition to SOFR for the US dollar and SONIA for pounds sterling, the calculator service now incorporates ARR rates €STR for the euro, TONAR for the Japanese yen and RFR rate SORA for the Singapore dollar.

With the cessation of LIBOR at year-end for the majority of currencies and tenors, the Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator service will help banks and corporate borrowers manage a seamless transition to the new rates. The calculator uses a trusted methodology based on accepted ARR market conventions to deliver consistent and accurate results, thereby helping users significantly reduce operational risk and ensure regulatory compliance.

Available through Finastra’s FusionFabric.cloud open innovation platform, the calculator service can be seamlessly integrated with a bank’s existing lending systems. Open APIs also facilitates integration with legacy systems that have not been prepared for the LIBOR transition and cannot perform complex ARR calculations. These legacy applications can directly consume the newly calculated ARR rates, avoiding the need for complex and costly system changes.

The Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator is a market leader, providing comprehensive coverage of ARR and RFRs. It is available to all banks and corporates. Finastra is an established leader in bringing ARR functionality to loan accounting and servicing. Fusion Loan IQ offers compounding in arrears calculations and configurable parameters specifically for ARRs. The solution also supports the conventions recommended by the ARRC, BoE, LSTA and LMA, including enhanced usability and user efficiency features that include upcoming matrix functionality for credit spread adjustments.

Simon Thorogood, Senior Principal Product Manager, Corporate and Syndicated Lending at Finastra, said: “As the LIBOR transition matures, we are seeing a range of new Risk-Free Rates emerging across the market. This will add additional complexity and cost to many organizations’ operations. Banks and corporate borrowers need to be fully prepared. They must ask themselves: Are they ready to source and calculate the new risk-free rates? Can they reconcile rates that are released by different authorities at different times? Do they have coverage of all the complex calculation methods that impact accruals? Finastra’s Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator is fast to deploy and can help banks and corporates address all these challenges and help them to validate what is being sent to them.”