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An alternative reference rate is an interest rate designed to replace a prevailing interest rate benchmark. | An alternative reference rate is an interest rate designed to replace a prevailing interest rate benchmark. | ||
Alternative reference rates include SOFR, SONIA, AONIA and SARON. | Alternative reference rates include SOFR, SONIA, AONIA and SARON. | ||
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Revision as of 12:27, 26 April 2022
Interest rates - reference rates - benchmarks.
(ARR).
Reference rates are benchmark interest rates, used as a basis for calculating other interest rates between market participants.
Examples include borrowings and derivative financial instruments, such as interest rate swaps.
An alternative reference rate is an interest rate designed to replace a prevailing interest rate benchmark.
Alternative reference rates include SOFR, SONIA, AONIA and SARON.
See also
- Alternate Base Rate
- AONIA
- Benchmark
- €STR
- EURIBOR
- Fallback
- Rate fixing
- Reference rate
- Risk-free rates
- SARON
- SOFR
- SONIA
Other links
A World without Libor - FCA speech - July 2018
The future of LIBOR: what you need to know, ACT & LMA, March 2018
