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''Environmental concerns - emissions - financial sector - United Nations''.
''Interest rates - reference rates - forward-looking benchmarks - USD - SOFR''.


(NZIA).
Term SOFR refers to a forward-looking benchmark interest rate, based on the USD Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), as published by the New York Fed.


The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance is a global group of insurers and reinsurers committed to transition their underwriting portfolios to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.


:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''SOFR term rate widely welcomed'''''</span>


The NZIA was established in July 2021.
:"USD Markets have been busy over the Summer, and it’s beginning to feel as it the direction of travel [in USD LIBOR transition] is more aligned.  


It is convened by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative's Principles for Sustainable Insurance.
:In particular, the recommendation of a SOFR Term rate has been widely welcomed and should reduce the demand from some parts of the market for credit sensitive rates (such as BSBY) as an alternative to LIBOR."
 
:''Status Update – LIBOR transition - Sarah Boyce - Association of Corporate Treasurers - 07 September 2021''




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Adaptation Action Coalition]]
* [[Bank of England Base Rate]]
* [[Adaptation communications]]
* [[Benchmark]]
* [[Business Ambition for 1.5C]]
* [[BSBY]]
* [[Carbon-neutral]]
* [[New York Fed]]
* [[Climate-related disclosure]]
* [[Risk-free rates]] (RFR)
* [[COP26]]
* [[SOFR]]
* [[Emissions]]
* [[SONIA]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]
* [[Term]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Term fixing]]
* [[Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero]]  (GFANZ)
* [[Term rate]]
* [[Green bond]]
* [[Term SONIA reference rate]]
* [[Green Bond Principles]]
* [[Greenhouse gas]]
* [[Insurance company]]
* [[Nationally determined contribution]]
* [[Net zero]]
* [[Net-Zero Asset Managers initiative]] (NZAM)
* [[Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance]]  (NZAOA)
* [[Net-Zero Banking Alliance]] (NZBA)
* [[Paris Agreement]]
* [[Paris Aligned Investment Initiative]] (PAII)
* [[Pension fund]]
* [[Principles for Responsible Investment]]  (PRI)
* [[Principles for Sustainable Insurance]]  (PSI)
* [[Race To Zero]]
* [[Resilience]]
* [[Road to Zero]]
* [[Transition]]
* [[Underwriting]]
* [[United Nations]]
* [[United Nations Environment Programme]]
* [[United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative]]
* [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]]
* [[Zero emissions]]
 
 
==External link==
*[https://www.unepfi.org/net-zero-insurance/ About the NZIA]


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Revision as of 15:37, 30 September 2021

Interest rates - reference rates - forward-looking benchmarks - USD - SOFR.

Term SOFR refers to a forward-looking benchmark interest rate, based on the USD Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), as published by the New York Fed.


SOFR term rate widely welcomed
"USD Markets have been busy over the Summer, and it’s beginning to feel as it the direction of travel [in USD LIBOR transition] is more aligned.
In particular, the recommendation of a SOFR Term rate has been widely welcomed and should reduce the demand from some parts of the market for credit sensitive rates (such as BSBY) as an alternative to LIBOR."
Status Update – LIBOR transition - Sarah Boyce - Association of Corporate Treasurers - 07 September 2021


See also