Bank of China pioneers SOFR lending in Asia

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Chris Davis
17 Sep 2019

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A subsidiary of Bank of China has provided financing to a corporate client benchmarked to the new US risk-free reference rate, becoming the first financial firm to issue securities linked to SOFR in Hong Kong or China.

The bank made a 90-day US dollar trade finance loan to a corporate client in August and issued two-month US dollar commercial paper to another bank, pegging both transactions to SOFR. Bank of China’s Hong Kong arm did not disclose the identity of the client or counterparty bank,

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