Fed group: SOFR term rate unlikely in 2021
ARRC chair says use case of a forward-looking benchmark would be limited
The development of an official forward-looking version of the secured overnight financing rate by the end of 2021 is in serious doubt after the chair of a key industry group backed by the Federal Reserve tempered expectations for such a benchmark.
Tom Wipf, chair of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, quashed any notion that a term SOFR – originally pencilled in for June 2021 – would be
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