Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) is a secured overnight interest rate. SOFR is a reference rate (that is, a rate used by parties in commercial contracts that is outside their direct control) established as an alternative to LIBOR. LIBOR has been published in a number of currencies and underpins financial contracts all over the world. Because LIBOR is derived from banks' daily quotes of borrowing costs, banks were able to manipulate the rates through lying in the surveys.[1] Deeming it prone to manipulation, UK regulators decided to discontinue LIBOR in 2021.[1]
In 2022, the LIBOR Act passed by the U.S. Congress established SOFR as a default replacement rate for LIBOR contracts that lack mechanisms to deal with LIBOR's cessation.[2] The Act also grants a safe harbor to LIBOR contracts that transition to SOFR.[2] Previously, SOFR was seen as the likely successor of LIBOR in the US since at least 2021
Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) is a secured overnight interest rate. SOFR is a reference rate (that is, a rate used by parties in commercial contracts that is outside their direct control) established as an alternative to LIBOR. LIBOR has been published in a number of currencies and underpins financial contracts all over the world. Because LIBOR is derived from banks' daily quotes of borrowing costs, banks were able to manipulate the rates through lying in the surveys.[1] Deeming it prone to manipulation, UK regulators decided to discontinue LIBOR in 2021.[1]
In 2022, the LIBOR Act passed by the U.S. Congress established SOFR as a default replacement rate for LIBOR contracts that lack mechanisms to deal with LIBOR's cessation.[2] The Act also grants a safe harbor to LIBOR contracts that transition to SOFR.[2] Previously, SOFR was seen as the likely successor of LIBOR in the US since at least 2021, , but is broader as it applies across the United States, not just contracts under New York law.
The Bank for International Settlements, which serves as the bank for central banks, said in March 2019 that a one-size-fits-all alternative may be neither feasible nor desirable. Although SOFR solves the rigging problem, it does not help participants gauge how stressed global funding markets are. That means SOFR is likely to coexist with something else.[
"A User's Guide to SOFR" (PDF). The Alternative Reference Rates Committee. April 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
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