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ARTICLE · 28 JULY 2020

ARRC Identifies Recommended Conventions For SOFR "in Arrears" Rates

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The Alternative Reference Rates Committee identified recommended conventions for interest calculations using the daily Secured Overnight Financing Rate for syndicated business loans.

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The Alternative Reference Rates Committee ("ARRC") identified recommended conventions for interest calculations using the daily Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") for syndicated business loans. The ARRC's SOFR "in arrears" rates covered by these recommendations are Daily Simple SOFR and Daily Compounded SOFR.

According to the ARRC, the conventions are part of its 2020 Objectives to support the voluntary use of the SOFR and the transition away from the LIBOR (see previous coverage).

The ARRC noted that most of the published conventions are applicable to both SOFR-originated loans and legacy loans that will "fallback" from LIBOR upon its cessation, with the exception of spread adjustments (which will just apply to fallbacks) and floors (which, for fallbacks, would be adjusted to maintain economic parity with the LIBOR floor).

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