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Refinitiv Term SONIA
Clients around the world trust us to provide benchmarks such as WMR and CDOR with transparency and integrity. Now you can trust us to do the same with Refinitiv Term SONIA.
Refinitiv Term SONIA is now live.
Licensed users can use the benchmark as a reference rate in financial instruments, financial contracts, and valuation and pricing activities.
Overview
The Refinitiv Term SONIA benchmark is a forward-looking, risk-free reference rate available in 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month tenors denominated in sterling and designed to be an alternative to GBP LIBOR.
On 5 March 2021 the FCA confirmed that all GBP LIBOR settings would cease or no longer be representative. That means market participants must seek alternative rates and in many cases a Term SONIA Reference Rate will be suitable.
Refinitiv Term SONIA is published to 4 decimal places, thereby ensuring consistency with the Bank of England’s SONIA benchmark.
Our rate is viewed by hundreds of clients worldwide.
Why Refinitiv?
Regarded around the world as a leading provider of financial benchmarks, we are already trusted by thousands of institutions to provide rates such as WMR and CDOR with transparency and integrity.
At Refinitiv, we have leveraged our many years’ experience administering regulated benchmarks to create the Term SONIA Reference Rate.
Refinitiv Term SONIA is production ready. A forward-looking alternative which, tested at the height of Covid-19 volatility, is proven to deliver even in extreme market conditions.
Transition from LIBOR with confidence to Refinitiv Term SONIA that guarantees:
We source overnight index swap (OIS) quote data from major interdealer electronic markets (including TP ICAP iSwap and Tradition Trad-X) and an institutional electronic market (Tradeweb).
We adopt a waterfall methodology, allowing publication of the rate in even the most challenging market conditions.
Users can easily replicate the rate by executing trades during the 20-minute collection window centered on 11:00.
We conduct pre-publication quality checks, have numerous anti-gaming methodology features and conduct post-publication monitoring and surveillance
Access
Refinitiv Term SONIA is available here and through the full suite of Refinitiv products, including Eikon®, Refinitiv Real-Time and DataScope, using the following RICs:
- Refinitiv Term SONIA 1-month: GBPTRR1M=RFTB
- Refinitiv Term SONIA 3-month: GBPTRR3M=RFTB
- Refinitiv Term SONIA 6-month: GBPTRR6M=RFTB
- Refinitiv Term SONIA 12-month: GBPTRR1Y=RFTB
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If you have not signed up to a licensing agreement with Refinitiv for the use of Refinitiv Term SONIA (the “Benchmark”) you are not permitted to use the Benchmark for any Commercial Purposes. “Commercial Purposes” includes but is not limited to (i) using the Benchmark as a reference rate in financial instruments, financial contracts or for valuation and pricing activities, (ii) using the Benchmark as an input into another benchmark or an index or otherwise, (iii) this website being accessed by or on behalf of the same group of companies at least once per month for 3 consecutive months for the purpose of viewing or downloading the Benchmark. We may use your personal data in order to determine whether we believe you are using the Benchmark for Commercial Purposes and, if we reasonably believe this is the case, we may contact you in order to arrange for a licensing agreement to be put in place.
Refinitiv Limited, its affiliates (“Refinitiv”) and its third party providers (together “Refinitiv and Third Parties”) do not guarantee the quality, accuracy and/or completeness of the Benchmark or any data included therein. Refinitiv and Third Parties make no express or implied warranties, representations or guarantees concerning the accuracy or completeness of the Benchmark or as to the results to be obtained by you, or any other person or entity from the use of the Benchmark or any data included therein. In no event shall Refinitiv and Third Parties have any liability for any loss of profits, special, punitive, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages or loss, relating to any use of the Benchmark.
The Benchmark is proprietary to Refinitiv.
The “SONIA” mark is used under licence from the Bank of England (the benchmark administrator of SONIA), and the use of such mark does not imply or express any approval or endorsement by the Bank of England. “Bank of England” and “SONIA” are registered trademarks of the Bank of England."
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