RMA And SIFMA Recommend New York Fed's Overnight Bank Funding Rate As New Benchmark To Replace The Fed Funds Open Rate

The Risk Management Association (RMA) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) have announced that each recommends the use of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's new Overnight Bank Funding Rate (OBFR) as a benchmark for pricing and performance reporting purposes to replace the Fed Funds Open (FFO) rate.