Freddie Mac Clears Path for New Index Rate
Company Begins Purchasing SOFR-indexed Products and Launches SOFR-indexed Offerings
December 17, 2020 12:01 ET
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Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac
McLean, Virginia, UNITED STATES
MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today highlighted the key milestones it achieved in 2020 as part of its transition from LIBOR (formally the London Interbank Offered Rate) to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). Freddie Mac made significant progress across the enterprise in support of this important effort for the industry. Among its most recent achievements, in November, the company for the first time began purchasing and securitizing single-family adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) loans tied to SOFR.