SEC’s Gary Gensler stumps for SOFR, shares concerns with Bloomberg rate
By 
Kyle Brasseur2021-06-14T18:32:00
SEC Chair Gary Gensler expressed his support for the Fed-backed Secured Overnight Financing Rate over the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index, which he believes has similarities to LIBOR that could be manipulated.
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