Derivatives
Bear Trap
October 14, 2021
Islamic Finance
Al-Uqud Ghayr al-Musammah
October 14, 2021

An interest rate swap that has two legs: 1) LIBOR-pay, prime-receive and 2) prime-pay, LIBOR receive. In other words, the buyer of the swap may seek to receive the prime rate over the term of the swap (swap term), and is willing to pay to the seller the LIBOR rate for the same term, or other way around, depending on his/ her risk profile and expected cash flows.

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