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Risk-Controlled Arbitrage

An asset-based complex risk management strategy that is usually implemented by some savings institutions (thrifts, savings and loan institutions (S&Ls))....

2-Way Arbitrage

A type of arbitrage that involves attempting to profit from specific deviations from interest rate parity by entering into a...

Yield Curve Arbitrage Swap

A basis swap in which the reference rates on which are based the two interest payment legs are set at...

Regulatory Arbitrage

Efforts or actions which are taken by companies to avoid regulation. Financial institutions typically face very different regulatory environments, and...

Regulatory Arbitrage

The attempt to take advantage of a gap in the regulatory system of a given country. It also includes exploitation...

Short Selling

An arbitrage trading strategy that involves selling securities an investor doesn't own. The broker borrows the securities from another client...

Reverse Cash and Carry

A cash and carry transaction that is reversed. It involves the simultaneous sale of a cash market commodity/ instrument for...

Homemade Arbitrage

The leverage which an individual investor can obtain by borrowing and lending on the same terms as firms. To do...

Real World Measure

In financial markets, it is the probability measure that depends on observation of market prices in the real life context,...

Credit Arbitrage Swap

An interest rate swap in which two counterparties exchange their credit comparative advantages (in terms of credit rating or creditworthiness)...