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BPS

A basis point (bps) is 0.01 percentage point and equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt...

MM Derivative

It stands for money-market derivative: a short-term interest rate derivative that is used in money market trading and hedging. Examples of money market derivatives...

ICE Swap Rate

It stands for intercontinental exchange rate. By definition, it is the mid-price for interest rate swaps (the fixed leg) and...

ICE Swap

An abbreviation for inverted curve enhancement swap; an interest rate swap that places a minimum level (floor) under the floating rate in consideration...

IRS

It stands for interst rate swap; an exchange of a fixed rate of interest on a certain notional amount for a floating rate...

MS

Mid-swap (MS) is the average of bid and ask swap rates used as a benchmark for calculating total interest rate...

CRC

It stands for current replacement cost; the amount that is required to replace an existing (active) swap in the event a...

M2M

It stands for marking to market; the practice which is used to revalue a financial instrument, in general. In the...

MTM

It stands for marking to market; the practice which is used to revalue a financial instrument, in general. In the...

Municipal IRS

An interest rate swap in which one party pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating-rate interest payments based on the...