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OBS Financing

It stands for off-balance sheet financing; a form of leverage that an entity can attain from an off-balance sheet item...

Off-Balance Sheet Financing

A form of leverage that an entity can attain from an off-balance sheet item (asset, liability, financing activity, etc.) By...

Camouflaged Leverage

A form of leverage that an entity can attain from an off-balance sheet item (asset, liability, financing activity, etc.) By...

Concealed Leverage

A form of leverage that an entity can attain from an off-balance sheet item (asset, liability, financing activity, etc.) By...

Incognito Leverage

A form of leverage that an entity can attain from an off-balance sheet item (asset, liability, financing activity, etc.) By...

Leveraged Swap

An interest rate swap in which the floating rate leg pays LIBOR square (LIBOR is raised to the second power)...

Notional Leverage

The use of derivatives such as options and swaps in the construction of a portfolio of assets/ investments. Notional leverage relates to other types of leverage...

Swap Leverage

Swaps are over-the-counter (OTC) agreements that entail the exchange of two types of cash flows according to terms negotiated among the counterparties. They...

Put Leverage

An option leverage that measures the sensitivity of a put option’s price to changes in the underlying price. In other words, it is...

Leverage Risk

A hedge fund can borrow in order to enhance its overall returns. Borrowing, or using leverage, is a source of both volatility risk and financing...