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Notional Value

The nominal value that is used to calculate swap payments. For example, in an interest rate swap, each period's interest rates are...

Snowball IRS

It stands for a snowball interest rate swap; a structured swap which consists of a funding leg and a coupon...

Snowball Interest Rate Swap

A structured swap which consists of a funding leg and a coupon payment stream, whereby the coupon payment made on...

Leveraged Swap

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

LIBOR

It is an acronym for London Interbank Offered Rate. It is an interbank rate which is used as a benchmark or...

LIBOR01

An interest rate risk measure that captures sensitivity to changes in the interest rate yield curve (e.g. the LIBOR curve). It...

IR01

An interest rate risk measure that captures sensitivity to changes in the interest rate yield curve (e.g. the LIBOR curve). It...

Swap BPV

The basis point value (BPV) of a swap is the amount by which the swap's value changes in response to a change of one basis...

Swap Coupon

The fixed-rate of interest on the fixed-rate leg of an interest rate swap or a currency swap (or any similar structures). More specifically, swap...

Real Rate Swap

A CPI-linked swap where counterparties exchange a floating nominal rate like LIBOR on an annual basis against an inflation-indexed bond...