Filter by Categories
Accounting
Banking

Yield-Yield Asset Swap

An asset swap that involves the exchange of a swap rate for a bond yield. The yield/ yield spread is...

Non-Par Swap

An interest rate swap (specifically an off-market swap) where one or both of the assets underlying the swap sell/sells at...

Swap Rate Yield Curve

A yield curve that depicts the relationship between the swap rate and maturity of a swap. In cases where the...

Swap Curve

A yield curve that depicts the relationship between the swap rate and maturity of a swap. In cases where the...

Zero Coupon Stripping

An iterative numerical methodology that is used to construct the spot zero rate curve implied by coupon-bearing, usually Treasury bonds....

Floating-Rate Payer

A party to an interest rate swap who makes, to a fixed rate payer, variable (floating) interest rate payments based...

Fixed-Rate Payer

A party to an interest rate swap in which payment is based on a swap rate or the coupon rate...

Constant Maturity Swap

An interest rate swap in which a swap rate is exchanged for either a fixed rate or a floating rate...

Forward Swap Rate

The fixed swap rate that is associated with a forward settlement. If the yield curve is upward sloping, this rate...

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...