Swap tenor is the average length of a swap. Normally, the farther the tenor of a swap, the riskier it...

Firms could use swaps to transform a floating-rate rate loan to a fixed-rate loan. For example, a firm has arranged...

An equity index swap can be hedged, from the perspective of a seller (short), by purchasing index futures. Therefore, if...

Since swaps have a dual nature (being two-legged structures), swap hedging can be quite an easy and straightforward endeavor. In...

Swap assignments are actions taken by a counterparty to a swap (such as an interest rate swap) to effectively terminate...

A variance swap is a forward contract on annualized variance which pays out at expiration an amount equal to: is...