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Prepaid Interest Rate Swap

An interest rate swap in which one party is under obligation to make periodic payments to another party based on...

Volatility Swap

As a volatility derivative, it is an agreement (swap) that entails exchanging the realized volatility between the time of entering...

Swap Assignment

A swap in which the payer of a given leg agrees to assign the other leg to a third party....

Swap Close-Out

The process of terminating a swap agreement by mutual consent of the parties at an early date before maturity. The...

Swap Desk

A group of individuals who run a portfolio of swaps (interest rate swaps) for a financial institution (such as commercial...

Tranche-Loss CDS

A basket-linked credit default swap (basket-linked CDS) which protects the buyer (the long) from a range of cumulative losses of...

Foreign Exchange Swap

The spontaneous purchase and sale of two identical amounts in two different currencies with two different value dates. Differently stated,...

Actual Rate Swap

A swap agreement that is made between a municipality (a city or town local council) and a financial intermediary, in...

Quanto Equity Swap

A swap that pays the return on a foreign equity investment (like a share of stock) against payment based on...

Reverse Swap

A swap agreement which is identical to an existing swap, but with opposite parties. In other words, under a reverse...