swap agreement — (53B) The term swap agreement (A) means (i) any agreement, including the terms and conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement, which is (I) an interest rate swap, option, future, or forward agreement, including a rate floor, rate cap … Glossary of Bankruptcy
swap — / swäp/ n 1: an exchange of securities 2: a derivative contract in which two parties (as corporations) agree to exchange rates esp. relating to debt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Debt deflation — is a theory of economic cycles, which holds that recessions and depressions are due to the overall level of debt shrinking (deflating): the credit cycle is the cause of the economic cycle. The theory was developed by Irving Fisher following the… … Wikipedia
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 — The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) is United States federal legislation that officially ensured the deregulation of financial products known as over the counter derivatives. It was signed into law on December 21, 2000 by… … Wikipedia
Swap (finance) — For the Thoroughbred horse racing champion, see: Swaps (horse).In finance, a swap is a derivative in which two counterparties agree to exchange one stream of cash flows against another stream. These streams are called the legs of the swap.The… … Wikipedia
Credit default swap — If the reference bond performs without default, the protection buyer pays quarterly payments to the seller until maturity … Wikipedia
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Correlation swap — A correlation swap is an over the counter financial derivative that allows one to speculate on or hedge risks associated with the observed average correlation, of a collection of underlying products, where each product has periodically observable … Wikipedia
Currency swap — Foreign exchange Exchange rates Currency band Exchange rate Exchange rate regime Exchange rate flexibility Dollarization Fixed exchange rate Floating exchange rate Linked exchange rate Managed float regime Markets Foreign exchange market Futures… … Wikipedia
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