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Encyclopedia > Constant Maturity Swap

Constant Maturity Swaps are used in the financial markets to have a reference yield curve. Swap can refer generically to the exchanging of one thing for another. ...


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Swap (finance) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (931 words)
Swaps are often used to hedge certain risks, for instance interest rate risk.
A total return swap is a swap, where party A pays the total return of an asset, and party B makes periodic interest payments.
Initially, the terms of a swap contract are such that the NPV of all future cash flows is equal to zero.
SWAPS (758 words)
Swaps by themselves are not a funding instrument; they are a device to obtain the desired form of financing indirectly.
Swaps are also extendable, where one party has the option to extend the life of the swap or puttable, where one party has the option to terminate the swap before its maturity.
A constant maturity swap (CMS) is an agreement to exchange a LIBOR rate for a swap rate.
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