{"id":25203,"date":"2015-02-20T08:26:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T08:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=25203"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:15:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:45:39","slug":"swaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/swaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Swaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/swaps-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25366\" alt=\"swaps-01\" src=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/swaps-01-300x136.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/swaps-01-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/swaps-01.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swaps are contracts to exchange a cash flow related to the debt obligation of two\u00a0counter parties.<\/p>\n<p>The main instruments are interest rate, \u00a0commodity ,currency and equity\u00a0swaps.<\/p>\n<p>Like forwards, swaps are bilateral agreements, designed to achieve specified risk\u00a0management objectives. Negotiated privately between two parties, they are invariably OTC\u00a01980s, for a number of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Major financial reforms in the developed countries together with financial innovation, has increased the demand for swaps\u00a0which attracts more users.<\/p>\n<p><em>It is also a means of freeing up capital because it is moved\u00a0off-balance sheet, banks also have to set aside\u00a0capital for off-balance sheet activity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swaps are contracts to exchange a cash flow related to the debt obligation of two\u00a0counter parties. The main instruments are interest rate, \u00a0commodity ,currency and equity\u00a0swaps. Like forwards, swaps are bilateral agreements, designed to achieve specified risk\u00a0management objectives. Negotiated privately between two parties, they are invariably OTC\u00a01980s, for a number of reasons. 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