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Interest Rate Swaps: 10 Myths and Misconceptions

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The professionals at Derivative Logic have 60 + years combined experience on the trading floors of four major derivative dealers.  During our countless discussions with clients from a myriad of industries over the years, we’ve seen a plethora of falsehoods come up regarding interest rate swaps over and over again. In the following 2-minute read, […]

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Swaps are Back

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We have noticed an increase in bank balance sheet financing of late.  Typically, bank loans are indexed to a variable rate (e.g. LIBOR) plus a credit spread. In offering the financing, the banks may require that the borrower enter into a pay-fixed interest rate swap. There are a lot of misconceptions and negativity associated with […]

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