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FOREIGN EXCHANGE SWAP [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Finance
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

... a convention whereby two units(general government or credit institutions) agree, at the request of one of them, to exchange the national currency of the unit requesting the swap for foreign currency at an agreed rate of exchange and at the same time of repayment for the reverse transaction to take place at a previously agreed rate of exchange.

CONT

Swap arrangement... is designed to permit a central bank to intervene in the foreign exchange market so as to retard speculative pressures on its currency.

CONT

The Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve have agreed to extend their expanded US $30 billion swap facility (reciprocal currency arrangement) to 30 October 2009. This expanded swap facility, originally announced on 29 September 2008, was initially set to expire on 30 April 2009.

CONT

A swap line is another term for a temporary reciprocal currency arrangement between central banks.

Key term(s)
  • reciprocal credit agreement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Finances
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

[...] contrat par lequel deux parties conviennent d'échanger des flux financiers sur une certaine période et selon une formule préétablie.

CONT

La SFI [Société Financière Internationale] accorde à la BISA [Banco Industrial S.A] des lignes de crédit réciproques.

Key term(s)
  • facilité de crédit croisé
  • contrat d'échange
  • accord d'échange

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Finanzas
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

Entre bancos centrales.

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Record 2 2010-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

...a cross-currency basis swap (floating-against-floating) that does not involve any exchange of principal, even at maturity.

CONT

Diff swaps, also known as currency-protected or cross-rate swaps, allow investors to enjoy higher interest rates without facing exchange rate risk.

CONT

A differential swap is often termed a correlation product, since its payout is modified by the correlation between the relevant foreign exchange and interest rates in the transaction.

CONT

Both streams of interest payments through a diff swap are calculated with reference to the same notional principal amount of the same currency and both streams of interest are actually paid in this currency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Swap dans lequel le notionnel est libellé dans une monnaie, tandis que les flux d'intérêts de l'une des parties, bien que réglés dans la même monnaie, sont fixés sur la base d'une autre monnaie de référence.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Investment
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A forward foreign exchange contract incorporated into an underlying equity option or equity swap structure which allows the investor to lock in a known foreign exchange flow and eliminate currency risk.

CONT

Quantos are often known as correlation products; that is, pricing of the product must incorporate not only the interest differential between the two currencies in question, but also any correlation which may exist between the currency and the underlying index.

OBS

Quantos are sometimes known by the more formal name of guaranteed exchange rate contract.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Investissements et placements
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Instrument dérivé dont le sous-jacent est libellé dans une monnaie, mais sur lequel les paiements sont effectués en une autre monnaie.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Financial Institutions
OBS

As with the foreign exchange market, OTC(over the counter) market participants have developed a master agreement applicable to swaps and other derivatives instruments-the International Swap Dealers Association(ISDA) Master Agreement.

OBS

Information confirmed by the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Institutions financières
OBS

Comme dans le cas des marchés des changes, les opérateurs sur les marchés de gré à gré ont mis au point un accord-cadre applicable aux contrats d'échange et aux autres instruments dérivés: l'Accord-cadre de l'International Swap Dealers Association (ISDA).

OBS

Information confirmée par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

The debt-equity swap programs allow the foreign investor to obtain a more favourable exchange rate on the sale of his capital contribution to the Central Bank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
OBS

As with the foreign exchange market, OTC(over the counter) market participants have developed a master agreement applicable to swaps and other derivatives instruments-the International Swap Dealers Association(ISDA) Master Agreement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
OBS

Comme dans le cas des marchés des changes, les opérateurs sur les marchés de gré à gré ont mis au point un accord-cadre applicable aux contrats d'échange et aux autres instruments dérivés: l'Accord-cadre de l'International Swap Dealers Association (ISDA).

Spanish

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