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AMORTIZING SWAP [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
OBS

If the instrument decreases by level, the amortizing instrument may be call "step-down".

OBS

We can also find, for example, "amortizing swap", "amortizing cap", and "amortizing collar".

Key term(s)
  • step down

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Se dit d'un instrument dérivé dont le notionnel diminue progressivement au cours de la durée de l'instrument, de la même manière que le nominal d'un emprunt remboursable par versements.

OBS

On retrouve par exemple le «swap décroissant», le «plafond décroissant» et le «tunnel décroissant».

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-04-28

English

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

An interest rate swap based on a notional principal amount that may decrease over time in accordance with the path of future interest rates.

OBS

The "IAR swap" is also known as the "index principal swap"(IPS) or an "index amortizing swap"(IAS). An "IAR swap" is an over-the-counter contract between two parties to exchange interest payments-one based on a fixed rate and the other on a floating rate-on an amortizing notional principal amount.

French

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

Swap de taux d'intérêt dont le notionnel diminue en fonction de la baisse d'un indice, tel que le taux LIBOR [London Interbank Offered Rate], mais demeure constant si l'indice augmente ou demeure inchangé.

OBS

En pratique, le receveur de taux fixe accorde une option au payeur de taux fixe, en échange d'un rendement plus élevé que le taux fixe du marché.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Operation in which the principal or notional amount is reduced with time in the same way as the principal amount of a credit with periodic repayments.

OBS

amortizing swap : term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • stepdown swap

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Échange dans lequel le principal décroît au cours du temps, de la même façon que le principal d'un crédit aux amortissements périodiques.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
DEF

Permuta en la que el principal o nocional se va reduciendo con el tiempo de forma equivalente al principal de un crédito con amortizaciones periódicas.

OBS

permuta decreciente: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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