Swap Leg

Definition

Swap Leg. Terms defining and commitment to fulfill the future payment or cashflow requirements (e.g., interest payments, coupon payments, etc.) for one leg of a swap transaction

Synonyms

• Swap Stream Terms

Issues and Challenges

For some swaps this may be a commitment to net up the difference between a strike and an outcome, rather than to make a series of cashflows over time. For credit default swaps there are conditional commitments, contingent on the occurrence of a credit event.

See Also

• http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/interestrateswap.asp

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