Floating Interest Rate Leg

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Floating Interest Rate Leg. A swapstream in which variable interest is paid on some notional amount, linked to some underlying interest reference rate


Synonyms

  • Floating Interest Rate Swap Stream

Issues and Challenges

Instead of an absolute rate you have an underlier and an offset called a spread (same as margin in floating rate notes).

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