Interest rate swaps are used by institutions and businesses to manage cash flows and interest rate exposure. Swaps involve the exchange of cash flows between two parties, with an intermediary ...

Several economists believe there will be just one more base rate cut this year as a result of higher than expected inflation ...

But more than eight months into the rate-hike cycle, markets for interest-rate swaps and caps are showing more volatility and complicating efforts to make those bets. “Generally speaking ...

A surge in long-term bond yields is once again threatening to upend a crowded hedge-fund bet that Treasuries will perform ...

Our recent article, Swaps and Basis Trades Warn Of Mounting Liquidity Problems, touched on negative interest rate swap spreads as an omen of potential liquidity problems. To stay on the topic of ...

An interest rate swap is an agreement to exchange interest payments from a financial instrument for interest payments from another financial instrument. This usually involves trading future interest ...

Interest rate swaps let parties exchange future interest payments, typically by exchanging a fixed rate for a floating rate, to manage risk or bet on whether rates will rise or fall. The case is ...

Read Next: Inflation will hit 5% in autumn says ex-Bank of England interest rate-setter Any further falls to the base rate could mean lower Swap rates and more mortgage cuts. RSM UK, Pantheon ...

However, lenders are already reflecting those predicted cuts in their latest deals, suggesting borrowers could be taking a risk by relying on ongoing drops in mortgage costs. "If the base rate does ...

Trading of interest-rate swaps began in the Philippines Monday with counterparties starting to quote prices via instant messaging, bankers said, and deals executed with a one-month tenor. The move ...