Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 14CRCT
Summary Introduction
To discuss: The reverse swap trade and its advantage.
Introduction:
Swap contract is an emerging derivative instrument and it is first introduced in the year 1981. The swap contract is an agreement to swap or exchange cash flows at specified intervals.
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
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