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  2. Foreign exchange swap - Wikipedia

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    In finance, a foreign exchange swap, forex swap, or FX swap is a simultaneous purchase and sale of identical amounts of one currency for another with two different value dates (normally spot to forward) [1] and may use foreign exchange derivatives. An FX swap allows sums of a certain currency to be used to fund charges designated in another ...

  3. Currency swap - Wikipedia

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    In finance, a currency swap (more typically termed a cross-currency swap, XCS) is an interest rate derivative (IRD). In particular it is a linear IRD, and one of the most liquid benchmark products spanning multiple currencies simultaneously. It has pricing associations with interest rate swaps (IRSs), foreign exchange (FX) rates, and FX swaps ...

  4. Foreign exchange option - Wikipedia

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    The foreign exchange options market is the deepest, largest and most liquid market for options of any kind. Most trading is over the counter (OTC) and is lightly regulated, but a fraction is traded on exchanges like the International Securities Exchange , Philadelphia Stock Exchange , or the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for options on futures ...

  5. Power reverse dual-currency note - Wikipedia

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    For example, the hedge would have to pay swaps in the foreign currency. If FX spot moves in a correlated fashion with the foreign currency swap rate (that is, foreign currency swap rate increases as FX spot increases), the hedger would need to pay a higher swap rate as FX spot goes up, and receive a lower swap rate as FX spot goes down.

  6. Currency pair - Wikipedia

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    A currency pair is the quotation of the relative value of a currency unit against the unit of another currency in the foreign exchange market.The currency that is used as the reference is called the counter currency, quote currency, or currency [1] and the currency that is quoted in relation is called the base currency or transaction currency.

  7. List of countries by exchange rate regime - Wikipedia

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    List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves; Markets; Foreign exchange market; Futures exchange; Retail foreign exchange trading; Assets; Currency; Currency future; Currency forward; Non-deliverable forward; Foreign exchange swap; Currency swap; Foreign exchange option; Historical agreements; Bretton Woods Conference; Smithsonian Agreement ...

  8. Currency overlay - Wikipedia

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    As such, they are similar in nature to foreign-exchange hedge funds in terms of objective and trading style. Currency overlay is a relatively new area of finance; the first institutional overlay mandate was awarded only in 1983 when the UK water Authorities Superannuation Fund awarded a contract to Record Currency Management .

  9. Foreign exchange date conventions - Wikipedia

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    The Foreign exchange Options date convention is the timeframe between a currency options trade on the foreign exchange market and when the two parties will exchange the currencies to settle the option. The number of days will depend on the option agreement, the currency pair and the banking hours of the underlying currencies. The convention ...