Publicação
Interest rate swaps: practical issues, corporate use and regulation
| Resumo: | Interest rate swaps are one of the most widely trade derivatives and are extremely useful as a hedging instrument for both financial and non-financial firms. This dissertation aims to explain how IRS works in practice, and in what way companies may use them to change their cash-flows. The dissertation depicts the benefits, and some obstacles, that firms can expect from using those derivatives as hedging instruments. Furthermore, it describes and discusses the recent European regulations concerning over-the-counter derivatives, regarding interest rate swaps in particular |
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| Autores principais: | Oliveirinha, Tiago Manuel Sousa |
| Assunto: | Gestão financeira Taxa de juro Fluxos monetários Regulação económica Swap Cash-flow Hedging Regulation Fluxo de caixa Cobertura Regulação |
| Ano: | 2017 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | Interest rate swaps are one of the most widely trade derivatives and are extremely useful as a hedging instrument for both financial and non-financial firms. This dissertation aims to explain how IRS works in practice, and in what way companies may use them to change their cash-flows. The dissertation depicts the benefits, and some obstacles, that firms can expect from using those derivatives as hedging instruments. Furthermore, it describes and discusses the recent European regulations concerning over-the-counter derivatives, regarding interest rate swaps in particular |
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