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Latest revision as of 08:06, 27 March 2024
- An option which effectively establishes a maximum worst case hedged rate or price for a cash outflow or a liability, while allowing the holder of the cap to retain the potential benefit of more favourable lower market rates or prices. In the case of a commodity, the cap would be a call option over the commodity.
- The hedged expense profile achieved by the combination of a cap option with the underlying exposure.
- A risk management arrangement whereby limits are placed on the positions that participants in an interbank funds transfer system can incur during the business day.
