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(ISDA).  
1.
A term used in foreign exchange rate quotation.


The industry body responsible, among other things, for standardising swap documentation.
Consider the historical FX quote of 1 GBP = USD 1.4598 - 1.4602.
The base currency is GBP.


The terms of swaps are normally governed by a minimum of two documents: a Master Agreement (often referred to simply as an ‘ISDA’) and a confirmation of the specific details of a particular trade (the ‘confirmation’).
The inversion of this FX quote means expressing the same price, but with the other currency as the base currency (USD here).


So 1 USD = GBP [1/1.4602] - [1/1.4598]


The International Swaps and Derivatives Association was formerly the International Swap Dealers Association.  
1 USD = GBP 0.6848 - 0.6850.


2.
In any market, the reversal of a normal - or commonly expected - relationship.
For example the situation of an Inverse yield curve, where longer maturities of funds are trading at LOWER yields than shorter-dated maturities (being the opposite of the normally expected upward-sloping relationship).


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Credit default swap]]
* [[Base currency]]
* [[Credit support annex]]
* [[Foreign exchange]]
* [[GFMA]]
* [[Inverse quote]]
* [[ISDA/IIFM Tahawwut Master Agreement]]
* [[Inverse yield curve]]
 
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Revision as of 14:33, 28 May 2013

1. A term used in foreign exchange rate quotation.

Consider the historical FX quote of 1 GBP = USD 1.4598 - 1.4602. The base currency is GBP.

The inversion of this FX quote means expressing the same price, but with the other currency as the base currency (USD here).

So 1 USD = GBP [1/1.4602] - [1/1.4598]

1 USD = GBP 0.6848 - 0.6850.

2. In any market, the reversal of a normal - or commonly expected - relationship.

For example the situation of an Inverse yield curve, where longer maturities of funds are trading at LOWER yields than shorter-dated maturities (being the opposite of the normally expected upward-sloping relationship).

See also