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Liquidity swaps typically refer to transactions which effect a liquidity transformation between:
In relation to derivative financial instruments, an outright is one which commits both parties to the contracted exchange at maturity.
: an insurer (which has plenty of liquidity) and
: a bank (which is temporarily short of liquidity).


Examples include forward foreign exchange contracts, and forward rate agreements.


This is usually done by exchanging high-credit quality, liquid assets such as gilts held by the insurer, with illiquid or less liquid assets, such as asset-backed securities (ABS) held by the bank.


Outright instruments are contrasted with options.


==See also==
Under an option, one of the parties has a choice about whether to make the exchange at maturity, and will only do so if it is in their interests to do so at the time, based on prevailing market prices.
*[[Asset backed securities]]
*[[Collateral swap]]
*[[Liquidity]]
*[[Liquidity insurance]]
*[[Repo]]
*[[Securities Financing Transaction Regulation]]
*[[Sterling Monetary Framework]]
*[[Stress]]


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[[Category:Liquidity_management]]
== See also ==
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[Forward foreign exchange contract]]
* [[Option]]

Revision as of 14:12, 21 May 2015

In relation to derivative financial instruments, an outright is one which commits both parties to the contracted exchange at maturity.

Examples include forward foreign exchange contracts, and forward rate agreements.


Outright instruments are contrasted with options.

Under an option, one of the parties has a choice about whether to make the exchange at maturity, and will only do so if it is in their interests to do so at the time, based on prevailing market prices.


See also