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Any method of paying interest that is periodically refixed in line with the current market rate.
(LFL).


Floating rate interest is not fixed for the life of the issue, but is periodically reset according to a predetermined formula.
'Like for like' is a basis of comparison - usually of revenues - which seeks to exclude the effects of growth by acquisition or of any disposals.


Floating rate debt, for example, carries an interest rate which will vary as market interest rates vary.
The like for like comparison only takes account of activities which were in existence during both of the periods being compared.


(There is a time lag between the setting of the rate for each tranche of interest at the ''start'' of the interest calculation period, and its payment at the ''end'' of the interest period.)
 
Like for like comparisons should be treated with care, as the selection and presentation of relevant ongoing activities for comparison may involve a degree subjectivity on the part of the management whose performance is being reported on.
 
Management may - consciously or unconsciously - be influenced to present figures in a way that reflect well on its own performance.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Basis swap]]
* [[Profit]]
* [[Drop-lock bond]]
* [[Revenue]]
* [[Exposure period]]
* [[Sales]]
* [[Fixed rate]]
* [[Turnover]]
* [[Floating exchange rate system]]
* [[Underlying]]
* [[Floating rate payer]]

Revision as of 05:42, 22 August 2017

(LFL).

'Like for like' is a basis of comparison - usually of revenues - which seeks to exclude the effects of growth by acquisition or of any disposals.

The like for like comparison only takes account of activities which were in existence during both of the periods being compared.


Like for like comparisons should be treated with care, as the selection and presentation of relevant ongoing activities for comparison may involve a degree subjectivity on the part of the management whose performance is being reported on.

Management may - consciously or unconsciously - be influenced to present figures in a way that reflect well on its own performance.


See also