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(IRO).
(IRO).
An option relating to interest rates.
An option relating to interest rates.


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More commonly in practice the option is cash-settled based on the difference between the option strike rate and the current market rate.
More commonly in practice the option is cash-settled based on the difference between the option strike rate and the current market rate.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Interest rate guarantee]]
* [[Interest rate guarantee]]
* [[Option]]
* [[Option]]


[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Latest revision as of 13:53, 9 October 2013

(IRO).

An option relating to interest rates.

Historically this was the right but not the obligation to borrow/lend a specified amount at a specified rate for a specified period.

More commonly in practice the option is cash-settled based on the difference between the option strike rate and the current market rate.


See also