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== See also ==
== See also ==
 
* [[Break clause]]
*[[Interest rate swap]]
*[[Interest rate swap]]
*[[Swap]]
*[[Swap]]


[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Latest revision as of 06:12, 6 November 2023

Risk management.

Swap break clauses give the right to a bank as the seller to call for termination or re-pricing periodically during the life of a long term swap.

They were initially sold as a means of managing the fixed rate leg of a long term interest rate swap because banks could price the long term swaps as medium term deals based on the time period to the next break date.


Post-2008 regulation means they now carry a capital cost for banks and termination or re-pricing has been known to be called by the bank.


See also