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The former Central Securities Depository for the UK market and Irish equities, now owned and operated by Euroclear UK & Ireland Ltd.
Simultaneously borrowing and depositing in two different currencies and dealing a forward foreign exchange contract between the same currency pair to cover the related foreign exchange exposure.


Covered interest arbitrage activity normally results in the rapid alignment of the forward foreign exchange rate with the related interest rates, as predicted by Interest rate parity theory.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Central securities depository]]
* [[Arbitrage]]
* [[Euroclear]]
* [[Covered position]]
* [[CHAPS]]
* [[Interest rate parity]]
* [[CHAPS Co]]
* [[Uncovered interest arbitrage]]
* [[CREST]]


[[Category:Cash_management]]

Revision as of 14:19, 23 October 2012

Simultaneously borrowing and depositing in two different currencies and dealing a forward foreign exchange contract between the same currency pair to cover the related foreign exchange exposure.

Covered interest arbitrage activity normally results in the rapid alignment of the forward foreign exchange rate with the related interest rates, as predicted by Interest rate parity theory.

See also