It stands for at-the-money swap; a swap in which the present value of the net fixed-rate payments is equal to the net present...
A short form of out-of-the-money swap; a swap in which the present value of the net fixed-rate payments exceeds the net...
An acronym for credit default swap; a swap agreement that gives the holder the right to sell a contractual obligation (bond, loan) for...
A credit default swap (CDS) option that grants the holder the right to buy credit protection on a specific reference entity during a predetermined future...
A low exercise price option, which is, by definition, a call option with an exercise price initially set deep in-the-money....
It stands for leverage-adjusted duration gap ; a duration gap measure that takes into account a bank's overall exposure to interest rate...
It stands for book value; broadly speaking, it refers to the historical cost of an entity's assets (total assets) minus...
A financial ratio that relates assets to owners' equity. It is a measure of the proportion of total assets financed by a...
A tool that measures the calculated or implied mid-rate volatility for an ATM option for a specific expiration date. In...
It stands for fair value; the price / exchange price (an amount measured in currency units- CUs) at which an...