2. Origin of swaps
Swaps market can traced
to the late 1970, British
controls on the movement
of foreign currency. The
1st interest rate swap
occurred in
1981agrement b/w IBM &
World Bank.
3. An interest rate swap
is a contractual
agreement entered
into b/w two
counterparties under
which each agrees to
make periodic
payment to the other
for an agreed period
of time