Chapter 21 - Interest rate swaps, currency swaps and credit default swaps. The objectives of this chapter are: Describe the nature of a swap and explain the structure and operation of vanilla and basis interest rate swaps, understand the importance of the interest rate swap market, examine the structure of a cross-currency swap and how they can be arranged, explain the rationale for the cross-currency swap markets,. | Lecture Financial institutions, instruments and markets (7e): Chapter 21 – Viney, Phillips
