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
