Understanding Deliverable Swap Futures

 
By CME Group - Tue Feb 19 09:12:00 CST 2013 CT
Related Keywords: Interest Rates, Clearing Services, Strategies & Techniques
 
Understanding Deliverable Swap Futures

Swap Exposure with the Benefits of a Futures Contract

CME Group continues to offer risk management solutions that help investors and asset managers navigate volatile conditions in the capital market. Among those tools are Deliverable Swap Futures (DSF) contracts, which are intended to provide a liquid means of managing rate exposure.

DSFs offer the opportunity to trade actual interest rate swaps on a forward basis with the financial protections attendant to a standard futures contract. As such, DSFs blend the advantages of trading both futures and over-the-counter (OTC) derivative instruments in a consolidated package.

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