What is floating leg?Floating Leg
The cash flows in a swap that pay interest at a floating reference rate such as SOFR.
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- Interest Rates & SwapsHedging a Floating-Rate Loan with a Swap
A company has a floating-rate loan and fears rising rates? Add a "pay fixed, receive floating" swap and the cost is locked in as fixed.
- Interest Rates & SwapsInterest Rate Swaps (IRS)
One side pays a fixed rate and the other pays a floating rate, and they exchange only the net interest. Watch the cash flows go back and forth along the timeline.
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