An FX swap agreement is a contract in which one party borrows one currency curve, and curve lends another to, the second party. Each party uses the repayment obligation to its counterparty as collateral and the amount of repayment is fixed at the FX forward rate as of the start of the contract. FX swaps have been employed to raise foreign currencies, both for financial institutions and their customers, including exporters and importers, as well curve institutional investors who wish to hedge their positions. They are also frequently used for speculative trading, typically by combining two offsetting positions with different original maturities. FX swaps are most liquid at terms shorter than one year, but transactions with longer maturities have been increasing in recent years. For comprehensive data on recent developments curve turnover and outstanding in FX swaps and crosscurrency swaps, see BIS A cross-currency basis swap agreement is a contract in which one party borrows one currency from another party and simultaneously lends the same value, at current spot rates, of a second currency to that party. The parties involved in basis swaps tend to be financial institutions, either acting on their own or as agents for non-financial corporations. Though the structure of cross-currency basis swaps differs from FX swaps, the former basically serve the same economic purpose as the latter, except for the exchange of floating rates during the contract term. Cross-currency basis swaps have been employed to fund foreign currency investments, both by financial institutions and their customers, including multinational corporations engaged in foreign swap investment. They have also been used as a tool for converting swap of liabilities, particularly by issuers of bonds denominated in curve currencies. Mirroring the tenor of the transactions they are meant to fund, most cross-currency basis swaps are long-term, generally ranging between one and 30 years in maturity. This website requires javascript for proper use. Twitter YouTube RSS BIS alerts Sitemap FAQ Contact Log out. Research at the BIS BIS authors Annual Report Quarterly Review BIS Papers Working Papers Committee publications About committee publications Swap Committee on Banking Supervision Committee on the Global Financial System Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Markets Committee Conferences Asian Office research About Asian Office research Research curve Conferences Research network Americas Office research About Americas Office research Research papers Conferences Research swap Working Group on Financial Stability Study Group on Markets and CB Operations Other publications Discontinued papers series. Extract from pages of BIS Quarterly Review, March An FX swap agreement is a contract in which one party borrows one currency from, and simultaneously lends another to, the second party. The spillover of money market turbulence to FX swap and cross-currency swap markets. Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Curve Jun Mar Swap Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Swap Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Swap Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Dec Sep Curve Mar Dec Sep Jun Mar Nov Aug Jun Feb Nov Aug Jun Mar Nov Aug Swap Mar Dec Sep Jun Feb Nov Curve About Sitemap FAQ Contact Careers Translations. Legal Terms and conditions Copyright and permissions Disclaimers Privacy policy Swap scam warning. Follow us Twitter YouTube RSS BIS alerts Log out.
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