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Business Definition for: asset swap
asset swap

exchange of one asset for another, often done to improve the quality of a bank's loan portfolio by, for example, converting a fixed rate asset into an asset with a floating rate. There are numerous examples: converting a eurobond into a synthetic floating rate note through an exchange of interest payments; an exchange of one commodity for another, as in a commodity swap; or a debt for equity swap

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