Interest Rate Swap. A vehicle to hedge against interest rate risk

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1,3, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: Every action involves risks. This applies to companies operating in the market and also in particular to credit institutions whose raison d'être lies in the assumption of risks. Risk in the literal sense is grounded in a lack of awareness of the poss...