medium · FRM Part 1 Financial Markets and Products
At the inception of a plain-vanilla interest rate swap, which statement is correct?
- A swap has zero net value at inception, so neither side books it as an asset.
- If rates fall, the floating-rate payer actually benefits from smaller owed payments.
- Because the swap is priced at-the-market at inception, no upfront premium changes hands at all.
- The present value of the fixed-rate leg equals the present value of the floating-rate leg.
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