Total return swap (TRS) structure diagram


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Total return swap (TRS) structure diagram


Published by a UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Banking & Finance expert

Practice notes
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How does a total return swap work?

  1. •

    The TRS payer (protection seller) is, for example, a bank, A, and the TRS receiver (protection buyer) is, for example, a hedge fund, insurance company, pension scheme, UCITS or other investment fund, B.

  2. •

    A holds the reference asset on its balance sheet.

  3. •

    A agrees to buy

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