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Interest Rate Swap | Examples | Uses | Swap Curve

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Financial institutions with good credit ratings offer swap facilities to clients and charge fees from brokers. Usually, financial institutions with very high credit worthiness are the ones that offer the swap market to clients who may be investors or other financial institutions.

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What is Value at Risk (VaR)? Definition and Basics

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Example: During the 2008 Financial Crisis, many financial models based on parametric VaR underpredicted potential losses, causing significant challenges. For Capital Allocation: Banks and financial institutions use VaR to determine the amount of capital they need to hold to cover potential losses.