Forward rate agreement (FRA)
agreement to borrow or lend at a specified future date at an interest rate
that is fixed today.
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A forward rate agreement (FRA) is a cash-settled forward contract on a short-term loan. For example, a 25 FRA is a 2-month forward on a 3-month loan.
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Forward rate agreement (FRA)
An interest rate contract in which buyer and seller agree to exchange the difference between the current interest rate and a pre-agreed fixed rate, struck on the date of execution of the FRA contract.
Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)
A contract for borrowing or lending at a stated interest rate over a stated period that begins at some time in the future. FRAs are used by parties wishing to protect themselves against future interest-rate movements.
Forward Rate Agreements: A contract for payment or receipt of interest on a specified principal to be settled at a future date. The settlement amount is the difference between the contracted rate of interest and the market rate.
Forward Rate Agreements (FRA`s)
FRA`s are transactions that allow one to borrow/lend at a stated interest rate over a specific time period in the future.
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forward rate agreement (FRA)
A customized agreement between two parties specifying the rate to be paid at some future date. Usually tied to LIBOR.
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Forward Rate Agreement (FRA): An interbank-traded contract to buy of sell interest rate payments on a notional principal.
forward rate agreements
short-term-interest-rate futures contracts
interest rate swaps
inflation swaps
floating rate notes
syndicated loans
variable rate mortgages
currencies, especially the US dollar (see also Eurodollar).
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Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)
An FRA is a forward agreement in deposits used to hedge against or speculate in interest rate risk where delivery does not take place but where cash flow settlement occurs on the notional deposit placement day.
A forward rate agreement is method of hedging against interest rate exposure on borrowings and term deposits. It is an over the counter (OTC) cash settled agreement that operates in a similar way to a futures or option contract.
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FRF
The ISO 4217 currency code for the French Franc.
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Forward Rate Agreement Abbreviated as FRA, which refers to a forward contract that specifies an interest... forward sale An agreement in which a lender sells a specific stream of future payment flows...
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The LIBOR came in to being in 1984 as banks began actively trading in various new financial instruments, such as foreign currency options, interest rate swaps and things like forward rate agreements.
A rate that Indian banks and other derivative market participants used as a benchmark for setting prices on forward rate agreements and interest rate derivatives.
FRA - forward rate agreement
FRN - floating rate note
FSA - financial services act (UK)
FSA - forward spread agreement
FTA - Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam (Netherlands, derivatives exchange in Amsterdam) ...
 See also: Forward rate, Interest rate swap, Banks, Yield curve, Counterparty
  
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