Interest rate hedging swap
Interest rate swaps provide a way for businesses to hedge their exposure to changes in interest rates. If a company believes long-term interest rates are likely to rise, it can hedge its exposure to interest rate changes by exchanging its floating rate payments for fixed rate payments. An interest rate swap is a financial derivative that companies use to exchange interest rate payments with each other. Swaps are useful when one company wants to receive a payment with a variable interest rate, while the other wants to limit future risk by receiving a fixed-rate payment instead.