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Loan-linked hedging for the buy side – Part 1 (of 10): an introduction

26 July 2026 / Author(s): Jennifer B McLellan
Issue: August-September 2026 / Categories: Feature
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Across ten articles the focus is a topic notorious for its opacity: OTC derivatives  hedging floating benchmark risk for corporate borrowers. We cover significant ground arming readers step by step with the knowledge to visualise best practice documentation between a hedging bank (HedgeBK) and hedging company (HedgeCO) and negotiate terms critical for safe effective and resilient protection.
Alter starting with what can go wrong key concepts are addressed: from macro issues (the starting position of standardised ISDA-based documentation; selection...

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