Posts by Keval Shah
What is Leveraged Buyout and how does it works?
LEVERAGED BUYOUT
A leveraged buyout (LBO) is the acquisition of a company, division, business, or collection of assets (“target”) using...
Covid-19 Impact on Hotels and Tourism
Covid-19 Impact on Hotels and Tourism
HOTELS
“In terms of our business, Covid-19 is like nothing we’ve ever seen before”, remarked Arn...
What is Straight Through Processing?
What is Straight Through Processing?
Straight-through Processing ("STP") is a mechanism that automates the end-to-end processing of tra...
What is Netting?
What is netting?
A method of reducing credit, settlement, and other risks of financial contracts by aggregating (combining) two or m...
Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol Messaging
Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol Messaging
What is FIX?
The Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol is a set of mes...
HOW ASSET-BACKED CREDIT-LINKED NOTES WORKS
HOW DOES ASSET-BACKED CREDIT-LINKED NOTES (CLN) WORKS
INTRODUCTION
Credit derivatives are categorized into funded and unfunded.
I...
What is Merger Arbitrage Strategy
What is Merger Arbitrage?
Merger arbitrage, also known as risk arbitrage, is an event-driven strategy mainly undertaken by hedge fu...
How does Funding Maturity Gap affect Banks?
What is the Funding Maturity Gap?
A bank funding substantial long term assets like a fixed-rate mortgage or long term infrastructure...
How does Cross Margin Agreement Works?
How does Cross Margin Agreement Works?
What is Cross Margining?
Margin means to pay cash as collateral to cover credit risk when bu...