June 2005
SPOTLIGHT
FINCAD Launches New Corporate Identity
» Learn why FinancialCAD Corporation has re-branded its name to FINCAD and what it means to FINCAD customers.
Callable Range Accrual Notes
If interest rates do not rise as far or as fast
as the market predicts, an investor can earn an enhanced return by investing
in a range accrual note.
» Learn more about callable range accrual notes and how
to value them using FINCAD XL Version 8.1
FEATURED INSTRUMENT
Total Return Swaps
A total return swap is a means of transferring the total economic exposure, including both market and credit risk, of the underlying asset. Learn more about total return swaps are and how to price the total return leg on equities, bonds and custom structures.
FEATURED TIP
Asset Swaps
Asset swaps are used to fulfill a variety of goals but are generally undertaken to transform the character of an investor’s asset. Learn more about asset swaps and how to value asset swaps using FINCAD XL Version 8.1.
DEVELOPER'S CORNER
Debugging with XLOPER
This article provides source code for a macro which can be useful when searching for data problems that relate to input tables. This may interest C or C++ developers working on the Microsoft Windows platform in a Visual Studio development environment. Read more
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