Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)

Opis produktu

A Forward Rate Agreement (FRA) is a transaction where the future fixed interest rate is set for a pre-defined interest period (the FRA period), starting at a pre-agreed future date.

FRAs, as with IRS (Interest Rate Swaps) are instruments, which may be used to hedge both the risk of increase as well as decrease of market rates in the currency. As opposed to IRS, a FRA is a short-term instrument, which hedges only a single interest period.

Benefits

Customer benefits:

• FRA permits the buyer to hedge the risk of interest rate increase in the short and medium term by setting a fixed cost of financing for the interest period
• FRA permits the seller to hedge risk of decrease of interest rate in the short and medium term by setting a fixed interest inflow for the interest period
• Subject to hedging may be interest liabilities expressed in any currency from the FX Rates Table
• Setting a fixed cost of financing ensures predictability of the investment yield. The transaction may be concluded for the entire duration of the liability by concluding a series of FRAs
• Concluding FRAs does not require making changes in the already functioning loan or lease agreements (FRA is non-balance sheet instrument)
  

Risks

• Valuation of a FRA during its existence may be negative with respect to current levels of market interest rates (spot and forward) in transaction currencies, which means that in case of prematurely closing a FRA this amount becomes the Customer's liability due to the Bank
• If in the interest period the level of variable reference rate is lower than the agreed level of FRA rate, the FRA buyer will suffer a loss resulting from negative interest differences and will thus be obligated to pay to the FRA seller the amount of settlement of FRA interest differences

Risk description is provided in „Description of risks associated with financial instruments and products offered in the Biznes and Corporate Banking Segment in Bank Millennium S.A.", as available in the Bank's outlets and on the Bank Web site www.bankmillennium.pl.

Additional information

If you are interested in treasury products please contact a Relationship Manager in the nearest Regional Corporate Centre or call a Product Specialist/Dealer:

Bydgoszcz, phone: (52) 325 94 22 / (22) 598 20 20
Gdańsk, phone: (58) 307 91 29, (58) 307 91 02 / (22) 598 20 25, (22) 598 50 54
Katowice, phone: (32) 784 08 28 / (22) 598 20 31, (22) 598 50 61
Kraków, phone: (12) 620 71 40, (22) 598 50 56, (22) 598 20 23
Lublin, phone: (81) 531 77 45 / (22) 598 20 27
Łódź, phone: (42) 631 70 30 / (22) 598 50 50
Poznań, phone: (61) 885 69 75 / (22) 598 50 57, (22) 598 20 23
Szczecin, phone: (22) 598 50 55
Warszawa, phone: (22) 598 50 63 / (22) 598 50 64, (22) 598 20 22, (22) 598 20 29
Wrocław, phone: (71) 370 41 94 / (22) 598 20 05, (22) 598 50 53

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