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ly have lower margin requirements in parison.Paulson說,掉期期貨可能會吸引一些信用評級較低的企業(yè)參與,當(dāng)這類企業(yè)交易雙邊互換,它們會被銀行要求提供擔(dān)保或者相應(yīng)的信用支持。清算的產(chǎn)品可能實際需要較低的保證金。The CME says cleared interestrate swaps and swaps futures provide distinct advantages. A listed market is highly transparent, for one. These products also eliminate bank counterparty credit risk and are much more liquid than OTC derivatives, says Sean Tully, global head of interest rates at CME Group.“When a corporate does a trade with a single bank, it’s really a bespoke contract — not just on the date and the size, but on the two counterparties. So it’s pletely dependent upon their creditworthiness(依賴于信譽),” says Tully. With a futures contract or a cleared swap, “you have a fungible instrument that you can get multiple parties to price if you ever want to exit the transaction,” he says.To exit a bilateral swap, in contrast, a pany would have to either enter into a contract that offsets the original OTC instrument or try selling the swap back to the bank or a third party. “In general, terminating the swap creates difficulty, friction, and