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Debt swap
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Debt swap
A set of transactions in which a firm buys a country's dollar bank debt at a discount and swaps this debt with the central bank for local currency that it can use to acquire local equity. Also called a debt-equity swap.
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All debt swaps were implemented at a discount rate of 50 percent.
Jordan, Germany sign new debt swap agreement by The Star (Amman, Jordan)
A Brief History of Debt Swaps Although the type of debt exchange under discussion involves bonds selling at a premium, it is important to appreciate that the events leading up to it involved discount, rather than premium, bonds.
Premium debt swaps: the best of both worlds? by Kalotay, Andrew; Abreo, Leslie / Financial Management
Although it is not a panacea for the country's debt burden - estimated at over five billion dollars - the debt swaps have provided Madagascar with the resources with which to fund conservation programmes.
Swapping nature for debt by Samboma, Julian / African Business
 
 
 
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