CME Group Inc. is a prominent global markets company, composed of four principal exchanges— the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), and the Commodity Exchange (COMEX)—enabling investors and traders to hedge and tap into risk management assets and strategies.
An Interest Rate Swap (IRS) is a contractual agreement between two counterparties to exchange periodic payments based on a notional principal amount, typically involving the exchange of a fixed-rate payment stream for a floating-rate payment stream.
