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Basis risk

What is left when a hedge and its loan do not match exactly. Atlas's swap and loan read the same rate, but if the screen fails they fall back to different rates. A file note records that gap. Chapter 6

Explained in Chapter 6, Trade Date: the Confirmations, Line by Line, of Derivatives.

How it comes up, in Chapter 6
What is left when a hedge and its loan do not match exactly is called basis risk. The file note records it, so nobody is surprised later.
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