Total Return Swaps definition

Total Return Swaps means total return swaps as defined by the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation. “UCITS” means undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities that are established in
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Total Return Swaps means 'total return swaps' as such term is defined in accordance with SFTR.
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Total Return Swaps means total return swaps as defined by the UK SFTR;
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Examples of Total Return Swaps in a sentence

  • A Sub-Fund may enter Total Return Swaps with banks or other financial counterparties which may take the form of swaps of any kind, including CFDs, portfolio swaps, index swaps, credit default swaps and variance and volatility swaps, any kind of option, warrant, forward and future transaction and any other kind of derivative in accordance with its investment objectives.

  • Where specified in Annex A in respect of the relevant Sub-Fund, such Sub-Fund may use Securities Financing Transactions and / or Total Return Swaps in accordance with normal market practice and subject to the requirements of the SFTR and the requirements of the FMA.

  • In case a Sub-Fund conducts transactions with Total Return Swaps, this is disclosed in the relevant section of the Sub-Fund supplement of the Special Part.

  • Counterparties of the Sub-Funds for Total Return Swaps are normally credit and financial services institutions established in one EEA Member State or in one OECD Member State.

  • The respective counterparty cannot influence the composition or management of the investment portfolios of the Sub-Funds or the underlyings of the Total Return Swaps.

  • Where specified in Annex A in respect of the relevant Sub-Fund, Total Return Swaps may be entered into for any purpose that is consistent with the investment objective and policy of such Sub-Fund, including efficient portfolio management (such as hedging purposes or the reduction of portfolio expenses), speculative purposes (in order to increase income and profits for the portfolio), or to gain exposure to certain markets.

  • Changes in overall market leverage, deleveraging as a consequence of a decision by the counterparties with which a Sub-Fund enters into SFTs, such as repurchase/reverse repurchase agreements, or derivative transactions, including Total Return Swaps, to reduce the level of leverage available, or the liquidation by other market participants of the same or similar positions, may also adversely affect the Sub-Fund’s portfolio.

  • Total Return Swaps: In particular, up to a limit of 50% of its net assets, the sub-fund may use Total Return Swaps.

  • Subject to each Fund's investment objective and polices, there is no limit on the proportion of assets that may be subject to Securities Financing Transactions and Total Return Swaps and therefore the maximum and expected proportion of a Fund's assets that can be subject to Securities Financing Transactions or Total Return Swaps can be as much as 100%, i.e. all of the assets of the relevant Fund.

  • In certain circumstances these proportions may be higher.The Sub-Fund’s Assets and the collateral received by the relevant Sub-Fund in relation to OTC Derivatives (including Total Return Swaps) are safe-kept by the Depositary and its sub- custodians/correspondents in a segregated manner.


More Definitions of Total Return Swaps

Total Return Swaps means total return swaps as defined by the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation;
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Total Return Swaps has the meaning set forth in Clause 9.7.2.
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Related to Total Return Swaps

  • Total Return Swap means an agreement between counterparties in which one party agrees to make payments of the total return from underlying asset(s), which may include securities, baskets of securities, or securities indices during the specified period, in return for payments equal to a fixed or floating rate of interest or the total return from other underlying asset(s).

  • Total Return means the annual compounded rate of return for an investment fund for a period that would equate the initial value to the redeemable value at the end of the period, expressed as a percentage, and determined by applying the following formula:

  • annual return means the return required to be made in the case of a company having a share capital, under section 132 and in the case of a company not having a share capital, under section 133;

  • Return on Invested Capital for a period shall mean earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization divided by the difference of total assets less non-interest bearing current liabilities.

  • Rental Return Date means the return date listed on the car rental agreement.

  • Return on Equity means the percentage equal to the Company’s Net Income divided by average stockholder’s equity, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

  • Return on Sales means the percentage equal to the Company’s or a business unit’s Operating Income before incentive compensation, divided by the Company’s or the business unit’s, as applicable, revenue, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

  • Forward Hedge Price means, for any Forward Contract, the product of (x) an amount equal to one (1) minus the Forward Hedge Selling Commission Rate for such Forward Contract; and (y) the Volume-Weighted Hedge Price.

  • Adjusted Cash Flow for any fiscal year shall mean Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such fiscal year (after provision for taxes) plus the amount of all net non-cash charges (including, without limitation, depreciation, deferred tax expense, non-cash interest expense, amortization and other non-cash charges) that were deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, minus the amount of all non-cash gains and gains from sales of assets (other than sales of inventory and equipment in the normal course of business) that were added in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year.

  • Adjusted Operating Income for each year in the Performance Period is defined as the Company’s net income from continuing operations as reported in the Company’s financial statements (including accompanying footnotes and management’s discussion and analysis), adjusted as set forth in the immediately following sentence. In calculating Adjusted Operating Income, net income from continuing operations shall be adjusted as follows: first (A) remove the after-tax effects of the following items: (i) losses (net of reinsurance) from catastrophes (as designated by the Insurance Service Office’s Property Claims Service Group, the Lloyd’s Claim Office, Swiss Reinsurance Company’s sigma report, or a comparable report or organization generally recognized by the insurance industry, and reported by the Company as a catastrophe); asbestos and environmental reserve charges (or releases); net realized investment gains or losses in the fixed maturities and real estate portfolios; and (ii) extraordinary items, the cumulative effect of accounting changes and federal income tax rate changes, and restructuring charges, each as defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and each as reported in the Company’s financial statements (including accompanying footnotes and management’s discussion and analysis); (B) reduced, as to the first year in the Performance Period (20XX), by $XXXXXX, as to the second year in the Performance Period (20XX), by $XXXXXX times the ratio of: the Company’s 20XX consolidated personal lines homeowners net written premium plus commercial lines property net written premium plus 50% of commercial lines multi peril net written premium divided by the Company’s 20XX consolidated personal lines homeowners net written premium plus commercial lines property net written premium plus 50% of commercial lines multi peril net written premium, and as to the third year in the Performance Period (20XX), by $XXXXXX times the ratio of: the Company’s 20XX consolidated personal lines homeowners net written premium plus commercial lines property net written premium plus 50% of commercial lines multi peril net written premium divided by the Company’s 20XX consolidated personal lines homeowners net written premium plus commercial lines property net written premium plus 50% of commercial lines multi peril net written premium; and (C) reduced by an amount intended, as of the date of this award, to approximate historical levels of credit losses (on an after-tax basis) associated with the Company’s fixed income investments, determined by (i) multiplying a fixed factor, expressed as 2.25 basis points, by the amortized cost of the Company’s fixed maturity investment portfolio at the beginning of each quarter during the relevant year in the Performance Period and (ii) adding the after-tax sum of the amounts resulting from (i) for such year in the Performance Period.

  • Total risk-based capital ratio means the Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the appropriate Regulatory Authority as from time to time in effect, and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Regulatory Authority relating thereto.

  • Adjusted Capital means the sum of (i) cumulative gross proceeds generated from issuances of the Shares (including the Company's distribution reinvestment plan), less (ii) distributions to investors that represent a return of capital and amounts paid for share repurchases pursuant to the Company's share repurchase program. For purposes of computing the Incentive Fee, the calculation methodology will look through derivatives or swaps as if the Company owned the reference assets directly. Therefore, net interest, if any, associated with a derivative or swap (which represents the difference between (i) the interest income and fees received in respect of the reference assets of the derivative or swap and (ii) the interest expense paid by the Company to the derivative or swap counterparty) will be included in the calculation of quarterly pre-incentive fee net investment income for purposes of the Incentive Fee. The calculation of the Incentive Fee for each quarter is as follows: · No Incentive Fee shall be payable to the Advisor in any calendar quarter in which the Company's pre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the preferred return rate of 1.50% (6.0% annualized) (the "Preferred Return") on Adjusted Capital. · 100% of the Company's pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the Preferred Return, but is less than or equal to 1.715% in any calendar quarter (6.86% annualized) shall be payable to the Advisor. This portion of the Company's pre-incentive fee net investment income is referred to as the "catch-up." The "catch-up" provision is intended to provide the Advisor with an incentive fee of 12.5% on all of the Company's pre-incentive fee net investment income in any calendar quarter when the Company's pre-incentive fee net investment income reaches 1.715% in such calendar quarter (6.86% annualized). · 12.5% of the amount of the Company's pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 1.715% in any calendar quarter (6.86% annualized) shall be payable to the Advisor once the Preferred Return is reached and the catch-up has been achieved (12.5% of the Company's pre-incentive fee net investment income thereafter shall be allocated to the Advisor).

  • SIFMA Municipal Swap Index means the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Index, or such other weekly, high-grade index comprised of seven-day, tax-exempt variable rate demand notes produced by Bloomberg or its successor, or as otherwise designated by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association; provided, however, that if such index is no longer produced by Bloomberg or its successor, then SIFMA Municipal Swap Index shall mean (i) the S&P Municipal Bond 7 Day High Grade Rate Index produced by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or its successors or (ii) if the S&P Municipal Bond 7 Day High Grade Rate Index is no longer produced, such other reasonably comparable index selected in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund.]

  • Operating Income means the Company’s or a business unit’s income from operations but excluding any unusual items, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

  • Total Open-End Mutual Fund Average Net Assets means the average of all of the determinations of the aggregate net assets of all open-end funds sponsored by Xxxxxx Management (excluding the net assets of such funds investing in, or invested in by, other such funds, such as Xxxxxx RetirementReady® Funds and Xxxxxx Money Market Liquidity Fund, to the extent necessary to avoid "double-counting" of such net assets) at the close of business on each business day during each month while the Management Contract is in effect.

  • Return on Assets means the percentage equal to the Company’s or a business unit’s Operating Income before incentive compensation, divided by average net Company or business unit, as applicable, assets, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

  • Swaps means, with respect to any Person, payment obligations with respect to interest rate swaps, currency swaps and similar obligations obligating such Person to make payments, whether periodically or upon the happening of a contingency. For the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of the obligation under any Swap shall be the amount determined in respect thereof as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of such Person, based on the assumption that such Swap had terminated at the end of such fiscal quarter, and in making such determination, if any agreement relating to such Swap provides for the netting of amounts payable by and to such Person thereunder or if any such agreement provides for the simultaneous payment of amounts by and to such Person, then in each such case, the amount of such obligation shall be the net amount so determined.

  • Forward Hedge Amount means, for any Forward, the amount specified as such in the Placement Notice for such Forward (as amended by the corresponding Acceptance, if applicable), which amount shall be the target Aggregate Sales Price of the Forward Hedge Securities to be sold by the Forward Seller or an Alternative Forward Seller in respect of such Forward, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the Alternative Distribution Agreement, as applicable.

  • Current Return means the minimum fair combined rate of return on common equity required for

  • S&P 500 means the S&P 500 Index. This product is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s.

  • Fully Diluted Weighted Average Basis means, when calculating the number of Outstanding Units for any period, a basis that includes (a) the weighted average number of Outstanding Units during such period plus (b) all Partnership Interests and Derivative Partnership Interests (i) that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Units or for which Units are issuable, in each case that are senior to or pari passu with the Subordinated Units, (ii) whose conversion, exercise or exchange price, if any, is less than the Current Market Price on the date of such calculation, (iii) that may be converted into or exercised or exchanged for such Units prior to or during the Quarter immediately following the end of the period for which the calculation is being made without the satisfaction of any contingency beyond the control of the holder other than the payment of consideration and the compliance with administrative mechanics applicable to such conversion, exercise or exchange and (iv) that were not converted into or exercised or exchanged for such Units during the period for which the calculation is being made; provided, however, that for purposes of determining the number of Outstanding Units on a Fully Diluted Weighted Average Basis when calculating whether the Subordination Period has ended or Subordinated Units are entitled to convert into Common Units pursuant to Section 5.7, such Partnership Interests and Derivative Partnership Interests shall be deemed to have been Outstanding Units only for the four Quarters that comprise the last four Quarters of the measurement period; provided, further, that if consideration will be paid to any Group Member in connection with such conversion, exercise or exchange, the number of Units to be included in such calculation shall be that number equal to the difference between (x) the number of Units issuable upon such conversion, exercise or exchange and (y) the number of Units that such consideration would purchase at the Current Market Price.

  • Adjusted EPS means earnings per share further adjusted for share-based payments, amortization of acquired intangible assets, items outside the normal scope of our ordinary activities (including other items, within selling, general and administrative expenses, losses/(gains) on items held at fair value and remeasurements through profit and loss, impairment losses on tangible assets, and impairment losses on intangible assets) and the related tax effects of these adjustments. Adjusted EPS provides a basis for comparison of our business operations between current, past and future periods by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted EPS may not be comparable to other similarly titled metrics of other companies.

  • Investment Return means the investment return payable in respect of the Bond in accordance with Clause 5 Returns.

  • Credit Support Amount has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3.

  • TSR means total shareholder return.

  • Invested Capital means the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of Shares purchased by Stockholders by the issue price at the time of such purchase, reduced by the portion of any Distribution that is attributable to Net Sales Proceeds and by any amounts paid by the Company to repurchase Shares pursuant to the Company’s plan for the repurchase of Shares.