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A fixed-income instrument that has a floating coupon rate that is usually a product of the reference, or index, and a leverage factor of less than one. The reference rate used for such floaters is usually a widely referenced benchmark such as LIBOR, treasury rate or the federal funds rate. As an example, consider a deleveraged floater with quarterly coupon payments based on the federal funds rate and a leverage factor of 0.6, with a margin of 1%.
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