FTB-C000186 / Market data field

Cash Rate

A cash rate is the declared rate used to model the return on a cash or financing component.

Also known ascash return ratecash benchmark rate

Intermediate 4 linked topicsPublished

Definitions

In plain terms

A volatility-control index may allocate part of its exposure to a cash component whose return follows this rate.

Technical

The field requires currency, source, tenor, observation and effective times, day count, compounding, spread, calendar, missing-fixing policy, and publication lineage.

Scope

Cash is not universally risk-free, and different strategies select different rates.

Examples

  • A governed methodology records cash rate with its source, cutoff, units, parameters, and effective version.

Common misconceptions

  • Cash Rate does not have one universal implementation without the declared methodology, data basis, and constraints.

Concept relationships

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Where this concept is used

Evidence and governance

  1. S&P Risk Control 2.0 Indices Methodology S&P Dow Jones Indices · first party methodology

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: Authoritative for the named index family; it does not create a universal volatility-control formula or investment result.

  2. Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract

    Supports: variant distinction

    Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.

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Last reviewed
2026-07-27
Next review
2027-07-27
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