Transaction structures for issuing inflation-linked securities are
disclosed. According to various embodiments, the transaction structure
includes an entity purchasing fixed income securities issued by an
issuer. The fixed income securities may have been previously issued by
the issuer as part of a single, previous offering by the issuer or they
could be newly issued by the issuer to the entity. The method also
includes the entity and a swap counterparty entering into an inflation
swap agreement. The inflation swap agreement obligates the entity to make
periodic fixed payments to the swap counterparty in exchange for periodic
floating payments from the swap counterparty dependent upon an inflation
index, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The method further
comprises issuing, by the entity, inflation-linked securities to
investors. The inflation-linked securities, which may be bonds, may have
a principal amount and/or an interest rate that is indexed to the
inflation index.