Interest Rate Basics

First lesson of the Interest Derivatives course of Milano-Bicocca

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1. Discounting and Forwarding Curves Models and Implementation Interest Rate Basics Ferdinando M. Ametrano https://www.ametrano.net/about/
2. Outline 1. Interest Rates and Conventions 2. Deposits 3. Forward Rate Agreements 4. Interest Rate Futures 5. Bonds 6. Interest Rate Swaps 7. Indexes 8. Bibliography 2/97
3. Interest Rate Basics 1. Interest Rates and Conventions
4. Basic common sense observation Cash availability is a privilege To give up this privilege there must be a compensation This compensation is paid by the borrower to the lender Inflation Time value of money Current risk-free rate Liquidity preference Borrower credit worthiness 4/97
5. Interest rate Cost of borrowing is expressed as interest, a percentage of the notional (or nominal or principal amount) If you invest an amount at the end of the investment you receive + where is the interest, or equivalently × ℎ(, ) where ▪ ℎ , ≥ 1 ▪ is the loan tenor ▪ is the interest rate 5/97
6. Capitalization and Discounting (1/2) , Capitalization factor ▪ The future value (in T) of one unit of currency paid today ▪ How many units of currency received in are equivalent to 1 unit of currency received today? , Discount factor ▪ The present value (today) of one unit of currency paid at time T ▪ How many units of currency received today are equivalent to 1 unit of currency received in ? toda y T 1 ℎ(, ) toda y T 1 1 ℎ(, ) 6
7. Capitalization and Discounting (2/2) How has to be measured? ✓ Day Count Convention ✓ Business Day Convention How many types for ? ✓ Zero Rates ✓ Forward Rates ✓ Instantaneous Forward Rate How many forms for ? ✓ Simple Interest ✓ Compounded Interest ✓ Continuous Comp. Interest h , 1 2 3 7/97
8. Conventions The tenor ▪ is expressed as year fraction ▪ is defined by two dates 1 e 2 ▪ has to be measured according to a day count 8/97 Input Convention Output 1 , 2 DayCount Convention (1 , 2 ) 1 , Business Day Convention + Calendar 2
9. Day Count ISDA Convention Defines ▪ the period of time to which the interest rate applies ▪ the period of time used to calculate accrued interest (relevant when the instrument is bought of sold) ▪ Money market ◦ Actual/360 ◦ Actual/365 (fixed) - Actual/365 (actual) ◦ Actual/Actual ▪ Bond basis (corporate bond and derivatives) ◦ 30/360 (30 days month, 360 days year) ▪ Treasury ◦ Actual/Actual 9/97
10. Day Count Convention - The February Effect How many days of interest are earned between February 28, 2013 and March 1, 2013 when ▪ day count is Actual/Actual in period? ▪ day count is 30/360? 10/97
11. Business Day Convention Used to determine what business day should be used for a payment when the given date falls on a bank holiday ▪ Following [Preceding] Choose the first business day after [before] the given holiday. ▪ Modified Following [Preceding] Choose the first business day after [before] the given holiday, unless it belongs to a different month. If the first business day is in a different month, choose the first business day before [after] the holiday. ▪ End of Month When the start date of a period is on the final business day of a particular calendar month, the end date is on the final business day of the end month (not necessarily the corresponding date in the end month). 11/97
12. Simple Interest In the simplest case we have = × × + = × (1 + × ) Capitalization factor ℎ(, ) = 1 + R × Discount factor 1 ℎ , = 1 1 + × 12/97
13. Simple Interest - Examples ▪ Bond 8% Actual/Actual in period ◦ 4% is earned between coupon payment dates. Accruals on an Actual basis. When coupons are paid on March 1 and Sept 1, how much interest is earned between March 1 and April 1? ▪ Bond 8% 30/360 ◦ Assumes 30 days per month and 360 days per year. When coupons are paid on March 1 and Sept 1, how much interest is earned between March 1 and April 1? ▪ T-Bill 8% Actual/360 ◦ 8% is earned in 360 days. Accrual calculated by dividing the actual number of days in the period by 360. How much interest is earned between March 1 and April 1? 13/97
14. When we compound times per year for (1 , 2 ) years at rate an amount grows to × 1 + Usually the interest is payed ▪ At the end of the period for tenor less than 1Y ▪ Annualy for longer tenors Capitalization factor ℎ , = 1 + Discount factor 1 ℎ , = 1 + − Compounded Interest 14/97
15. Compounding frequency Interest rate payment frequency is very relevant: a montly rate has higher value than the same rate payed annually. Example = €100, = 10%, DayCount = 30/360 Compounding frequency Value of €100 in one year at 10% Annual (m=1) 110.00 Semiannual (m=2) 110.25 Quarterly (m=4) 110.38 Bimonthly (m=6) 110.43 Monthly (m=12) 110.47 Biweekly (m=26) 110.50 Weekly (m=52) 110.51 Daily (m=365) 110.52 15/97
16. Continuous Compounding In the limit as we compound more and more frequently we obtain continuously compounded interest rates. grows to lim →+∞ × 1 + = × when invested at a continuously compounded rate for time (1 , 2 ) Capitalization factor ℎ , = Discount factor 1 ℎ , = − 16/97
17. Spot and forward rates ▪ A zero (or spot) rate for maturity o is the rate of interest earned on an investment that starts accruing interests from today (= spot date) until o provides a payoff only at time (no intermediate coupons) ▪ A forward rate o is the rate of interest earned on an investment that starts accruing at a future date (> spot date). o is the future zero rate implied by today’s term structure of interest rates Example ▪ 6M spot rate ▪ 3x6 forward rate: the 3M zero rate starting in 3M 17/97
18. Spot and forward rates - Example Once upon a time... Two spot rates imply a forward rate A. Borrow 1,000,000 at 4% for 2Y. Have to pay back 1,000,000 × (1 + 4% × 2) = 1,080,000 1. Lend 1,000,000 at 3% per 1Y. Gain: 1,000,000 × (1 + 3% × 1) = 1,030,000 2. Then invest 1,030,000 for another 1Y 1,030,000 × (1 + × 1) For [A] to be equivalent to [1+2] , the 12x24 rate must be = 1,080,000 1,030,000 − 1 = 4.85% 18/97
19. Spot and forward rates - Formula (1/2) Suppose that the zero rates for time periods 1 and 2 are 1 and 2 with both rates continuously compounded The forward rate for the period between times 1 and 2 satisfies 1(0,1)(1,2) = 2(0,2) So we have = 2 (0, 2 ) − 1 (0, 1 ) (1 , 2 ) 19/97
20. Spot and forward rates - Formula (2/2) The last formula is only approximately true when rates are not expressed with continuous compounding. For example, with simple rates we have 1 + 1 1 1 + 1 , 2 = 1 + 2 2 = 1 (1 , 2 ) 1 + 2 2 1 + 1 1 − 1 = 2 2 − 1 1 (1 , 2 ) 1 + 1 1 or = 1 (1 , 2 ) 1 2 − 1 where 1 , 2 are the discount factors corresponding to rates 1 , 2 20/97
21. Spot and forward rates - Application of the Formula Year (n) Zero rate for n-year investment (% per annum) 1Y rate forward n years (% per annum) 1 3.0 2 4.0 5.0 3 4.6 5.8 4 5.0 6.2 5 5.5 7.5 21/97
22. Upward vs Downward Sloping Rate Curve ▪ For an upward sloping yield curve: > ▪ For a downward sloping yield curve < 22/97
23. The instantaneous forward rate for a maturity is the forward rate that applies for a very short time period starting at . If is the -year rate and + is the ( + )-year rate (continuous compounding) we have = lim →0 + ( + ) − + − = lim →0 + + + − = + = + = = න 0 or equivalently = 1 න 0 Instantaneous Forward Rate 23/97
24. = − = − ׬ 0 or equivalently − = = න 0 where ▪ is the discount factor ▪ is the zero rate (continuous compounding) ▪ is the instantaneous forward rate ▪ is misured according to Act/365 convention (or another strictly monotone day count…why?) We have 0 =1 ▪ < 1 for any > 0 (assuming positive interest rates) ▪ 1 > 2 if 1 < 2 (assuming positive interest rates) ▪ > 0 for any Discounts and rates 24/97
25. Treasury and Libor ▪ Treasury rates: rates on instruments issued by a government in its own currency. ▪ LIBOR rate: the rate of interest at which a bank is prepared to deposit money with another bank (the second bank must typically have a AA rating). ▪ LIBID rate: the rate which a AA bank is prepared to pay on deposits from another bank. ▪ Eurodollar futures and swaps are used to extend the LIBOR yield curve beyond one year. 25/97
26. Overnight and repo ▪ Overnight rate: the rate of interest at which a bank is prepared to lend to another bank for just one day. ▪ Repo rates: Repurchase agreement is an agreement where a financial institution that owns securities agrees to sell them today for X and buy them back in the future for a slightly higher price Y ◦ The financial institution obtains a loan ◦ The rate of interest is calculated from the difference between X and Y and is known as the repo rate 26/97
27. The Risk-Free Rate ▪ The short-term risk-free rate traditionally used by derivatives practitioners was LIBOR ▪ Now the overnight indexed swap rate is increasingly being used instead of LIBOR as the risk-free rate 27/97
28. Interest Rate Basics 2. Deposits
29. Deposits Interest Rate Deposits are OTC zero coupon contracts that start at reference date 0 (today or spot), span the length corresponding to their maturity and pay the (annual, simply compounded) interest accrued over the period with a given rate fixed at 0 ▪ Maturities o O/N (overnight), T/N (tomorrow-next), S/N (spot-next) o 1W or SW (spot-week) o 1M, 2M, 3M, 6M, 9M, 12M ▪ Deposit Rates are o illiquid o not collateralized (to be explained later) o not representative of Libor/Euribor fixings (which are the underlying of collateralized interest rate derivatives) 29/97
30. Linear Interpolation (1/2) Used to calculate stub period Libor fixings and Deposit rates 30/97
31. Linear Interpolation (2/2) ▪ Euribor 2M (62 days) → 3% = 300 bps ▪ Euribor 3M (92 days) → 3.60% = 360 bps 60 bps increase in 30 days 60/30=2 bps per day ▪ Euribor 80D (80=62+18 days) 300 bps + (2 bps ∗ 18) = 336 bps = 3.36% 31/97
32. Interest Rate Basics 3. Forward Rate Agreements
33. Forward Rate Agreement: Definition ▪ A Forward Rate Agreement (FRA) is an OTC agreement that a certain rate will apply to a certain principal during a certain future time period ▪ FRAs pay the difference between a given strike and the underlying Euribor fixing ▪ 4x7 stands for 3M Euribor fixing in 4 months time ▪ The market quotes FRA strips with different fixing dates and Libor/Euribor tenors 33/97
34. Forward Rate Agreement: Key Results A FRA is equivalent to an agreement where interest at a predetermined rate is exchanged for interest at the market rate A FRA can be valued by assuming that the forward LIBOR interest rate is certain to be realized This means that the value of a FRA is the present value of the difference between the interest that would be paid at rate and the interest that would be paid at rate 34/97
35. Valuation Formulas (1/2) If the period to which a FRA applies lasts from 1 to 2, we assume that and are expressed with a compounding frequency corresponding to the length of the period between 1 and 2 With an interest rate of , the interest cash flow at time 2 is (1 , 2 ) With an interest rate of , the interest cash flow at time 2 is (1 , 2 ) 35/97
36. Valuation Formulas (2/2) ▪ When the rate will be received on a principal of the value of the FRA is the present value of ( − )(1 , 2 ) received at time 2 ▪ When the rate will be paid on a principal of the value of the FRA is the present value of ( − )(1 , 2 ) received at time 2 36/97
37. Example (1/2) ▪ A FRA entered into some time ago ensures that a company will receive 4% (s.a.) on $100 million for six months starting in 1 year ▪ Forward LIBOR current estimation for the period is 5% (s.a.) ▪ The 1.5 year rate is 4.5% with continuous compounding The value of the FRA (in $ millions) is 100 × 0.04 − 0.05 × 0.5 × −0.045×1.5 = −0.467 37/97
38. Example (2/2) If the six-month interest rate in one year turns out to be 5.5% (s.a.) there will be a payoff (in $ millions) of 100 × 0.04 − 0.055 × 0.5 = −0.75 in 1.5 years. Considering that 1 + 0.055 × 0.5 = 1.0275 the transaction might be settled at the one-year point for an equivalent discounted payoff of −0.75 1.0275 = −0.73 38/97
39. Forward Rate Agreement: real payoff ( − )(1 , 2 ) 1 (1 + × (1 , 2 ) ) ▪ Notional ▪ Libor Fixing ▪ FRA strike 39/97
40. Interest Rate Basics 4. Interest Rate Futures
41. Interest Rate Futures (1/2) ▪ Futures are exchange-traded contracts similar to OTC FRAs. Any profit and loss is regulated through daily marking to market (margining process). Such standard characteristics reduce credit risk and transaction costs, thus enhancing a very high liquidity. ▪ The most common contracts insist on Euribor3M and expire every March, June, September and December (IMM dates). The first front contract is the most liquid interest rate instrument, with longer expiry contracts having decent liquidity up to about the 8th contract. 41/97
42. Interest Rate Futures (2/2) ▪ There are also the so called serial futures, expiring in the upcoming months not covered by the quarterly IMM futures. The first serial contract is quite liquid, especially when it expires before the front contract. ▪ Futures are quoted in terms of prices instead of rates. The relation is = 100 − To mimic the bond behavior of increasing prices for decreasing rates (see later) 42/97
43. Eurodollar Futures ▪ A Eurodollar is a dollar deposited in a bank outside the United States. ▪ Eurodollar Futures are futures on the 3-month Eurodollar deposit rate (same as 3-month LIBOR rate) ▪ It is margined every day ▪ It is settled in cash ▪ When it expires (on the third Wednesday of the delivery month) the final settlement price is 100 minus the actual three month Eurodollar deposit rate 43/97
44. Eurodollar Futures: Formula for Contract Value ▪ One contract is on the rate earned on $1 million ▪ A change of one basis point or 0.01% in a Eurodollar futures quote corresponds to a contract price change of $/€ 25 1,000,000 for 3 months (t = 0.25) 1,000,000 × × 0.25 = 250,000 × 1 basis point = 0.01% = 0.0001 250,000 × 1 = 25 44/97
45. Example (1/2) ▪ Suppose you buy (take a long position in) a contract on Nov 1 ▪ The contract expires on Dec 21 ▪ The prices are as shown in table ▪ How much do you gain or lose o on the first day o on the second day o over the whole time until expiration Date Quote Nov 1 97.12 Nov 2 97.23 Nov 3 96.98 ……. …… Dec 21 97.42 45/97
46. Example (2/2) If on Nov 1 you know that you will have $1 million to invest for three months on Dec 21, the contract locks in a rate of 100 − 97.12 = 2.88% In the example you earn 100 − 97.42 = 2.58% on $1 million for three months (= $6,450) and make a gain day by day on the futures contract of 30 × $25 = $750 46/97
47. Convexity adjustment (1/3) Once upon a time… Because of daily marking to market an investor short on a futures contract ▪ when the futures price increases (rate decreases) has a loss that can be funded at lower rate ▪ when the futures price decreases (rate increases) has a profit that can be invested at higher rate Short futures, long FRA generates free money: there is a convexity to be compensated with lower futures price (higher rate) = + 47/97
48. Convexity adjustment (2/3) Forward rate volatility and its correlation to the spot rate have to be accounted for. Easiest evaluation using Ho-Lee: = − 0.5 × 2 × 1 × 2 where ▪ 1 is the start of period covered by the forward/futures rate ▪ 2 is the end of period covered by the forward/futures rate (90 days later that 1) ▪ is the standard deviation of the change in the short rate per year Market practice: Hull-White (Bloomberg: fixed mean reversion, rough volatility evaluation) 48/97
49. Convexity Adjustment (3/3) = 0.012 49/97 Maturity of Futures (yrs) Convexity Adjustment (bps) 2 3.2 4 12.2 6 27.0 8 47.5 10 73.8
50. Extending the LIBOR Zero Curve ▪ LIBOR deposit rates define the LIBOR zero curve out to one year ▪ Eurodollar futures can be used to determine forward rates and the forward rates can then be used to bootstrap the zero curve 50/97
51. Interest Rate Basics 5. Bonds
52. Bond Price Quotes Cash price = Quoted price + Accrued Interest ▪ The quoted price is called clean price because it is free from the deterministic price change effect of accruing interest ▪ The cash price is also called dirty price 52/97
53. Bond Yield The bond yield is the discount rate that makes the present value of the cash flows on the bond equal to the market price of the bond Suppose that the market price of the bond in our example equals its theoretical price of 98.39. The bond yield (continuously compounded) is given by solving 3−×0.5 + 3−×1.0 + 3−×1.5 + 103−×2.0 = 98.39 to get = 0.0676 = 6.76% 53/97
54. Par Yield The par yield for a certain maturity is the coupon rate that causes the bond price to equal its face value. In our example we solve 2 −0.05×0.5 + 2 −0.058×1.0 + 2 −0.064×1.5 + 100 + 2 −0.068×2.0 = 100 to get = 6.87 (with semiannual compounding) 54/97
55. Duration Duration of a bond that provides cash flow at time is = σ=1 − where ▪ is the bond price ▪ is the bond yield (continuously compounded) 55/97
56. Key Duration Relationship (1/2) Duration is important because it leads to the following key relationship between the change in the yield on the bond and the change in its price ∆ = −∆ 56/97
57. Key Duration Relationship (2/2) When the yield is expressed with compounding times per year the expression ∆ = − ∆ 1 + is referred to as the “modified duration” M = 1 + 57/97
58. Convexity The convexity of a bond is defined as = 1 2 2 = σ =1 2 − This leads to a more accurate relationship ∆ = −∆ + 1 2 (∆)2 When used for bond portfolios it allows larger shifts in the yield curve to be considered, but the shifts still have to be parallel 58/97
59. Bond Portfolios ▪ The duration for a bond portfolio is the weighted average duration of the bonds in the portfolio with weights proportional to prices ▪ The key duration relationship for a bond portfolio describes the effect of small parallel shifts in the yield curve ▪ What exposures remain if duration of a portfolio of assets equals the duration of a portfolio of liabilities? 59/97
60. Bond Pricing Assuming a given zero rate curve To calculate the cash price of a bond we discount each cash flow with the appropriate zero rate In our example, the theoretical price of a two-year bond providing a 6% coupon semiannually is 3−0.05×0.5 + 3−0.058×1.0 + 3−0.064×1.5 + 103−0.068×2.0 = 98.93 Maturity (years) Zero rate (cont. comp.) 0.5 5.0 1.0 5.8 1.5 6.4 2.0 6.8 60/97
61. Bond Data Example Bond prices are usually fixed by the market (marked-to-market) * Half the stated coupon is paid every six months 61/97 Bond Principal Time to Maturity (yrs) Coupon per year ($)* Bond price ($) 100 0.25 0 97.5 100 0.50 0 94.9 100 1.00 0 90.0 100 1.50 8 96.0 100 2.00 12 101.6
62. Zero Curve Bootstrap Using Bond Data (1/2) An amount 2.5 can be earned on 97.5 during 3 months. Because 100−0.10127×0.25 = 97.5 the 3-month rate is 10.127% with continuous compounding Similarly the 6 month and 1 year rates are 10.469% and 10.536% with continuous compounding 62/97
63. Zero Curve Bootstrap Using Bond Data (2/2) To calculate the 1.5 year rate we solve 4−0.10469×0.5 + 4−0.10536×1.0 + 104−×1.5 = 96 to get = 0.10681 = 10.681% Similarly the two-year rate is 10.808% 63/97
64. Zero Curve Calculated Trom The Bond Data 9 10 11 12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Zero Rate (%) Maturity (yrs) 10.127 10.469 10.536 10.681 10.808 64/97
65. Interest Rate Basics 6. Interest Rate Swaps
66. Interest Rate Swaps ▪ A swap is an agreement to exchange cash flows at specified future times according to certain specified rules ▪ Vanilla swaps are OTC contracts in which two counterparties agree to exchange fixed against floating rate cash flows ▪ The EUR market quotes standard plain vanilla swaps starting at spot date with annual fixed leg versus floating leg indexed to 6M (or 3M) Euribor rate ▪ Swaps can be regarded as weighted portfolios of 6M (or 3M) FRA 66/97
67. An Example of a “Plain Vanilla” Interest Rate Swap An agreement by Microsoft to ▪ receive 6-month LIBOR ▪ pay a fixed rate of 5% per annum every 6 months for 3 years on a notional principal of $100 million Next slide illustrates cash flows that could occur (day count conventions are not considered) 67/97
68. One Possible Outcome for Cash Flows to Microsoft Date LIBOR Floating Cash Flow Fixed Cash Flow Net Cash Flow Mar 5, 2012 4.20% Sep 5, 2012 4.80% +2.10 −2.50 −0.40 Mar 5, 2013 5.30% +2.40 −2.50 −0.10 Sep 5, 2013 5.50% +2.65 −2.50 + 0.15 Mar 5, 2014 5.60% +2.75 −2.50 +0.25 Sep 5, 2014 5.90% +2.80 −2.50 +0.30 Mar 5, 2015 +2.95 −2.50 +0.45 68/97
69. Typical Uses of an Interest Rate Swap Converting a liability from ▪ fixed rate to floating rate ▪ floating rate to fixed rate Converting an investment from ▪ fixed rate to floating rate ▪ floating rate to fixed rate 69/97
70. Intel and Microsoft (MS) Transform a Liability Intel MS LIBOR 5% LIBOR+0.1% 5.2% 70/97
71. Financial Institution is Involved ▪ Financial Institution has two offsetting swaps F.I. LIBOR LIBOR LIBOR+0.1% 4.985% 5.015% 5.2% Intel MS 71/97
72. Intel and Microsoft (MS) Transform an Asset Intel MS LIBOR 5% LIBOR-0.2% 4.7% 72/97
73. Financial Institution is Involved Intel F.I. MS LIBOR LIBOR 4.7% 5.015% 4.985% LIBOR-0.2% 73/97
74. Quotes by a Swap Market Maker Maturity Bid (%) Offer (%) Swap Rate (%) 2 years 6.03 6.06 6.045 3 years 6.21 6.24 6.225 4 years 6.35 6.39 6.370 5 years 6.47 6.51 6.490 7 years 6.65 6.68 6.665 10 years 6.83 6.87 6.850 74/97
75. Confirmations ▪ Confirmations specify the terms of a transaction ▪ The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has developed Master Agreements that can be used to cover all agreements between two counterparties ▪ Governments now require central clearing to be used for most standardized derivatives 75/97
76. The Comparative Advantage Argument ▪ AAACorp wants to borrow floating ▪ BBBCorp wants to borrow fixed Fixed Floating AAACorp 4.0% 6 month LIBOR − 0.1% BBBCorp 5.2% 6 month LIBOR + 0.6% AAACorp BBBCorp LIBOR LIBOR+0.6% 4.35% 4% 76/97
77. The Swap when a Financial Institution is Involved AAACorp F.I . BBBCorp 4% LIBOR LIBOR LIBOR+0.6% 4.33% 4.37% 77/97
78. Telescopic property of the Libor Leg (1/2) Once upon a time… The forward rate , between and is given purely by the discount factors at and : () 1 1 + , − = () , = 1 − () − 1 Hence the cash flow at time is set at time and its PV is given by , − = − () 78/97
79. Telescopic property of the Libor Leg (2/2) Once upon a time… If you sum up all the cash flows then the intermediate discount factors all drop out and the PV of the floating leg is = ෍ =0 , +1 +1 − +1 = = ෍ =0 − +1 = 0 − 79/97
80. Using Swap Rates to Bootstrap the LIBOR/Swap Zero Curve ▪ Consider a new swap where the fixed rate is the swap rate ▪ When principals are added to both sides on the final payment date the swap is the exchange of a fixed rate bond for a floating rate bond ▪ The floating rate bond is worth par: ∗ + ∗ = = ∗ 0 − + ∗ = = ∗ 0 = ▪ The swap is worth zero, so the fixed-rate bond must therefore also be worth par: This shows that swap rates define par yield bonds that can be used to bootstrap the LIBOR (or LIBOR/swap) zero curve ∗ + ∗ = ֜ = 80/97
81. Example of Bootstrapping the LIBOR/Swap Curve 6-month, 12-month and 18-month zero rates are 4%, 4.5% and 4.8% with continuous compounding. Two-year swap rate is 5% (2.5% in 6 months) 2.5−0.04×0.5 + 2.5−0.045×1.0 + 2.5−0.048×1.5 + 102.5−×2.0 = 100 The 2-year zero rate is = 4.953% 81/97
82. Valuation of an Interest Rate Swap ▪ Initially Interest Rate Swaps are worth close to zero ▪ At later times they can be valued as the difference between the value of a fixed-rate bond and the value of a floating-rate bond ▪ Alternatively, they can be valued as a portfolio of Forward Rate Agreements (FRAs) 82/97
83. Overnight Indexed Swaps (1/2) ▪ Fixed interest rate is exchanged for the overnight rate ▪ The overnight rate is compounded and paid at maturity ▪ On both legs there is o a single payment for maturity up to 1Y o yearly payments with short stub for longer maturities 83/97
84. Overnight Indexed Swaps (2/2) ▪ Fixed rate for a period is exchanged for the geometric average of the overnight rates ▪ Should OIS rate equal the LIBOR rate? A bank can o Borrow $100 million in the overnight market, rolling forward for 3 months o Enter into an OIS swap to convert this to the 3-month OIS rate o Lend the funds to another bank at LIBOR for 3 months ...but it bears the credit risk of another bank in this arrangement ▪ The OIS rate is now regarded as a better proxy for the short-term risk-free rate than LIBOR ▪ The excess of LIBOR over the OIS rate is the LIBOR-OIS spread 84/97
85. Swaps & Forwards ▪ A swap can be regarded as a convenient way of packaging forward contracts ▪ Although the swap contract is usually worth close to zero at the outset, each of the underlying forward contracts are not worth zero 85/97
86. Credit Risk ▪ A swap is worth zero to a company initially. At a future time its value is liable to be either positive or negative ▪ The company has credit risk exposure only when its value is positive ▪ Some swaps are more likely to lead to credit risk exposure than others o What is the situation if early forward rates have a positive value? o What is the situation when early forward rates have a negative value? 86/97
87. Other Types of Swaps ▪ Floating-for-Floating Interest Rate Swaps ▪ Amortizing Swaps ▪ Step Up Swaps ▪ Forward Swaps ▪ Constant Maturity Swaps ▪ Compounding Swaps ▪ LIBOR-in-Arrears Swaps ▪ Accrual Swaps ▪ Diff Swaps ▪ Cross Currency Interest Rate Swaps 87/97
88. Basis Swaps ▪ Interest Rate (Single Currency) Basis Swaps are usually floating vs floating swaps with different tenors on the two legs ▪ The EUR market quotes standard plain vanilla basis swaps as portfolios of two regular fixed-floating swaps with the floating legs paying different Euribor indexes. The quotation convention is to provide the difference (in basis points) between the fixed rates of the two regular swaps. ▪ Basis is positive and decreasing with maturity, reflecting the preference of market players for receiving payments with higher frequency (e.g. 3M instead of 6M, 6M instead of 12M, etc.) and shorter maturities ▪ Basis swaps allow to imply levels for non-quoted swaps on Euribor 1M and 12M from the quoted swap rates on Euribor 6M 88/97
89. Interest Rate Basics 7. Indexes
90. Interest Rate Indexes ▪ An Index summarizes the value of a basket of financial instruments and its variations over time: its value is the weighted average (according to a certain method) of the prices of instruments included in the portfolio ▪ An Interest Rate Index is based on the interest rate of a financial instrument or basket of financial instruments an it serves as a benchmark used to calculate the interest rate charged on financial products 90/97
91. Ibor Indexes (1/2) ▪ Ibor indexes are indexes related to interbank lending between one day and one year ▪ They are usually computed as the trimmed average between rates contributed by participating banks ▪ The rates are banks' estimates but usually do not refer to actual transactions ▪ The most common usage of those indexes in interest rate derivatives is in swaps and caps/floors 91/97
92. Ibor Indexes (2/2) Examples ▪ Euribor: rate at which Euro interbank term deposits are offered by one prime bank to another prime bank within the EMU zone. ▪ ICE LIBOR (London Inter Bank Offered Rate): benchmark rate produced for five currencies (CHF, EUR, GBP, JPY, USD) with seven maturities quoted for each (ranging from overnight to 12 months) producing 35 rates each business day. It provides an indication of the average rate at which a LIBOR contributor bank can obtain unsecured funding in the London interbank market for a given period, in a given currency. 92/97
93. Swap Indexes ▪ Swap indexes are benchmarks for interest rate swap rates ▪ They are usually computed as trimmed average between mid-market rates contributed by participating banks ▪ The most common usage of these indexes is in Constant Maturity Swaps (CMS) Example ▪ ISDAFIX: a benchmark for annual swap rates for interest rate swap transactions; it represents average mid-market rates for vanilla fixed- for-floating interest rate swaps in three major currencies (USD, EUR, GBP) at selected maturities on a daily basis. 93/97
94. Overnight Indexes (1/2) ▪ Overnight indexes are indexes related to interbank lending on a one day horizon ▪ Most indexes are for overnight loans and some for tomorrow/next loans ▪ The rates are computed as a weighted average of actual transactions ▪ The most common usage of those indexes in interest rate derivatives is in overnight indexed swaps 94/97
95. Overnight Indexes (2/2) Examples ▪ Eonia (Euro Over Night Index Average): the effective overnight reference rate for the Euro, computed as a weighted average of all overnight unsecured lending transactions in the interbank market, undertaken in the European Union and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries. ▪ Sonia (Sterling Over Night Index Average): the weighted average rate to four decimal places of all unsecured sterling overnight cash transactions brokered in London by contributing WMBA member firms between 00:00 hrs and 16:15 hrs UK time with all counterparties in a minimum deal size of £25 million. 95/97
96. Interest Rate Basics 8. Bibliography
97. Bibliography ▪ J. Hull - Option, Futures, and Other Derivatives (8th edition) - chapters 4, 6, 7 ▪ M. Marchioro - Pricing Simple Interest Rate Derivatives - www.marchioro.org ▪ www.quantlib.org 97/97