NO.PZ2020033002000051
问题如下:
Which one of the following trade would have the greatest credit exposure for a $1 million deal size (assuming neither counterparty risk nor settlement risk exists)?
选项:
A.
Pay fixed in an Chinese Yuan (CNY) interest rate swap for one year.
B.
Sell USD against CNY in a one-year forward foreign exchange contract.
C.
Sell a one-year CNY cap.
D.
Purchase a one-year certificate of deposit (CD).
解释:
D is correct.
考点:Credit exposure
解析:
A is incorrect. 在利率互换协议中,无需交换本金,只需定期交换利息差额,所以敞口不大
B is incorrect. 在远期外汇市场,按规定好的汇率将美元换成人民币。同样,在到期进行交割时,是不用对名义本金进行交割的。只交割远期汇率与当时的即期汇率之间的差额。所以其风险敞口跟A选项类似。
C is incorrect. Cap的作用是在利率互换中,防止浮动利率超过一个限定的值,这个值可以认作是cap,相当于是防止利率过于上升的一种权利。卖cap这个过程中,投资者得到premium、收到钱后,那么也就没有credit exposure了。
D is correct. CD是存款的意思,到期时银行将本金一次性交还给投资者。所以有最大的credit exposure。(注意这不是EAD)
讲义256页,for currency swap principle do not cancel each(different currencies)