NO.PZ202112010200002402
问题如下:
An active portfolio manager seeking to purchase single-name CDS protection observes a 1.75% 10-year market credit spread for a private investment-grade issuer. The effective spread duration is 8.75 and CDS basis is close to zero.
Once the manager purchases CDS protection, the issuer’s CDS spread immediately falls to 1.60%. What is the investor’s approximate mark-to-market gain or loss for a contract notional of €10,000,000?
选项:
A.The manager realizes an approximate loss of €131,250.
The manager realizes an approximate gain of €131,250.
The manager realizes an approximate gain of €525,000.
解释:
A is correct. The CDS spread decline of 0.15% leads to a new CDS contract price of 94.75 per 100 face value (=1 – (EffSpreadDurCDS × ∆Spread) or (8.75 × 0.60%)).
The protection buyer (short risk) position therefore realizes an approximate mark-to-market loss of €131,250 (=(94.75 – 93.4375)/100 × €10,000,000) because of the 0.15% decline in CDS spreads.
老师,买入之后CDS价格是上升了啊,变成94.75,upfront premium更小,buyer有loss