NO.PZ202112010200002402
问题如下:
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.
老师请问,我可以这样理解吗?有更好的快速记忆的方法吗?想理一下这背后的逻辑
CDS Spread下降对于buy CDS protection(short risk)的一方是loss;CDS Spread上升对于buy CDS protection(short risk)的一方是gain
CDS Spread下降对于sell CDS protection(long risk)的一方是gain;CDS Spread上升对于sell CDS protection(short risk)的一方是loss