NO.PZ202303270300007302
问题如下:
(2) 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×ΔSpread) 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.
CDS 买方应该按照市场spread和fixed rate的差值支付。初始市场spread是1.7%, 买方应该向卖方多支付0.7%×duration;当spread下降至1.6%时,买方向卖方多支付0.6%×duration,需要额外支付的变少了,对买方是有利的。请问老师这个理解哪里不对呢?