问题如下:
1. If UNAB experienced a credit event on 1 July, Watt should recommend that Deem Advisors:
选项:
A. prefer a cash settlement.
B. prefer a physical settlement.
C. be indifferent between a cash or a physical settlement.
解释:
A is correct.
Deem Advisors would prefer a cash settlement. Deem Advisors owns Bond 2 (trading at 50% of par),which is worth more than the cheapest-to-deliver obligation (Bond 1 trading at 40% of par). Deem Advisors can cash settle for $6 million [= (1 - 40%) ×$10 million] on its CDS contract and sell Bond 2 it owns for $5 million, for total proceeds of $11 million. If Deem Advisors were to physically settle the contract, only $10 million would be received, the face amount of the bonds and they would deliver Bond 2.
B is incorrect because if Deem Advisors were to physically settle the contract, they would receive only $10 million, which is less than the $11 million that could be obtained from a cash settlement. C is incorrect because Deem Advisors would not be indifferent between settlement protocols as the firm would receive $1 million more with a cash settlement in comparison to a physical settlement.
老师您好,reference obligation 不是说了是“owned”的债券么,还有CTD?