Title: Swaps Chapter 7
1SwapsChapter 7
2Nature of Swaps
- A swap is an agreement to exchange cash flows at
specified future times according to certain
specified rules
3An Example of a Plain Vanilla Interest Rate Swap
- An agreement by Microsoft to receive 6-month
LIBOR pay a fixed rate of 5 per annum every 6
months for 3 years on a notional principal of
100 million - Next slide illustrates cash flows
4Cash Flows to Microsoft(See Table 7.1)
5Typical Uses of anInterest Rate Swap
- Converting a liability from
- fixed rate to floating rate
- floating rate to fixed rate
- Converting an investment from
- fixed rate to floating rate
- floating rate to fixed rate
6Intel and Microsoft (MS) Transform a
Liability(Figure 7.2)
5
5.2
Intel
MS
LIBOR0.1
LIBOR
7Financial Institution is Involved(Figure 7.4)
4.985
5.015
5.2
F.I.
MS
Intel
LIBOR0.1
LIBOR
LIBOR
Dealer spread .03 evenly split
8Intel and Microsoft (MS) Transform an
Asset(Figure 7.3)
5
4.7
Intel
MS
LIBOR-0.20
LIBOR
9Financial Institution is Involved(See Figure 7.5)
5.015
4.985
4.7
F.I.
MS
Intel
LIBOR-0.20
LIBOR
LIBOR
Dealer spread .03
10The Comparative Advantage Argument (Table 7.4)
- AAACorp wants to borrow floating
- BBBCorp wants to borrow fixed
11The Comparative Advantage Argument
- AAACorp has absolute advantage in both markets
- But a comparative advantage in fixed
- BBBCorp has comparative advantage in floating
- If AAA borrows fixed, the gain is 1.2
- If BBB borrows floating, the gain is reduced by
.7 - Therefore, we have a net gain of 1.2 - .7
.5 - If the gain is split evenly, we have a gain per
party of G (1.2 - .7)/2 .25
12Swap Design
- Design the swap so AAAs borrowing rate equals
the comparative disadvantage (CD) rate minus the
gain - LIBOR .3 - .25
- Do the same thing for BBB
- BBBs rate with swap
- 5.2 - .25 4.95
- Now, draw the diagram
13The Swap (Figure 7.6)
3.95
4
AAA
BBB
LIBOR1
LIBOR
The floating rate leg should be LIBOR
14Swap Design with FI
- Adjust swap gain for dealer spread
- Suppose dealer spread .04
- Then gain
- G (1.2 - .7 - .04)/2 .23
- AAAs rate with swap
- LIBOR .3 - .23 LIBOR .07
- BBBs rate with swap
- 5.2 - .23 4.97
- Draw swap diagram
15The Swap when a Financial Institution is Involved
(Figure 7.7)
3.93
3.97
4
AAA
F.I.
BBB
LIBOR1
LIBOR
LIBOR
Check that dealer spread .04
16Criticism of the Comparative Advantage Argument
- The 4.0 and 5.2 rates available to AAACorp and
BBBCorp in fixed rate markets are 5-year rates - The LIBOR0.3 and LIBOR1 rates available in
the floating rate market are six-month rates - BBBCorps fixed rate depends on the spread above
LIBOR it borrows at in the future
17Valuation of an Interest Rate Swap
- Interest rate swaps can be valued as the
difference between the value of a fixed-rate bond
and the value of a floating-rate bond
18Valuation in Terms of Bonds
- The fixed rate bond is valued in the usual way
- The floating rate bond is valued by noting that
it is worth par immediately after the next
payment date
19An Example of a Currency Swap
- An agreement to pay 5 on a sterling principal
of 10,000,000 receive 6 on a US principal of
18,000,000 every year for 5 years
20Exchange of Principal
- In an interest rate swap the principal is not
exchanged - In a currency swap the principal is exchanged at
the beginning and the end of the swap
21Three Cash Flow Components
- t 0 exchange principal based upon
current exchange rates Pay
18 M
Rcv 10 M - t 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Pay .05x10 .5 M
Rcv
.06x18 1.08 M - t 5 Pay 10 M Rcv 18 M
22The Cash Flows (Table 7.5)
Dollars
Pounds
Years
------millions------
0
18.00
10.00
1.08
1
.50
2
1.08
.50
3
1.08
.50
4
1.08
.50
5
19.08
-10.50
23Typical Uses of a Currency Swap
- Conversion from a liability in one currency to a
liability in another currency
- Conversion from an investment in one currency to
an investment in another currency
24Comparative Advantage Arguments for Currency
Swaps (Table 7.6)
- General Electric wants to borrow AUD
- Qantas wants to borrow USD
25Comparative Advantage
- GE has absolute advantage in both markets
- But GE has comparative advantage in dollars
- Qantas has comparative advantage in Australian
dollars - So GE should borrow dollars and Qantas Australian
dollars - Then swap cash flows to earn gain from
comparative advantage
26Comparative Advantage
- Gain per party G (2 - .4)/2 .8
- GEs rate with swap 7.6 - .8 AUD 6.8
- Qantas rate with swap 7 - .8 USD 6.2
27Qantas Assumes Exchange Rate Risk
USD 5
USD 5
AUD 8.0
GE
Qantas
AUD 6.8
28GE Assumes Exchange Rate Risk
USD 6.2
USD 5
AUD 8
GM
Qantas
AUD 8.0
29FI Assumes Exchange Rate Risk
- Adjust swap gain for dealer spread
- Suppose dealer spread .2
- Then gain
- Gain per party G (2 - .4 - .2)/2 .7
- GEs rate with swap 7. 6 - .7 AUD 6.9
- Qantas rate with swap 7 - .7 USD 6.3
30FI Assumes Exchange Rate Risk
USD 5
USD 6.3
USD 5
GE
F.I.
Q
AUD 8
AUD 6.9
AUD 8
Check that dealer spread .2 Pay 13.0 11.9
AUD 1.1 Rcv 6.3 5.0 USD 1.3
31Valuation of Currency Swaps
- Like interest rate swaps, currency swaps can be
valued either as the difference between 2 bonds
or as a portfolio of forward contracts
32Swaps Forwards
- A swap can be regarded as a convenient way of
packaging forward contracts - The plain vanilla interest rate swap in our
example consisted of 6 Fraps - The fixed for fixed currency swap in our
example consisted of a cash transaction 5
forward contracts
33Swaps Forwards(continued)
- The value of the swap is the sum of the values of
the forward contracts underlying the swap - Swaps are normally at the money initially
- This means that it costs nothing to enter into a
swap - It does not mean that each forward contract
underlying a swap is at the money initially
34Credit Risk
- A swap is worth zero to a company initially
- At a future time its value is liable to be either
positive or negative - The company has credit risk exposure only when
its value is positive