Questions tagged [cross-currency-basis]
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Xccy without back notional exchange
Let’a Say i’m Trading a 1bln € EUR-USD fixed-fixed cross currency starting in 3M.
My USD notional is fixed at today’s spot.
Two cases:
- back and front notional exchange.
-Only front notional exchange....
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Calculating Fx Swap from Cross Currency Swap
I am trying to calculate Fx Swap points of a currency pair from the corresponding Cross Currency Swap rate on the same maturity. I.e if I know that my USD/TRY 5Y rate is 16% and my USD/TRY spot rate ...
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bootstrapping a basis curve to get a forward basis curve
suppose i have a trade whose payoff underlying is 3m libor minus 1m libor.
the standard approach is to bootstrap seperately 2 projection curves: a) a 3m projection curve, b) a 1m proj curve.
however, ...
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Cheapest-to-deliver (CTD) discount curve
Can someone explain, in layman's terms, the mechanics (the algorithm steps) of the construction of the discount curve in the case when the CSA allows the posting party to choose a currency (from a ...
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Valuing a cross currency basis swap using a third currency as a collateral
Suppose India and South Africa goes into a cross currency basis swap. But the collateral is specified upon USD. How does one value this type of swaps? Or is it even available directly on the markets?
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Interpolating cross-currency basis curve
Just wondering how do people "interpolate" between different "pillar dates" on a cross-currency basis curve? So say for example, if the observed spot is 1.5, observed CC basis for 9 months is -1.25 ...
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How to use USD OIS discounting for local currency uncollateralised swaps?
I am wanting to do MTM valuations of uncollateralised swaps as our banks have switched to using the USD OIS curve for their discounting (assuming no xVA adjustments). None of the cashflows we are ...
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Existential question about currency exchange Risk Factor
Ciao All,
I'm working to a problem about sensitivities for products with several ccy and this questions came out.
For simplicity consider a linear product (a simple cash flow) w.r.t. the ccy ...
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What discount rate for uncollateralized cross currency swaps?
To expand on this question, what happens if the uncollateralized swap is of a cross currency variety? Ignoring any xVAs, it's unclear which currency would best determine the discount rate:
a) we ...
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Quanto effect in cross currency mtm swaps
Apparently the standard way to value these swaps involves ignoring the quanto effect, - ie the correlation between fx and rates.
I wonder why this is - is this correl always so close to zero?
Eg of ...
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What is the EUR swap curve on Bloomberg? I.e. what is the EUR equivalent of S23 curve on Bloomberg?
I am trying to understand the currency basis calculation and whether there is a difference in currency basis when quoted vs. OIS and -IBOR rates.
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Cross Currency Basis Swap
I understand that there exist a cross Currency Basis between euro and dollar of about 35 bps, which in my understanding can be arbitraged out by following principle of interest rate parity. However, ...
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Risk neutral drift in presence of xccy basis
Suppose I invest in an EUR denominated fund. This fund invests fully in USD stocks and doesn't hedge it's FX exposure (i.e. the EUR value of this fund is just equal to the USD value of the holdings ...
