Essays about: "swap portfolio"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words swap portfolio.

  1. 1. A Journey Through the World of Compression with IRS Contracts

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Karl Hjalmarsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Portfolio Compression; Interest Rate Swap; Newtork Simplex; Central Clearing Counterparty;

    Abstract : By participating in the market a party buys and sells different types of contracts resulting in the collection of contracts growing. With a large collection of contracts come the hurdles of an increasing operational cost, a harder-to-manage order book, and an increase in counterparty risk. READ MORE

  3. 2. Swaptions from a Clearinghouse perspective : Hedging swaptions, an option on interest rate swaps, using compression

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Joel Forsberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Swaptions; Clearinghouse; Compression; Interest rate swap;

    Abstract : With the increasing popularity of interest rate swaps the need to understandswaptions, an option of an interest rate swap, is of great importance. A swap-tion can be used in both speculative purposes and to hedge against changesin interest rates. The most important thing to understand is the pricing for-mula. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Efficient Market Study of European CDS and Equity Markets

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Fredric Wållberg; Leo Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Efficient Market Theory; Financial Crash; Price Discovery Process; CDS;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the price discovery process between the stock and the credit default swap market (CDS). We link the financial theory of efficient markets and the underlying models and conditions involved in CDSs, the stock market and financial crashes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Risk Measurement and Performance Attribution for IRS Portfolios Using a Generalized Optimization Method for Term Structure Estimation

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Fredrik Gerdin Börjesson; Christoffer Eduards; [2021]
    Keywords : Interest rate measurement; term structures; multiple yield curves; principal component analysis; systematic risk; risk factors; term structure simulation; Latin hypercube sampling with dependence; risk measurement; value-at-risk; expected shortfall; interest rate swap; performance attribution;

    Abstract : With the substantial size of the interest rate markets, the importance of accurate pricing, risk measurement and performance attribution can not be understated. However, the models used on the markets often have underlying issues with capturing the market's fundamental behavior. READ MORE

  6. 5. Swap Book Hedging using Stochastic Optimisation with Realistic Risk Factors

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Rickard Nordin; Emil Mårtensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Term structure measurement; optimization; hedging; swap portfolio; interest rate swaps; stochastic programming; FRA; IRS; dimension reduction; component analysis; component decomposition; signal separation;

    Abstract : Market makers such as large banks are exposed to market risk in fixed income by acting as a counterparty for customers that enter swap contracts. This master thesis addresses the problem of creating a cost-effective hedge for a realistic swap book of a market maker in a multiple yield curve setting. READ MORE