Derivatives and Risk Management

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Risk Management
In business, risk management involves
identifying events that could have adverse
financial consequences and then taking actions
to prevent and/or minimize the damage caused
by those events.
Risk Management has gradually evolved from a
narrow insurance-based discipline to traditional
financial activities.
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History of Risk Management Insurance

2100 B.C. Bottomry from the Code of Hammurabi.
17th to 18th Century Insurance developed rapidly with the growth
of British commerce.
1735 The first insurance company in the American colonies
was established.
1787 Fire insurance corporations in NYC; 1794 in
Philadelphia.
1880s Appearance of Public Liability Insurance
1897 Workmens Compensation Act in Britain (required
employers to insure employees against industrial accidents).
Late 19th Century Insurance that safeguards workers against
sickness and disability, old age, and unemployment.
1905-1912 Workers Compensation Laws introduced in the USA.
Social insurance schemes proliferated worldwide.
1938 Federal Crop Insurance Act
After 1944 Supervision and regulation of insurance corporations.
Till then, insurance was still the main way companies manage risk.
Once a discretionary cost, it is now indispensable.
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History of Risk Management

1956 When exploration of the idea of risk management began.
HBR published Risk Management: A new phase of cost control by
Russell Gallagher. (Dr. Wayne Snider: the professional insurance
manager should be a risk manager).
1960s and 1970s First Age of Risk Management. Businesses
considered only the non-entrepreneurial risk (e.g. Security, fire,
pollution, fraud) Risk is treated reactively, like using insurance.
But insurance is only one way to protect the company. There are
many others.
1970s and 1980s Second Age of Risk Management. Quality
assurance is introduced, heralded by the British Standards
Institution (BSI). Risk is treated in a proactive or preventable way.
1980s Environmental risks is taken into account.
1995 Third Age of Risk Management. Non-entrepreneurial and
Entrepreneurial risks (risks that a company is exposed to when it
engages in business) are considered.
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Ages of Risk Management

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Source: Kit Sadgrove, The Complete Guide to Business Risk Management, 2nd edition

Why might stockholders be indifferent to whether

or not a firm reduces the volatility of its cash
flows?
Diversified shareholders may already be hedged
against various types of risk.
Reducing volatility increases firm value only if it
leads to higher expected cash flows and/or a
reduced WACC.

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Risk Management Does it add value to SHs?

If the general premise that most investors hold well-diversified portfolio is true, then the
answer is theoretically NO.
Recall the Corporate Value Model. Market Value of the Company = PV of expected future
FCF
MV = FCF1/(1+WACC)^1 + FCFn/(1+WACC)^n
Therefore, MV of shares depends on 2 variables, FCF and WACC. If and only if risk
management can increase expected FCF or decrease WACC can the market value of the stock
increase.
Suppose that you are in the business of buying and selling apples. The price now is P20 per
apple. You expect that the price is going to increase 10% for the next 5 years. So to manage
risk, you entered into an agreement with the supplier to buy apples at P20.50 per apple for
the next 5 years.
You have reduced risk, but have you added shareholders value? Remember that since 20.50
is already known and therefore expected, The absolute amount of FCF wont change.
Recall that WACC = cost of debt + cost of preferred stock + cost of RE or common stock. If
there is no change in any of these components, or the capital structure remains the same,
WACC will remain the same. For cost of debt: If the supposed increase in the price of
apples wont cause bankruptcy (if bankruptcy is imminent, rd must be reduced). For cost of
equity: most investors hold well diversified portfolios, so the relevant risk is non-diversified
(systematic) risk. So even if an increase in price of apples may affect your stock price, if you
hold a well diversified portfolio, any changes wont be too significant. Thus, stock value wont
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Reasons why Companies Manage Risks

Reduced volatility allows more Debt Capacity to be able to take on more
debt. Reduces CF volatility and probability of bankruptcy, interest tax savings
lead to higher stock price. Remember that kd is less than ke or ks due to tax
savings, which leads to higher stock price.
Maintaining optimal capital budget over time. Strive for the lowest WACC by
taking on more rd and cost of RE to avoid flotation costs.
Reduced volatility minimize financial distress CFs can fall below expected
levels. Risk management can alleviate this concern (through price tie-ups).
Comparative advantages (in contrast with individual investor) in
hedging lower transaction costs, asymmetric information, specialized skills
and knowledge
Reduced volatility results to the reduction of borrowing costs (particularly
on swaps)
Tax effects. Reduced volatility reduces the higher taxes that result
from fluctuating earnings. Stable earnings generally pay lower taxes than
companies with volatile earnings. (Tax credits, carryforward, carrybacks).
For managers they will try to employ risk management for earnings to stabilize,
so their bonuses will also be stable. Certain compensation schemes
reward managers for achieving stable earnings.
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Different Risks a firm may be exposed to

Pure risks risks that offer ONLY the prospect of a loss. There is no possibility
that a gain may occur. For example, fire hazard risk
Speculative risks there is a chance of a gain but theres also a chance of a
loss. For example, investments in new projects.
Demand risks risk that demand for a firms products or services will go down.
Input risks risks that input costs will increase, and that these costs cannot be
transferred to the customer.
Financial risks risks resulting from financial transactions. For example, the
risks of interest rate fluctuation or exchange rate fluctuation.
Property risks risks that productive assets will be destroyed.
Personnel risks risks resulting from the actions of employees. For example,
strikes, theft, fraud.
Environmental risks risks of public outcry in case of pollution
Liability risks risks associated with product, service, or employee actions
(that may or may not lead to lawsuits)
Insurable risks risks that can be covered/mitigated by insurance (generally
property, personnel, environmental, and liability)

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Process for managing risks

Identify the risks faced by the firm
Measure the potential effect of each risk
Decide how to handle each relevant risk
Transfer risk to the insurance company
Transfer function that produces risk to a third party (agency)
Purchase derivative contracts to reduce risk (hedge
risks)
Reduce probability of adverse events
If adverse events do occur, reduce magnitude of the loss
Totally avoid the activity that gives rise to the risk (discontinue
products that may be subject to potential lawsuits).
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Derivatives
Financial innovation that allows investors to manage risks.
Securities whose values are determined by the market price or
interest rate of some other asset (underlying asset)
Common underlying assets:
Equities
Indexes
Bonds
Physical Assets
Interest Rates
May be used to hedge risk or to profit from
speculation.
Potentially risky, especially for inexperienced investors.
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Types of Derivatives:
Forward Commitments represents a commitment or a
binding promise to buy or sell an asset or make a payment in
the future
Forward Contracts
Futures Contracts
Swaps

Contingent Claims payoffs occur if a specific event occurs.

It represents a right to buy or sell. It only has value if some
future event takes place (EG: if asset price > specified price)
Callable and/or Convertible Bonds
Warrants
Options

Standard Options based on assets

Exotic Options based on futures or other derivatives
Common types of options:
Based on interest rate
Asset-backed security

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2 Broad Groups of Derivatives:

Exchange-traded derivatives

These are transacted via specialized derivatives exchanges

(CME Group, Korea Exchange, Eurex)
Examples: Futures contracts and most options
They are standardized, regulated, and backed by a
clearinghouse.
They have relatively low default risk as such is shouldered by
the clearinghouse.

Over-the-counter derivatives

Traded/created by dealers and financial institutions in a

market with no central location.
Examples: Forward contracts, swaps, and some options
(bond options)
They are largely customized, unregulated and each contract
has a counterparty. They expose the owner of a derivative to
default risk (in case the counterparty does not honor his
commitment).

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Classification of Derivatives

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Derivatives to be studied:

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Forward Contracts
Futures Contracts
Swaps
Options
Structured Notes
Inverse Floaters
Other Exotic Contracts

Forward Contracts
Forward Contract
A bilateral private contract under which one party agrees to
buy a commodity at a specific price (agreed today) on a
specific future date; and the other party agrees to make the
sale.
Not traded in an exchange. It is traded over-the-counter.
Physical delivery occurs
Underlying assets can be anything, or any instrument (eg:
bonds, equities, indices, or portfolio of those already stated)
Entail both market risk and credit risk

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Forward Contracts
Deliverable Forward Contract
It specifies that the long (buyer) will pay a certain amount at a
future date to the short (seller), who will deliver a certain amount
of an asset.

Forward Contract with Cash Settlement

Does not require delivery of the underlying asset. Cash payment is
made at settlement date from one counterparty to the other, based
on the contract price and market price of the asset at settlement.

Early Termination
Entering into a new forward contract with the opposite position, at
the then-current expected forward price
May be done with the existing counterparty (eliminates default
risk) or a new counterparty (must consider default risk)
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Forward Contracts
End Users of Forward Contracts
Often a corporation hedging an existing risk

Dealers of Forward Contracts

Usually brokers, banks, or financial institutions originate then, taking
a long side in some contracts and a short side in others.
They always allow for a spread in pricing to compensate for actual
cost, bearing default risk, and any unhedged price risk.

Using bonds as the underlying asset

Bonds have a maturity date, so the forward contract
must be settled before the bond matures.
Quotations:
Quoted in terms of the discount on zero-coupon bonds (T-bills)
Quoted in terms of the YTM on coupon bonds (exclusive of accrued
interest)

Corporate bonds: must contain special provisions to deal with

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Bond Forward Contract

Illustration:
A forward contract covering a $10 million face
value of T-bills that will have 100 days to
maturity at contract settlement is priced at 1.96
on a discount yield basis. Compute the dollar
amount the long must pay at settlement for the
T-bills.
When market interest rate increase, discount increase and Tbill prices fall. Thus, if interest rates rise, the short gains,
and the long will have losses on the forward contract. If
interest rates fall, the long will gain on the forward contract,
and the short loses.
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Equity Forward Contracts

The underlying asset is a single stock, portfolio of
stocks, or stock index.
Treatment is the same as other forward contracts.
Portfolio of stocks as the underlying asset:
The difference between a forward contract with one portfolio of
stocks as the underlying asset and several forward contracts with
each covering a single stock is that it has better pricing (because
overall administration/origination costs will be less for the
portfolio forward contract)

Stock index as the underlying asset:

Similar to that of a single stock as the underlying asset, except that
the contract will be based on a notional amount and will be very
likely a cash-settlement contract.
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Equity Index Forward Contract

Illustration:
A portfolio manager desires to generate $10
million 100 days from now from a portfolio that
is quite similar in composition to the S&P 100
index. She requests a quote on a short position
in a 100 day forward contract based on the index
with a notional amount of $10 million and gets a
quote of 525.2. If the index level at the
settlement date is 535.7, calculate the amount
the manager will pay or receive to settle the
contract.
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Eurodollar, LIBOR, and EURIBOR

Eurodollar deposits
Deposits in large banks outside the USA, denominated in USD.
Quoted as an add-on yield rather than on a discount basis.

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

The lending rate on dollar-denominated loans between banks.
Quoted as an annualized rate based on a 360-day year
Used as an international reference rate for floating rate USD
denominated loans worldwide, quoted in 30-day, 60-day, 90-day,
180-day, or 360-day terms

EURIBOR
Europe Interbank Offered Rate
Equivalent for short-term Euro denominated bank deposits (loans to
banks)
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LIBOR-based Loan Illustration:

Compute the amount that must be repaid on a
$1 million loan for 30 days if 30-day LIBOR is
quoted at 6%.

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Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)

A forward contract to borrow/lend money at a certain
rate at some future date.
Cash settlement, but no actual loan is made at
settlement date.
Serve to hedge the uncertainty about short-term rates
(eg: 30, 60, or 90 day LIBOR) that will prevail in the
future.
If reference rates rise, the long (borrower)
gains and the short loses.
If reference rates fall, the short (lender) gains
and the long loses.
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Reading FRAs
60-day FRA on a 90-day LIBOR
Settlement or expiration is 60 days from now
Payment at settlement is based on 90-day LIBOR,
60 days from now.
Is also referred to as 2-by-5 FRA or 2x5 FRA

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Payment from the short to the

long at settlement on an FRA:

Numerator = interest savings in percent

Denominator = discount factor

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FRA Cash Settlement Illustration:

Consider an FRA that:

Expires or settles in 30 days.

Is based on a notional principal amount of $1 million.
Is based on 90-day LIBOR.
Specifies a forward rate of 5%

Assume that the actual 90-day LIBOR 30 days from now

(at expiration) is 6%. Compute the cash settlement
payment at expiration, and identify which party makes
the payment.
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Currency Forward Contracts

Specifies that one party will deliver a certain
amount of one currency at the settlement date in
exchange for a certain amount of another
currency.
A single cash payment is made at settlement
based on the difference between the exchange
rate fixed in the contract and the market
exchange rate at the settlement date.
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Currency Forwards Illustration:

Velvet expects to receive EUR 50 million 3
months from now and enters into a cash
settlement currency forward to exchange these
euros for USD at USD 1.23 per euro. If the
market exchange rate USD 1.25 per euro at
settlement, what is the amount of the payment
to be received or paid by Velvet?

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Futures Contracts
Similar to a forward contract, but it is a standardized contract
traded through the futures exchange. There is a third party
clearinghouse that acts as counterparty on all contracts.
Regulated by the government
More liquid than forward contracts
Lower transaction costs than forward contracts
Usually done for commodities (underlying asset)
Marked to market on a daily basis, and entails virtually no
physical delivery
Entail only market risk. Credit risk is passed on to the
clearinghouse. Clearinghouse doesnt take market risk as it
only takes offsetting positions.

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Futures Contracts Terms

Commodity Futures
A contract that is used to hedge against price changes for input
materials.

Financial Futures
A contract that is used to hedge against fluctuating interest rates,
stock prices, and exchange rates.

Speculation
With futures, it involves betting on future price movements.

Hedging
Using transactions to lower risks. Firms or individuals do this to
protect against a price change that would otherwise negatively
affect profits.

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Hedging using futures

Recall that when price increases, sellers lose. When price decreases, buyers lose.
Long and short hedges are ways in which an investor can cut his losses.
Long (buy) hedges
Futures contracts are bought in anticipation of (or to guard against) price increases.
You already have a short (sell) position, but you think that price will rise, so you make
a buy position to hedge against that risk.
Example: You entered into a futures contract to sell 1000 bushels of wheat at P500k
next year. However, since wheat prices start to rise, you anticipated that the price of
wheat is going to rise to P800k. So, to hedge that risk, you enter into another
contract to buy 1000 bushels of wheat at P600k next year. In case the wheat price
becomes P800k. At least you lost only 300k 200k = 100k.
Short (sell) hedges
Futures contracts are sold to guard against price declines.
You already have a long (buy) position, but you think that price will fall, so you make a
sell position to hedge against that risk.
Example: You entered into a futures contract to buy 1000 bushels of wheat at P500k
next year. However, since wheat prices start to fall, you anticipated that the price of
wheat is going to fall to P300k. So, to hedge that risk, you enter into another contract
to sell 1000 bushels of wheat at P400k next year. In case the wheat price becomes
P300k. At least you lost only 200k 100k = 100k.

Perfect Hedge = occurs when the gain or loss on the hedged transaction
exactly offsets the loss or gain on the unhedged position.
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Futures Contract can be

Either deliverable or cash settlement
Zero value at time the contract is entered into
Exchange sets minimum
price fluctuation called
TICKS. They also set daily
price limit, setting the
maximum price movement
allowed in a single day.
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Futures Contracts:
Delivery Open
Month

High

Low

Settle

Change

High

Low

Open
Interest

Sept.
Sept.

109-00
109-00

110-04
110-04

108-27
108-27

110-02
110-02

37
37

112-12
112-12

96-07
96-07

367,016
367,016

Dec.

107-30
107-30

108-29
108-29

107-27
107-27

108-28
108-28

37
37

111-04
111-04

96-06
96-06

96,216
96,216

Dec.

Consider a 20 year semi-annual payment, 6% coupon rate 100,000 t-bonds.

Required:
1. Compute for the price of the bond one day ago.
2. Compute for the total value of the bonds.
3. Compute for the nominal interest rate of the bond today and one day ago.
4. Compute the value of the contract if interest rates fall by 0.3%, 2 months later.
5. Compute for the profit or loss (increase or decrease of contract value)

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Future Contracts Terms

Futures margin deposit

Deposits to ensure performance under contract terms. These

are not loans.

Initial margin
The deposit required to initiate a futures position.

Maintenance margin

Set by Feds,
may be
increased by
brokerage

The minimum margin amount, and when margin falls below

this amount, it must be brought back to its initial level (Initial
margin)

Variation margin
Funds needed to bring ones account back to the initial
margin amount

Margin calculations
Based on daily settlement price , the average of the prices for
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Marking-to-market
Process of adding gains to or subtracting losses from
the margin account daily, based on the change in
settlement prices from one day to the next.
Trades cannot take place at prices that differ from the
previous days settlement price by more than the price
limit and are said to be limit down (up) when the new
equilibrium price is below (above) the minimum
(maximum) price for the day.

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Limit Move Illustration

A futures contract has a daily price limit of 5 cents. It
settled at $5.53 yesterday. Today, traders wish to trade
at $5.60.
No trades will take place today; however, settlement
price will be reported as $5.58. This is called a limit
move a limit up.
If traders wish to trade at or below $5.48, the price is
said to be limit down.
No trade because of limit move = Locked Limit = a
situation where the equilibrium is either above or below
the prior days settle price by more than the permitted
(limit) daily price move.
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Margin Balance Computation 1:

On September 1, 2015, A agrees to sell a house to B
next year at P5 million. They agreed on cash
settlement. On September 2, the market value of the
house is P4.8 million. On September 3, the market
value of the house is P4.9 million, and on September
4, the market value of the house is P5.1 million. The
clearinghouse decides that initial margin will be 10%
of the notional principal, and maintenance margin will
be 80% of the initial margin.
Calculate the margin balance of A and B for September
2, 3, and 4.
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Margin Balance Computation 2:

Consider a long position of five July wheat contracts,
each of which covers 5,000 bushels. Assume that the
contract price is $2.00 and that each contract requires
an initial margin deposit of $150 and a maintenance
margin of $100.
Compute the margin balance for this position after a 2
cent decrease in price in Day 1, a 1-cent increase in
price in Day 2, and a 1-cent decrease in price on Day 3.

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Termination of a Futures Contract:

Offsetting trade (entering into an opposite position
in the same contract). The most common method.
Cash Settlement (Cash payment at expiration)
Delivery of the asset specified in the contract (less
than 1% of all contract terminations)
An exchange for physicals (asset delivery off the
exchange) = an ex-pit transaction; an exception.

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Types of Futures Contracts:

Treasury Bill
Based on a $1 million face value 90 day t-bill & settles in cash. One
tick is 0.01% ($25 per $1 million contract)

Eurodollar
Based on 90-day LIBOR
Settles in cash and the minimum price change or one
tick is 0.01%, ($25 per $1 million contract)

Treasury Bond
Traded for t-bonds that matures in more than 15 years, is a
deliverable contract, have a face value of $100,000 and quoted as
percentages or fractions of 1% (1/32nds) of face value
Gives the short a choice of bonds to deliver
Uses conversion factors to adjust the contract price for the bond
that is delivered. Long pays the futures price at expiration x
conversion factor.

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T-bill Futures Contract Illustration:

A t-bill has a price quote of 98.52. How much is
the delivery price of the t-bill?

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Types of Futures Contracts:

Stock Index
Do not allow for actual delivery.
Have a multiplier that is multiplied by the index to calculate the
contract value, and settle in cash.
S&P 500 index future is most popular, settlement is in cash and is
based on a multiplier of 250. Dows multiplier is 10, NASDAQ is
100
Example: Suppose the S&P 500 index is at 1,088. A one month
futures contract on the index may be quoted at a price of 1,090.
Compute for the actual futures price.

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Types of Futures Contracts:

Currency
Delivery of standardized amounts of foreign currency.
Are set in foreign currency, and price is stated in USD/unit.
Example: A euro contract covers 125,000 euros and is quoted

in dollars per euro. What is the contract price if futures price

is stated as 0.8555 USD?

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Swap
Two parties agree to exchange obligations to make specified payment
streams.
A series of forward contracts
Not per se, an exchange of one asset for another. Rather, its an
exchange of obligations.
Are custom instruments, largely unregulated, dont trade in
secondary markets, and are subject to default (counterparty) risk
No money is exchanged at inception, and periodic payments are
netted, except currency swaps.
Effects of swaps due to standardized contracts:
Standardized contracts lower the time and effort involved in
arranging swaps, thus lowering transaction costs.
Standardized contracts led to a secondary market for swaps,
increasing the liquidity and efficiency of the swaps market.
Examples:
Plain Vanilla Interest rate swap
Equity returns swap
Currency swap
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Plain Vanilla Interest-rate swap

Fixed-for-floating (or vice versa) interest-rate swap.
Notional principal is generally not swapped
Net payment by the fixed rate payer, based on 360 day
year:
(Fixed Float or LIBOR) x (# of days / 360) x notional
principal

Net payment by the float rate payer, based on 360 day

year:
(Float or LIBOR Fixed) x (# of days / 360) x notional
principal
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Interest Rate Swap Illustration:

A enters into a $1,000,000 quarterly-pay plain vanilla
interest rate swap as the fixed rate payer at a fixed rate
of 6% based on a 360 day year. The floating-rate
payer agrees to pay 90-day LIBOR plus a 1% margin;
90-day LIBOR is currently 4%.
The first swap payment is known at swap initiation.
90-day LIBOR rates are:

4.5%
5.0%
5.5%
6.0%

90 days from now

180 days from now
270 days from now
360 days from now

Calculate the amount A pays or receives 90, 180, 270, and

360 days from now.

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Equity Swaps
The returns payer makes payments based on
returns of a stock, portfolio, or index, in
exchange for fixed or floating rate payments.
If stock, PTF, or index declines in value, the
returns payer receives the interest payment & a
payment based on the percentage decline in
value.

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Equity Swap Illustration:

Petunia enters into a 2 year $10 million quarterly swap
as the fixed payer and will receive the index return on
the S&P 500. The fixed rate is 8% and the index is
currently 986. At the end of the next three quarters,
the index level is 1030, 968, and 989.
Calculate the net payment for each of the next three
quarters and identify the direction of the payment.

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Currency Swap
Used to secure cheaper debt and to hedge against exchange rate fluctuations.
It is less expensive than issuing debt in foreign currency coz own currency is not known to
foreign land. This is especially applicable for companies that wants to have operations in
a foreign land.
Borrow USD

Borrow AUD

BB (US)

9%

8%

AA (AUS)

10%

7%

Assume that 1 USD = 2 AUD. Each party goes to his own bank. BB borrows 1m USD at
9% (interest of USD90k), and AA borrows 2m AUD at 7% (interest of AUD140k)
3 Important Dates:
Swap Initiation- notional principal is swapped at initiation
Gives 1m USD

BB (US)

AA (AUS)
Gives 2m AUD

Swap Interest Payments (to each other)

Pays AUD 160k (2m x 8%)

BB (US)

AA (AUS)
Pays USD 100k (1m x 10%)

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Currency Swap
3 Important Dates:
Interest Payments to respective banks
AA pays 140k AUD to Bank, but he gets 160 AUD from BB, so he gains 20,000
AUD
BB pays 90k USD to Bank but he gets 100 USED from AA, so he gains 10,000
USD

Swap Termination
Gives 2m AUD

BB (US)

AA (AUS)
Gives 1m USD

AA pays back 2m AUD to the Australian Bank

BB pays back 1m USD to the US Bank

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How to terminate swaps:

Enter into an offsetting swap, sometimes
through swaption (most common)
Mutual agreement to terminate the swap (likely
involves making or receiving compensation)
Selling the swap to a 3rd party with consent of
the original counterparty (uncommon)

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Structured Notes
A debt obligation derived from another debt obligation.
They are securities whose cash flow characteristics depend
upon one or more indices or that have embedded forwards
or options, or securities where an investors investment
returns and issuers payment obligations are contingent on,
or highly sensitive to, changes in the value of the underlying
assets, indices, interest rates, or cash flows.
Example: Collateralized Debt Obligation is a type of
structured asset-backed security.

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Inverse Floaters
A note in which the interest paid moves counter to market
rates.
Example: Usually, interest rate on your bond is 1% + prime
rate. So if prime rate is 4%, interest rate on your note will
be 5%.
For inverse floaters, if interest rate in economy falls, bond
yield will rise. (Example: if interest rate of economy is 3%,
and bond interest rate is 4%. If economy rate goes to 2%,
bond interest rate goes to 5%
Benefits: to enhance yield when economy rates fall.

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Options
A contract that gives its holder the right, but not
the obligation, to buy (or sell) an asset at some
predetermined price within a specified period of
time.
Its important to remember:
It does not obligate its owner to take action.
It merely gives the owner the right to buy or sell
an asset.
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Options
Option writer = seller of an option.
Call Option
Gives the holder of the call option the right, but not the
obligation, to buy an asset at a particular price within a
specified period of time.

Put Option
Gives the holder of the put option the right, but not the
obligation, to sell an asset at a particular price within a
specified period of time.

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Options:
Four possible Options:

Long Call buyer (holder) of a call option

Short Call seller (writer) of a call option
Long Put buyer (holder) of a put option
Short Put seller (writer) of a put option

Option Premium the price paid for the option.

Moneyness determined by the difference between
the strike or exercise price and the market price of the
underlying stock.

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Kinds of Options:
European Options
Can be exercised only at the options expiration
date.

American Options
Can be exercised at any time up to the options
expiration date.
These are more valuable than European options.

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Option Terminologies
Exercise (or strike) price the price stated in the option
contract at which the security can be bought or sold.
Option price option contracts market price.
Expiration date the date the option matures.
Exercise value the value of an option if it were exercised
today (Current stock price - Strike price).

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Option Terminologies
Covered option an option written against stock held in an
investors portfolio.
Naked (uncovered) option an option written without the
stock to back it up.
In-the-money call a call option whose exercise price is less
than the current price of the underlying stock.
Out-of-the-money call a call option whose exercise price
exceeds the current stock price.
Long-term Equity AnticiPation Securities (LEAPS) - similar to
normal options, but they are longer-term options with
maturities of up to 2 1/2 years.

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Options Moneyness:
CALL OPTION

PUT OPTION

In the money
(Option holder
WILL Exercise)

Stock/Market Price >

Strike/Exercise Price

Stock/Market Price <

Strike/Exercise Price

At the money
(Option holder is
indifferent)

Stock/Market Price =
Strike/Exercise Price

Stock/Market Price =
Strike/Exercise Price

Out of the money

(Option holder
WILL NOT exercise)

Stock/Market Price <

Strike/Exercise Price

Stock/Market Price >

Strike/Exercise Price

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Moneyness Illustration:
Consider a September 40 call and a September
40 put, both on a stock that is currently selling
for $37 a share. Calculate how much these
options are in or out of the money.

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Option Simple Illustration:

A, the writer of a call option, has a contract with B.
The price paid for the option is set at $800. Exercise
price is agreed to be $10,000. Suppose that the
market price is $11,500. Compute the gain or loss of A
and B.

A, the writer of a call option, has a contract with B.

The price paid for the option is set at $800. Exercise
price is agreed to be $11,500. Suppose that the market
price is $10,000. Compute the gain or loss of A and B.
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Option example
A call option (option to buy) with an exercise
price of $25, has the following values at these
prices:
Stock price
$25
30
35
40
45
50
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Call option price

$ 3.00
7.50
12.00
16.50
21.00
25.50

Determining call option exercise value

and option premium or time value
Stock
Strike
price (S) price (X)

Exercise or
Intrinsic value
of option

Market price
of Option

Option
Premium/
Time Value

$25.00
30.00

$25.00
25.00

$0.00
5.00

3.00
7.50

3.00
2.50

35.00
40.00

25.00
25.00

10.00
15.00

12.00
16.50

2.00
1.50

45.00
50.00

25.00
25.00

20.00
25.00

21.00
25.50

1.00
0.50

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Determining put option intrinsic value

and option premium or time value
Stock
Strike
price (S) price (X)

Exercise or
Intrinsic Value
of option

Market
price of
Option

Option
Premium/
Time Value

$30.00
25.00

$25.00
25.00

$0.00
0.00

3.00
7.50

3.00
7.50

20.00

25.00

5.00

12.00

7.00

15.00
10.00
5.00

25.00
25.00
25.00

10.00
15.00
20.00

16.50
21.00
25.50

6.50
6.00
5.50

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How does the option premium change as

the stock price increases?
The premium of the option price over the exercise
value declines as the stock price increases.
This is due to the declining degree of leverage
provided by options as the underlying stock price
increases, and the greater loss potential of
options at higher option prices.

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Intrinsic Value Illustration:

Consider a call option with a strike price of $50.
Compute the intrinsic value of this option for
stock prices $55, $50, and $45
Compute for the option premium under the
three scenarios, if market price of the call
options are 5, 4, and 3, respectively.

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Option
value

Call premium diagram

30

25
20
15
Market
price

10

Stock

5
5
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10

15

20

25

30

Exercise
value
35
40 45

Price
50

Option price depends on:

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Stock Price
Exercise Price
Term-to-maturity
Variability of the stock price (Volatility)
Risk-free rate

OPM Riskless Hedge

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We are to find the value of an option assuming a

riskless hedge.
Riskless Hedge a hedge where an investor
buys a stock and simultaneously sells a call
option on that stock, ending up with a riskless
position.
Given: Stock price today = P40 per share;
Exercise price next year = P35 per share; True
market price = may either be 30 or 50. Assume
that discount interest is 8%.

Steps:

1. Find the range.

Ending Stock Price

Minus Strike Price

Exercise Value of the

Option

30

35

50

35

15

20

15

(computed as 15/20)

0.75

2. Equalize range of payoffs for both the stock and option

Ending Stock Price x
factor

Ending Stock Value

Exercise Value of the Option

(Ending Value)

30 x 0.75

22.50

0.00

50 x 0.75

37.50

15.00

15.00

15.00

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Steps:
3.

4.

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Create a riskless hedged investment (Ending value of total portfolio

= regardless of whether the stock increases or decreases)
Ending Stock
Price x factor

Ending Value of
Stock in PTF

MINUS Ending
Value of Option in
PTF

Ending Total
Value of the PTF

30 x 0.75

22.50

22.50

50 x 0.75

37.50

15.00

22.50

Pricing the call option

PV of the Portfolio = 22.50 / (1.08)^1 = 20.83
Remember, stock NOW is worth P40.00. Cost of stock is P30.00,
because it costs 0.75(40) = 30 to purchase of a share.
Price of Option = Cost of Stock PV Portfolio
Price of Option = P30.00 P20.83 = 9.17

Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model

Developed by Fischer Black and Myron Scholes
in 1973.

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What are the assumptions of the Black-Scholes

Option Pricing Model?
The stock underlying the call option pays no dividends
during the call options life.
There are no transactions costs for the sale/purchase of
either the stock or the option.
The short-term, risk-free interest rate (rRF) is known and is
constant during the life of the option.
Any purchaser of a security may borrow any fraction of the
purchase price at the short-term risk-free interest rate.
No penalty for short selling and sellers receive immediately
full cash proceeds at todays price. (Short selling is
permitted)
Option can only be exercised on its expiration date.
(European Options)
Security trading takes place in continuous time, and stock
prices move randomly in continuous time.
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Using the Black-Scholes option pricing model

2
ln(P/X) [rRF ]t
2

d1
t
d 2 d1 - t

Put-call parity requires that:

Put = V - P + Xe-rT
Then the price of a put option
is:
Put = Xe-rT N(-d2) - P N(-d1)

V P[N(d1 )] - Xe-rRF t [N(d2 )]

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V = Current value of the call option

P = current price
N(d1) = probability that a deviation less than d1 will occur in a standard normal distribution.
N(d1) and N(d2) = represent areas under a standard normal distribution function.
X = exercise or strike price of an option
e = 2.7183
kRF = risk-free interest rate
t = time until the option expres
Ln(P/X) = natural logarithm of P/X
SD^2 = variance of the rate of return on the stock

Use the B-S OPM to find the option value of a call option
with P = $27, X = $25, rRF = 6%, t = 0.5 years, and 2 =
0.11.
ln($27/$25 ) [(0.06 0.11 )] (0.5)
2
d1
0.5736
(0.3317)(0.7071)
d 2 0.5736 - (0.3317)(0.7071) 0.3391
From Appendix C in the textbook
N(d1 ) N(0.5736) 0.5000 0.2168 0.7168
N(d 2 ) N(0.3391) 0.5000 0.1327 0.6327
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Solving for the call option value

V P[N(d1 )] - Xe

-rRF t

[N(d2 )]
-(0.06)(0.5)

V $27[0.7168] - $25e

[0.6327]

V $4.0036

Solving for the put option value

Put = Xe-rT N(-d2) - P N(-d1)
Put = [$25e^(-0.06x0.5)] x 0.3673) ($27 x 0.2832)
Put = $8.9111 $7.6464 = $1.2647
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How do the factors of the B-S OPM

affect a call options value?
As the factor increases The option value
Current stock price
Increases
Exercise price
Decreases
Time to expiration
Increases
Risk-free rate
Increases
Stock return volatility
Increases

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How do the factors of the B-S OPM

affect a put options value?
As the factor increases The option value
Current stock price
Decreases
Exercise price
Increases
Time to expiration
Increases
Risk-free rate
Decreases
Stock return volatility
Increases

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Benefits of Derivatives:
Provide price information (price discovery).
Allows risk to be managed and shifted among
market participants.
Reduce transaction costs because investors are
already able to manage risks.

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Criticisms of Derivatives:
Likened to gambling because of the high
leverage involved in derivatives payoffs.
Too risky especially to investors with limited
knowledge of complex instruments.

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