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SWAP-
ARBITRAGE
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Arbitrage in Spot Market
Bank A and B quote :-
A GBP /USD1.4550/1.4560 1.4538/1.4548
Is there an Arbitrage opportunity?
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YES: there an Arbitrageopportunity
i.e B* *
Bank B *
Buy pound from B at 1.4548 and sellto A at 1.4550.
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How can the bank
remove theArbitrage
opportunity?
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A
GBP /USD 1.4550/1.4560
1.4545/1.4555
Bank will change quote to:-
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e Ban
* *
Bank B
* *
Buy pound from B at 1.4555 andsell to A at 1.4550.Loss.No
Arbitrage.
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SWAPS
Combination of two or more deals.
Spot and fwd simultaneously.
Spot 60 day dollar-euro swap is spotpurchase of dollar and fwd sell of thesame dollar.
Both are fwd then FWD FWD.
Temp X of one currency for other,With obligation to reverse deal forother.
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SWAPS
Amount of base currency same.
Other currency rate in Fwd leg
different due to Premium or Discount.Difference Swap Margin.
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SWAP MARGIN
USD/CHF-1.4265/1.4275.
1 MONTH SWAP-15/8.
Means 0.0015/0.0008,.must be addedto the Spot rates.
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CALCULATION
Actually the forward rate is
USD/CHF-1.4280/1.4283.Less
Spot rate -1.4265/1.4275
We get the swap margin- .0015/.0008
i.e.15/8.
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PROBLEM
Customer wants 3 month CHF-LIRASwap.
Customer will Sell CHF 1 million spotagainst LIRA.
Buy CHF 1 million 3 month Fwd(?)against LIRA.
Fwd market thin.
Bank will go to Euro-Lira market.
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SOLUTION
Euro-rates:-
CHF/ITL Spot- 755/765.
Euro CHF: 6 6 .Euro LIRA: 15 15 1/2.
What swap margin must the bank
quote?
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Assume Bank has given Swap rate as
CHF/ITL -760.00.
Bank borrows ITL 760 Million at 15 and deliver customer.
Bank receives CHF 1 Million from
customer and invest in deposit at 6%.At maturity after 3 month Bank must
pay:-
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ITL 760(1+ 0.25(0.1550))million=
ITL 789.45 million.
The CHF deposit would have grown to
CHF 1[1+0.25(0.06)]million=CHF 1.015million.
The bank will break even if it charges
(789.45/1.015)=777.78 lira perCHF on thefwd leg of the fwd contract(?).
The bank has thus manufactured a swapquote from the inter bank deposit market.
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PROBLEM - 2
Customer wants 3 month Loan ofDKK 50 Million.
No euro market.Spot USD/DKK-8.5025/35.
3 month Swap- 350/400.
Euro Dollar 3 month rates-8 -8 .What rate of interest should the bankquote on the DKK loan?
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Solution
Suppose bank does Swap at spot rate8.5030.Swap Margin -400 pips.
Thus rate of fwd leg would be DKK8.5430.(8.5030 + .0400)Bank has to borrow $ (50/8.5030)million tobuy and and loan DKK 50 million.On maturity bank has to buy back sameamount of dollar @ DKK 8.5430.It also has to pay on dollar loan :-
$(50/8.5030)[0.25(0.0875)]
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Out right forward USD/DKK-8.5435.
Total amount to be recovered from
customer DKK:-(50/8.5030)[8.5430+(0.25)(0.0875)(8.5435)] million =DKK 51.3342.
i.e. 4*[(51.3342/50)-1]=0.1067=10.67%
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PROCESS
Bank to borrow $ equivalent to 1 mln DKK.
Use spot leg of Swap to convert to DKK.Sell dollar at 8.5030 DKK for every 1 $.
This is also no of dollar required to beborrowed.
Reverse Swap with fwd leg with buy ofdollar at 8.5430 DKK for every Dollar.
Go for outright Fwd to cover risk at8.5435.Pay 8.5435 Dkk for every 1 dollarafter 3 month.
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