... rise interestrate will decrease the value ofthe Table 1: Exposure to interestrateRate Changes ofrate Lender Borrower Existing exposure Floating rate + - Rate - + Rate - + Rate Fixed RateRate ... to interestrateriskInterestraterisk measurement aims to quantify theinterestraterisk profile of a exposure is necessary to ensure proficient risk management There are several models of ... further aid the Vietcombank in its management interestraterisk 1.3 OBJECTIVES AND GOALS OFTHE RESEARCH The objective of this thesis is to -4- To investigate the movement oftheinterest rate...
... on their outlook on these rates RiskInterestrate moves can adversely affect the value of their investments With CBOE InterestRate Options, an investor has a tool to help control interestrate ... purchase of FVX put options would allow the holder to profit if rates decline because as 5-year interest rates fall, so does the level of FVX As interest rates decline and the level ofthe 5-year ... regarding the structure ofinterest rates and the very nature ofthe underlying instrument itself that investors must take into account to fully understand the behavior ofinterestrate options and their...
... parts ofthe European banking market The next section describes how we estimate the characteristics oftheinterest rate- setting behavior, primarily the markup of loan rates above a market rate ... presents OLS estimates ofthe determinants ofthe loan interestrate markup and the adjustment speed The dependent variable of models (1)-(2) is the loan markup The dependent variable of models (3)-(4) ... factors in the subsequent analysis The results of IPT models will be bank- and product-specific loan markups (i.e., the spread above the market interest rate) , the speed ofinterestrate adjustment...
... strands ofthe literature ofthe banks’ interestraterisk (See Staikouras (2003) and Staikouras (2006) for a survey) The first one is about the determinants ofthe banks’ exposure to interestrate risk, ... case especially the shape ofthe (past and current) term structure ofinterest rates We call this variable the change in the systematic factor ofthe exposure to interestrateriskThe variables ... (which explains the multiplication with Ei (t) and the division by 130) The variable ki (t) states the ratio ofthe bank’s interestrate exposure to theinterestraterisk exposure ofthe bond portfolio,...
... cash flows ofthe swap Assume that the realized or actual path ofinterest rates (LIBOR) over the four-year life ofthe contract will be: Table The realized path ofinterest rates End ofthe year ... that ofthe mortgages The proceeds ofthe sales ofthe notes can be used to pay ofthe CDs and reduce the duration gap Alternatively the thrift can buy a swap and take the fixed payment side of ... in interest rates on the balance sheet is assumed to be equal to the change in theinterestrate on the bond underlying the option contract The introduction of basis risk means that the bank must...
... these risks The results of this study provide the first formal estimates ofthe joint effect of derivative exposures on the systematic interestrate and exchange rate risks of U S banks The rest of ... significant exchange raterisk betas than interestraterisk betas, theinterestraterisk betas that are significant are all negative, while the signs ofthe significant exchange raterisk betas are ... over the risk- free rate, rt is theinterestraterisk factor measured by the percentage rateof changes in risk- free rate, i.e., (q t-qt-1)/q t-l when q is three-month U.S Treasury bill rate, ...
... measured by the four-quarter difference ofthe log ofthe GDP price deflator; the fourquarter difference ofthe log of CoreLogic house price index; the four-quarter difference ofthe log ofthe S&P 500 ... describing the measurement ofthe two interestrate surprises used in the analysis the “level” and “slope” surprises Our baseline regressions provide us with the estimate ofthe average effect of these ... alter their 21 interestraterisk profile Banks may choose so for the purpose of hedging interestraterisk in their loan portfolios or in order to take specific positions on future interest rate...
... on the other hand, have grown dramatically and are an important part ofthe management ofinterestraterisk at certain banks The notional amount ofinterestrate contracts—such as interestrate ... regarding the sensitivity of their fair value to interestrate movements The notional amount of an interestrate contract is the face amount to which the rates or indexes that have been specified in the ... more of their total assets This measurement conundrum makes estimates ofinterestraterisk especially difficult and underscores the lack of precision in any measure of bank interestraterisk THE...
... (1) where Δet is the change in the logarithm ofthe exchange rate at time t The mean ofthe exchange rate returns process, μ, the autocorrelation coefficient, ρ, and the variance ofthe innovation, ... short-term interest rates, and exchange rates in order to assess the effect of U.S monetary policy shocks on other variables in the SVARs Although the results for interest rates are mixed, the impact of ... various interestrate futures, and define their variable ofinterest as the deviation ofthe absolute value of exchange or interestrate returns in a given five-minute period on day j from the average...
... estimate ofthe impact ofthe interest- rate shock upon the equity capital ofthe bank In addition, we seek to measure the interest- rateriskof various banks, as perceived by the stock market When interest ... substantial model riskThe BIS proposals advocate the use of an ad-hoc 200 bps shock, in the absence ofthe data-driven procedure which yields the magnitude ofthe shock ofinterest to therisk manager ... questions on theinterestraterisk exposure of banks in India • What are the interest- rate scenarios which should be the focus of banks and their supervisors, in assessing interest- rate risk? We...
... incorporate a wider range ofinterestraterisk sources and can therefore provide a better measure ofinterestraterisk exposure One such source ofinterestraterisk is ‘embedded optionality’, often ... managing interestrate risk, and (ii) assess the extent ofinterestraterisk being run by an ADI The principles set out the essential features of a sound framework for managing interestrate risk, ... changing interest rates The techniques also vary in terms of their ability to capture the different forms ofinterestrateriskThe simplest techniques primarily only capture repricing risk This is the...
... InterestRateRiskThe potential impact of movements in interest rates on the institution InterestRateRisk Position The amount ofthe institution’s exposure to interestrateriskInterestRate ... in managing therisk include the frequency, volatility and direction ofrate changes, the slope oftheinterestrate yield curve, the size ofthe interest- sensitive position and the basis for ... this context, the maturity of an investment is used to provide an indication ofinterestrateriskThe longer the term to maturity of an investment, the greater the chance ofinterest rates movements...
... on the share of variable interestrate contracts, the frequency oftheinterestrate variations defined in the contract and the correlation ofthe MMR with the reference interestrate used in the ... computation ofthe present value is, again, the long-term interestrateThe lower the level of long-term interest rates, the higher the impact of a change in the long-term rate on the underlying value of ... approximation, the variation in the value of a bonds portfolio can be taken as the response ofthe value of a bond with the average maturity ofthe portfolio For instance, if the average maturity of the...
... expectations ofthe future path ofthe funds rate, as illustrated for example by OIS rates As I discuss further in the next section, these statements by the FOMC have had less ofthe character of an ... following the return ofthe natural rateofinterest to its normal level has a dramatic effect on the severity of both the economic contraction and the deflation that occur during the period ofthe negative ... federal funds rate, as indicated by the response of OIS rates at the time ofthe release The “cleanest” tests ofthe effects of forward guidance were the last two instances; not only did these statements...
... and for most of them, the impact of an increase in theinterest rates will be positive in terms ofinterestrate risk, both on a net worth level and in terms oftheinterest margin Therefore, Portuguese ... sources As with other approaches, the usefulness of dynamic simulation as a measure ofinterestraterisk depends on the validity ofthe underlying hypothesis and the accuracy ofthe basic methodology ... with just one of these two perspectives In addition, the degree of complexity affects the ability to pinpoint the different sources ofinterestrateriskThe simplest techniques, ofthe maturity/repricing...
... determinants of this differential interestrate sensitivity 5.3 The determinants of cross-sectional variation of interest- rate sensitivity Given the rejection ofthe uniformity hypothesis an interesting ... portfolios In other words, the analysis on the one hand has the drawback that noise is not 'averaged out', but on the other hand allows the evaluation ofinterestraterisk on the micro level ... period The long-term interestrate chosen was the 10-year swap rate As a proxy for the risk- free rate (in order to calculate excess returns) the One-week Interbank rate was chosen Finally, a set of...
... collected from theinterestrate voting spreadsheet published on the Bank of England website They refer to the decision ofthe MPC about the level ofthe key interest rate, the Official Bank Rate, from ... of a reasonable significance level Despite variations ofthe responses across the conditional distribution of both the MPC interestrate decisions and the member interestrate average, these interest ... might affect theinterestrate decisions, they should be incorporated into the estimation model This study therefore focuses on the impact of forecast uncertainty on the strength ofthe relationship...
... downward bias in the variability ofthe real rate depending on the level ofthe nominal equilibrium rateofinterestThe downward bias in the variability ofthe real rate accounts for the reduced ... throughout these simulations except if the nominal interestrate is constrained at zero Figure shows the frequency of zero nominal interest rates as a function ofthe level ofthe equilibrium rate ... K in the second half ofthe 1990s, when the nominal interestrate was close to zero, had no further effect on therateofinterest just as indicated by equation (1) We not estimate θ but rather...
... in the share of funding sourced from short-term wholesale debt (domestic and foreign) The share of securitisation has also fallen since the onset ofthe financial crisis, as the amortisation of ... points from the cost of equity funding Business lending There can be considerable variation in interest rates across business loans, as banks base their pricing on the characteristics ofthe individual ... lending rates relative to the cash rate, though there have also been significant contributions from the cost of equity and from higher risk margins to cover expected losses The expected loss rate...