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Suppose that a financial institution has entered into a swap dependent on the sterling interest rate with counterparty $\mathrm{X}$ and an exactly offsetting swap with counterparty $\mathrm{Y}$. Which of the following statements are true and which are false? Explain your answers. (a) The total present value of the cost of defaults is the sum of the present value of the cost of defaults on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ plus the present value of the cost of defaults on the contract with $\mathrm{Y}$. (b) The expected exposure in 1 year on both contracts is the sum of the expected exposure on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ and the expected exposure on the contract with $\mathrm{Y}$. (c) The $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on both contracts is the sum of the $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ and the $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on the contract with Y.

   Suppose that a financial institution has entered into a swap dependent on the sterling interest rate with counterparty $\mathrm{X}$ and an exactly offsetting swap with counterparty $\mathrm{Y}$. Which of the following statements are true and which are false? Explain your answers.
(a) The total present value of the cost of defaults is the sum of the present value of the cost of defaults on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ plus the present value of the cost of defaults on the contract with $\mathrm{Y}$.
(b) The expected exposure in 1 year on both contracts is the sum of the expected exposure on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ and the expected exposure on the contract with $\mathrm{Y}$.
(c) The $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on both contracts is the sum of the $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ and the $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on the contract with Y.
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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
John C. Hull 10th Edition
Chapter 24, Problem 14 ↓

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This statement is true. The present value of the cost of defaults represents the expected loss due to default on the swap contracts. Since the swap with counterparty X and the offsetting swap with counterparty Y are exactly offsetting, any default on one contract  Show more…

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Suppose that a financial institution has entered into a swap dependent on the sterling interest rate with counterparty $\mathrm{X}$ and an exactly offsetting swap with counterparty $\mathrm{Y}$. Which of the following statements are true and which are false? Explain your answers. (a) The total present value of the cost of defaults is the sum of the present value of the cost of defaults on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ plus the present value of the cost of defaults on the contract with $\mathrm{Y}$. (b) The expected exposure in 1 year on both contracts is the sum of the expected exposure on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ and the expected exposure on the contract with $\mathrm{Y}$. (c) The $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on both contracts is the sum of the $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on the contract with $\mathrm{X}$ and the $95 \%$ upper confidence limit for the exposure in 1 year on the contract with Y.
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