A bank customer expecting to pay its Brazilian supplier BRL 100 million asks Alpha Bank to buy Australian dollars and sell Brazilian reals. Alpha bank does not hold Brazilian reals so it asks for a quote to buy Brazilian reals in the market. The market rate is 100. The bank quotes a selling rate of 101 to its customer, sells the reals, and receives AUD 1,010,000. To perform foreign exchange matched position trading, the banks should
Which one of the following four statements about the "market-maker" trading strategy is INCORRECT?
A credit analyst wants to determine if her bank is taking too much credit risk. Which one of the following four strategies will typically provide the most convenient approach to quantify the credit risk exposure for the bank?
Which one of the following four options is NOT a typical component of a currency swap?
As DeltaBank explores the securitization business, it is most likely to embrace securitization to:
I. Bring transparency to the bank's balance sheet
II. Create a new profit center for the bank
III. Strategically release risk capital and regulatory capital for redeployment
IV. Generate cash for additional debt origination
Which one of the following changes would typically increase the price of a fixed income instrument, such as a bond?
Alpha Bank determined that Delta Industrial Machinery Corporation has 2% change of default on a one-year no-payment of USD $1 million, including interest and principal repayment. The bank charges 3% interest rate spread to firms in the machinery industry, and the risk-free interest rate is 6%. Alpha Bank receives both interest and principal payments once at the end the year. Delta can only default at the end of the year. If Delta defaults, the bank expects to lose 50% of its promised payment. Six months after Alpha Bank provides USD $1 million loan to the Delta Industrial Machinery Corporation, a new competitor enters the machinery industry, causing Delta to adjust its prices and mark down the value of its inventory. Hence, the probability of defaultincreases from 2% to 10% and the loss given default increases from 50% to 75%. If Alpha Bank can reprice the loan, what should the new rate be?
A financial analyst is trying to distinguish credit risk from market risk. A $100 loan collateralized with $200 in stock has limited ___, but an uncollateralized obligation issued by a large bank to pay an amount linked to the long-term performance of the Nikkei 225 Index that measures the performance of the leading Japanese stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange likely has more ___ than ___.
Which one of the following four statements on the seniority of corporate bonds is incorrect?
A credit portfolio manager analyzes a large retail credit portfolio. Which of the following factors will represent typical disadvantages of market-linked credit risk drivers?
I. Need to supply a large number of input parameters to the model
II. Slow computation speed due to higher simulation complexity
III. Non-linear nature of the model applicable to a specific type of credit portfolios
IV. Need to estimate a large number of unknown variable and use approximations