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by phileas007
March 8th, 2010, 5:26 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Fund transfer pricing
Replies: 0
Views: 29714

Fund transfer pricing

<t>Has anyone experience of Fund transfer pricing not based on wholesale cost of funding (ie benchmark+own credit spread) ?Also how woudl you you calculate the FTP for invest banking unit? For instance would you charge the unit with overnight rate while it is dealing with negative basis trades? True...
by phileas007
August 19th, 2008, 1:43 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Forecasting interest rates
Replies: 5
Views: 50594

Forecasting interest rates

Thanks Redhed99,unfortunately I have to forecast the rates within a year or so from nowIf you have other ideas are welcome :-)Thanks
by phileas007
August 18th, 2008, 12:27 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Forecasting interest rates
Replies: 5
Views: 50594

Forecasting interest rates

Cost of issuing bonds with a maturity between 1y and 10YThanks in advance
by phileas007
August 17th, 2008, 4:40 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Forecasting interest rates
Replies: 5
Views: 50594

Forecasting interest rates

I have to forecast a company cost of fundingGiven that I do not have experience with interet rate models how would deal with the matter?Thanks in advance
by phileas007
June 17th, 2008, 10:38 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Slotting a puttable bond into a liquidity ladder
Replies: 3
Views: 53421

Slotting a puttable bond into a liquidity ladder

<t>Thanks Aaron,actually my problem is the reverse. I am trying to fund my assets with a puttable bonds to lower the cost of funding which has reached its highs for €So I guess I should set the expiration at the first date when the put option can be exercised (i.e. end of lockout period)Maybe I woul...
by phileas007
June 14th, 2008, 8:33 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Liquidity risk of a puttable bond
Replies: 0
Views: 52487

Liquidity risk of a puttable bond

Can anyone help with traeting the liquidity rik of a puttable bond?How would you compute its expiration? Does it change over time?Thanks in advance
by phileas007
June 14th, 2008, 8:20 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Slotting a puttable bond into a liquidity ladder
Replies: 3
Views: 53421

Slotting a puttable bond into a liquidity ladder

Can anybody tell me how to slot a puttable bond into a liquidity ladder?That is to say how to treat the liquidity risk of a puttable bondThanks in advance
by phileas007
June 12th, 2008, 2:30 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Band Swap
Replies: 0
Views: 52289

Band Swap

Can anyone explain what a band swap is and how is used?Thanks in advance
by phileas007
May 12th, 2008, 9:31 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Hedging participations in foreign currency
Replies: 0
Views: 54357

Hedging participations in foreign currency

Can someone explain how to hedge a participation in foreign currency?Thanks in advance
by phileas007
May 12th, 2008, 9:28 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Hedging participations in foreign currency
Replies: 1
Views: 54625

Hedging participations in foreign currency

Does anybody know how to hedge a participation in foreign currency?Thanks in advance
by phileas007
April 25th, 2008, 6:57 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: vasicek model calibration
Replies: 26
Views: 63294

vasicek model calibration

<t>I am totally new in the field. So sorry for the following questionsSome parctitioners use the differential equation (not the solution) to simulate the path. Is that normal? Can´t follow if the S used to estimate the parameters are real observations or the outcome of the simulations. Calibration s...
by phileas007
April 24th, 2008, 1:20 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: vasicek model calibration
Replies: 26
Views: 63294

vasicek model calibration

I must say am new to the field and I'd much appreciate if you can direct me to a very basic, step by step exampleFrom calibration up to to the loger term rate production
by phileas007
April 24th, 2008, 7:33 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: vasicek model calibration
Replies: 26
Views: 63294

vasicek model calibration

By the way...can anybody explain how is possible to get the entire term structure from the Vasicheck model?Thanks in advance
by phileas007
November 2nd, 2007, 8:43 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Reuters or Bloomberg
Replies: 0
Views: 63017

Reuters or Bloomberg

I need a info and quote serviceWhat is best in your opinion: Reuters or Bloomberg?Thanks in advance
by phileas007
July 28th, 2007, 7:13 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Negative Interest rates
Replies: 10
Views: 70335

Negative Interest rates

Simply speaking negative interest rates are logically impossible. So the model is inconsistent