February 27th, 2010, 7:07 am
A standard 6m euribor swap pays annual fixed and floating semi-annual. the 6m forward curve is used to derive the 6m forward rates. The 6m forward curve is derived from the standard euribor swap curve which is quoted annual vs 6m. For the discounting factor the same 6m curve is used to derive it.But what is we have a annual fixed vs 3m euribor curve? then you must create a 3m curve to derive the 3m forward rates (either through 6m-3m basis swap or annual swap vs 3m quotes). But which curve do you use to discount everything? (6m curve for both or 6m for fixed leg and 3m for float leg?).Same question hold for a 6m-3m swap.