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Currency and Interest Rate Swaps: Chapter Ten
Currency and Interest Rate Swaps: Chapter Ten
Rate Swaps
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Chapter Ten
Chapter Objective:
This chapter discusses currency and interest rate swaps,
which are relatively new instruments for hedging longterm interest rate risk and foreign exchange risk.
Chapter Outline:
Types of Swaps
Swap Market
In a swap, two counterparties agree to a contractual
arrangement wherein they agree to exchange cash flows at
periodic intervals.
There are two basic types of swaps:
Fixed for fixed rate debt service in two (or more) currencies.
Pay floating
Company A
prefers floating
Issue fixed
Receive
fixed
Pay fixed
Receive
Floating
Company B
prefers fixed
Issue floating
It would make more sense for the bank to issue floating-rate notes at LIBOR to
finance floating-rate Eurodollar loans.
Bank A can issue 5-year fixed-rate Eurodollar bonds at 10 %
Bank
LIBOR
Bank
A
Issue $10M debt
at 10% fixed-rate
COMPANY
Fixed rate
Floating rate
BANK A
11.75%
10%
LIBOR + .5%
LIBOR
Swap
10.50%
Bank
LIBOR
Bank
10%
A
COMPANY
Fixed rate
Floating rate
BANK A
11.75%
10%
LIBOR + .5%
LIBOR
Swap
Bank
10.75%
LIBOR
Company
B
Issue $10M debt at
LIBOR+0.50% floating-rate
COMPANY
Fixed rate
Floating rate
BANK A
11.75%
10%
LIBOR + .5%
LIBOR
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Swap
Heres whats in it for Firm B:
Firm B can borrow externally at
LIBOR + .50 % and have a net
borrowing position of
Bank
10.75%
LIBOR
Company
LIBOR
+ .50%
BANK A
11.75%
10%
LIBOR + .5%
LIBOR
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Swap
Bank
10.75%
LIBOR
Bank
A
Company
LIBOR+10.75% LIBOR-10.50%=0.25%
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Bank
10.75%
LIBOR
LIBOR
Bank
A
A saves .50%
Fixed rate
Floating rate
Company
COMPANY
B
B saves .50%
BANK A
11.75%
10%
LIBOR + .5%
LIBOR
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Pay
Receive
Net
Company A
LIBOR
8%
-(LIBOR+.25)
7.75%
LIBOR
Company B
8.25%
LIBOR
LIBOR
8.5%
LIBOR+7.75%
LIBOR+8.25%
-8.75%
+0.50%
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Currency Swaps
Most often used when companies make crossborder capital investments or projects.
Ex., U.S. parent company wants to finance a project
undertaken by its subsidiary in Germany. Project
proceeds would be used to pay interest and principal.
Options:
1.
2.
3.
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Currency Swaps
Typically, a company should have a comparative
advantage in borrowing locally
Pay foreign
Company
A local
issue
Issue local
Swap
Bank
Receive
local
Receive
local
pay foreign
Company
B local
issue
Issue local
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Firm
Borrow
$52M
Annual
Interest
2.4 M
Swap
Bank
Annual
Interest
$4.16M
$8%
6%
Annual
Interest
2.4 M
Firm
B
6%
Borrow
40M
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Swap
Bank
$8%
6%
$8%
$52M
Bs net position is to
borrow at $8%
$8%
6%
Firm
Firm
6%
40M
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