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P R I C I N G

I N T E R E S T R A T E S W A P S M O D U L E I T E R M S T R U C T U R E S

PRICING INTEREST RATE


SWAPS MODULE I TERM
STRUCTURES
By Jawwad Ahmed Farid





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P R I C I N G I N T E R E S T R A T E S W A P S M O D U L E I T E R M S T R U C T U R E S

CONTENTS
BASICS .................................................................................................................................................... 4
1. Definitions .......................................................................................................................................... 4
a. Cash flows .............................................................................................................................. 4
b. Discounting Cash flows .......................................................................................................... 4
c. Spot Rates .............................................................................................................................. 4
d. Forward Rates ........................................................................................................................ 4
e. Short rates .............................................................................................................................. 5
f. Yield to Maturity ..................................................................................................................... 6
g. Term structure of interest rates ............................................................................................. 6
2. Forward Rate Agreements ................................................................................................................. 7
3. Forward Contracts ............................................................................................................................. 7
4. Swaps ................................................................................................................................................. 8
a. Interest Rate Swap ................................................................................................................. 8
b. Currency Swap ....................................................................................................................... 9
c. Other Swaps ........................................................................................................................... 9
3. Pricing Interest Rate Swaps Process Defined .................................................................................. 10
MODELLING THE TERM STRUCTURE, ZERO CURVE AND FORWARD CURVE .............................................................. 13
1. Defining the Par Term Structure ........................................................................................................ 13
2. Deriving the Zero Curve ..................................................................................................................... 15
3. Deriving the Forward Curve ............................................................................................................... 17
DISCLAIMER .............................................................................................................................................. 18


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