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The post-financial crisis era has introduced historically low interest rates in the United States, which has put significant pressure on the net yield of insurers, as the return from fixed income products decrease proportionally with low rates.
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In this section we provide definitions (using cash flow diagrams) of the ba-sic vanilla interest-rate derivatives. These can be classified as single period (FRA, caplet, Libor futures, option on Libor futures) and as multi-period (swaps, caps, swaptions).
Interest rate risk. Long-term loans frequently pay a floating interest related to a market rate (e.g. year LIBOR). The interest 1- rate is periodically revised in accordance with the reference rate, which could be higher than previously. Additionally, short-term loans, once they mature, need to be renewed
Hedging is defined here as risk trading carried out in financial markets. Businesses do not want market-wide risk considerations – which they cannot control – to interfere with their economic activities. They are, therefore, willing to trade the risks that arise from their daily conduct of business.
Applications of hedging Background Contracts A classic example Why hedge? Futures are easier to use (standardization) Forwards are easier to price (no marking-to-market) But: future and forward prices are the same if: interest rates are certain (non-stochastic) In practice: di erences ignored for short lived contracts
This study examines how and why interest rates a ect nancial contracts using the leveraged loan market as a laboratory. We focus on the implications of interest rate variation for the loan pricing mechanism, while exploring other features (e.g., maturity and covenants) as a means of shedding further light on any observed relations.
