What Kind of Interest Rate Swap (Of Liabilities) Would an FI

question 56

Multiple Choice

What kind of interest rate swap (of liabilities) would an FI with a positive funding gap utilise to hedge interest rate risk exposure?

• A) Swap in floating-rate payments for fixed-rate payments.
• B) Swap in floating-rate receipts for fixed-rate payments.
• C) Swap in fixed-rate receipts for floating-rate receipts.
• D) Swap in floating-rate receipts for fixed-rate receipts.

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Definitions:

Market Price

The current price at which an asset or service can be bought or sold in a marketplace, determined by supply and demand dynamics.

Strike Price

In options trading, the predetermined price at which the holder of the option can buy (in the case of a call option) or sell (in the case of a put option) the underlying asset.

Put Option

This is a financial deal which provides the participant the freedom, but not the compulsion, to part with a given amount of a principal asset at an established cost during a set span.

Market Price

The existing rate at which a service or asset is available for buying or selling in a market environment.