FMS Flashcards
It is the price for one unit of the commodity. It is essentially the amount of currency that paid for 1 unit of the commodity currency.
Terms Currency
FX contract wherein settlement is beyond spot value date. Exchange rate is determined by the current spot rate and interest rate differential of the two currencies involved
Forward rate
It is the simultaneous purchase and sale of FX for different value dates (i.e. Spot + Forward)
Swap
The FX forward contract is also known as what:
Deliverable forward or Plain- Vanilla Forward
gives bondholders the right but not the obligation to sell their securities back to the issuer at a pre-determined price and date
Puttable (Put option)
A derivative is a security whose price is dependent upon or derived from one or more
Underlying assets
Develops solutions for trading and client requirements, enabling the business to deal in and/or offer a variety of financial products and services.
Product Management Division
It is a structure that uses both an underlying bond and a Cross Currency Swap.
Asset Swap
Handles peso and dollar funds generation through deposits and other investment products
Institutional Fixed Income Sales Division
In an FX Swap, the first exchange is called what and where a spot rate is used.
Near Leg
Who issues the Fixed-Rate Corporate Bonds (PHP)
Prime Domestic Corporations
It is an agreement to buy/sell one currency against the other for settlement up to T+2
Spot
It is a single currency plain vanilla IRS agreement wherein one party agrees to pay a series of fixed rate interest payment while
the other party pays a series of floating rate interest payment based on a notional principal.
Interest Rate Swap
It is the amount borrowed and it is given back to the investor on maturity date at its maturity value.
Par Value/ Face Value
It is just the future value of the spot rate, given current interest rates
Forward rate
Who are the typical sellers of Foreign Exchange?
Exporters, BPOs, Remittance, OFWs
What’s the formula of the swap points
Spot Rate x IRD x T/360
Day-to-day potential for an investor to experience losses from fluctuations in foreign exchange and security prices.
Market Risk
Who are under the primary markets
On the first issuance of:
1. Government
2. Corporations through IPOs
It can be seen as a combination of the two swap contracts
Cross Currency Swap (CCS)
Services corporate needs on foreign exchange requirements. Cross-sells other FX products and/or services to corporate clients, including forwards, swaps, and other derivative instruments.
Corporate & Commercial FX Sales Divisions
What is the benefit of the Asset Swap (ASW)
Yield enhancement and portfolio investment diversification
Minimum Investment amount for the T-Bills, RTBs, FXTns
Php 500,000 in par value
Who are the buyers/holders of bonds?
Individuals, Corporations, or organizations
How do you compute for the IRD or otherwise known as Interest Rate Differential
PHP interest rate- USD interest rate
If the coupon rate is lesser than the market rate, the bond is:
At a DISCOUNT
It is the selling rate of the bank
Offer rate