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- Chapter 9
Currency Futures and
Swaps
- Objectives
• To describe futures contracts and show how they
circumvent the problems of forward contracts
• To compare forward and futures markets
• To describe swaps and introduce some terminology
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- Definition
• Currency futures contracts represent an obligation of
the seller to deliver a certain amount of a specified
currency in the future at an exchange rate
determined now
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- Problems of Forward Contracts
• Non-standard contract dimensions
• Default risk
• Lack of liquidity
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- Using a forward contract
JPY
C
Forward contract
A
AUD
JPY Goods
B
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- Tendency to default on a forward
contract
USD 1 million
A tends to default
A Forward rate = 1.80 B
AUD 1.8 million
USD 1 Spot rate = 1.90
AUD 1.9
million million
C
(cont.)
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- Tendency to default on a forward
contract (cont.)
USD 1 million
B tends to default
A Forward rate = 1.80 B
AUD 1.8 million
Spot rate = 1.70 USD 1
AUD 1.7
million million
C
(cont.)
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9-7
- Tendency to default on a forward
contract (cont.)
USD 1 million
Forward rate = 1.80
Neither tends to default A B
AUD 1.8 million
AUD 1.8 AUD 1.8
Spot rate = million million
USD 1 Spot rate = USD 1
1.80 1.80
million million
C
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- Unwinding a forward contract
(a) Assigning the obligation to
another counterparty (D)
JPY Compensation
C
AUD
D
A
Compensation
(cont.)
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- Unwinding a forward contract
(cont.)
(b) Cancelling the forward contract
Cancellation fee
C
A
(cont.)
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- Unwinding a forward contract
(cont.)
C JPY
(c) Entering an offsetting
position with E
AUD
AUD A
E
JPY
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- How futures contracts solve these
problems
• Standardised contract dimension
• Default risk is controlled by the clearing corporation
and some regulations
• They are liquid
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- The role of the clearing corporation
in futures trading
USD Clearing USD
corporation B
A
(exchange)
AUD AUD
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- A comparison of forward and
futures markets
• Market size
• Market structure
• Contract size
• Traded currencies
(cont.)
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- A comparison of forward and
futures markets (cont.)
• Cross rates
• Exchange rate fluctuations
• Maturity dates
• Maturity lengths
(cont.)
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- A comparison of forward and
futures markets (cont.)
• Credit risk
• Cash flows
• Hours of trading
• Eligible dealers
• Major users
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- Futures exchanges
• The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
• The Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• The Sydney Futures Exchange
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- Definition of swaps
• Currency and interest rate swaps involve the
exchange of interest and foreign currency cash
flows. They differ from swaps in the forward FX
market (FX swaps)
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- Currency swaps
• A currency swap is a transaction in which two
counterparties exchange specific amounts of two
different currencies at the outset and repay over time
according to a predetermined rule
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- Some features of currency swaps
• They emerged in the 1980s with the World Bank
playing a major role
• They have evolved as a successor to parallel loans
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