问题如下:
A bond portfolio manager wants to reduce the duration from 5.5 to 4.5 by interest rate swap, she would enter into a:
选项:
A.receiver swap involving paying fixed-rate payments and receiving floating-rate payments.
B.receiver swap involving paying floating-rate payments and receiving fixed-rate payments.
C.payer swap involving paying fixed-rate payments and receiving floating-rate payments.
解释:
C is correct.
考点:interest rate swap
解析:
投资者希望降低组合的duration,因此应该进入一个duration为负的interest rate swap。
因为固定端的duration大于浮动端的duration,所以付固定、收浮动的duration为负,即应该进入payer swap.
请问为什么固定端的duration比浮动端的大呢?