问题如下:
Which comments about non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) is least accurate?
选项:
A.NDFs are cash settled in the non-controlled
currency of the currency pair.
NDFs have greater credit risk associated with
them than outright forward contracts.
The pricing of NDFs may differ from what is expected on the basis of
arbitrage conditions.
解释:
B is correct.
考点:Currency Management for Emerging Market Currencies
解析:NDF相比forward信用风险更小,而不是更大。因为NDF是现金结算(cash settlement),不需要结算本金,所以到期时交割的现金流更小,面临的信用风险更小。
想问一下C选项
1.可以理解为由于新兴市场受到资本管制,在签订远期合约时,可能会出现与用Covered Interest Parity理论计算出的价格不一致的情况对吗?
2.原版书上的解释:Instead, NDF pricing will reflect the individual supply and demand conditions (and risk premia) in the offshore market, which need not be the same as the onshore market of the specific emerging market country.这个离岸和在岸的不一致怎么理解?