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Silver considers alternatives to a cash bond portfolio for hedging the liabilities because he is concerned that as time passes and market conditions change, the initially established hedging program may drift from target levels. Some of his clients with DB plans are underfunded and have interest rate hedge ratios well below 100%. These clients expect rates to rise, and should their view prove correct, the duration gap will improve funded status. He believes these clients should at least consider a costless derivative position to protect from rates falling further if their view is incorrect while also increasing the hedge ratio if rates rise. Q. What contingent strategies would Shrewsbury’s DB clients most likely enter into under the scenario he outlines? Short a receiver swap Long a payer swaption, short a receiver swaption Long a receiver swaption, short a payer swaption Solution C is correct. The plan is not fully funded and is also not fully hedged; that is, the money durations of the assets and liabilities are not matched. If the clients’ view is incorrect and rates fall further, the mismatch will result in the liabilities increasing in value while the assets will appreciate by a lesser amount. Swaptions are a contingent security on interest rate swaps. A receiver swaption would allow the plan to receive a fixed (higher) rate if rates rally, but at the cost of the swaption premium. To finance this receiver swaption, the DB plan can sell a payer swaption to collect a premium that finances the receiver swaption. If rates rise above some level, the plan would increase its duration by virtue of being put a swap. The plan may have anticipated closing the duration gap at higher interest rate levels, so being put a swap is in line with an LDI program.