userld475h发布于:2019-10-13 13:44:10浏览307次 FRM FRM Part I
In a FRA and/or interest rate swap portfolio which uses interest rate futures to hedge the
interest rate risk a tailed hedge means:
A. Adding a FRA to make up the difference between the futures hedge to the nearest
contract and the required hedge. This is most important for futures with large contract
sizes.
B. To shorten the duration of the portfolio.
C. To hedge negative convexity in the portfolio.
D. To allow for the interest received or paid on financing the margin on the futures contracts
i.e. allowing for the difference between futures and FRAs.
Answer: D
Because the futures contracts are marked to market with daily cash flows the value of these cash
flows is included in determining the hedge ratio.