PRMIA Related Exams
8010 Exam
Which of the following is not a tool available to financial institutions for managing credit risk:
Whichof the following statements are true in relation to Historical Simulation VaR?
I. Historical Simulation VaR assumes returns are normally distributed but have fat tails
II. It uses full revaluation, as opposed to delta or delta-gamma approximations
III. Acorrelation matrix is constructed using historical scenarios
IV. It particularly suits new products that may not have a long time series of historical data available
An investor enters into a 5-year total return swap with Bank A, with the investor paying a fixed rate of 6% annually on a notional value of $100m to the bank and receiving thereturns of the S&P500 index with an identical notional value. The swap is reset monthly, ie the payments are exchanged monthly. On Jan 1 of the fourth year, after settling the last month's payments, the bank enters bankruptcy. What is the legal claim thatthe hedge fund has against the bank in the bankruptcy court?