Market participants should, where activity justifies it, aim to reduce settlement and related credit risk on currency transactions by:
Dealers should not conduct dealing activities outside the bank unless:
Using the following rates:
spot GBP/CHF 2.3785-15
spot CHF/SEK 5.5975-85
3M GBP/SEK swap 725/690
What is the price for 3-month outright GBP/SEK?
A person who appears to be a technician asks for your help in accessing treasury systems as he has forgotten his list of access codes. The Model Code recommends:
Where internet trading facilities are established by a bank for a client, the conditions and controls should be stated in a rulebook produced by:
Lending for 3 months and borrowing for 6 months creates a 3x6 forward-forward deposit. The cost of that deposit is called:
In the unforeseen event that a particular maturity date is declared a public holiday, what is normal market practice for spot FX?:
What is the buyers primary risk in a repo?
If you buy GBP 2,000,000 against USD at 1.6020; GSP 1,000,000 at 1.6035 and GBP 3,000,000 at 1.6028, what is the average rate of your position?
What is a long straddle option strategy?
What is the risk of dealing through an agent with an unknown principal?
The use of standard settlement instructions (SSI’s) is strongly encouraged because:
When is a broker allowed to assume a deal is closed:
3-month USD/CHF is quoted at 112/110. Interest rates in Switzerland are reduced but USD rates (which are higher) are unchanged. What would you expect the 3-month forward USD/CHF rate to be?
You have done the following deals in spot USD/JPY:
Sold USD 5.0 million at 130.60
Bought USD 3.5 million at 130.20
Bought USD 2.0 million at 130.50
Sold USD 2.0 million at 130.55
What is your net position and average rate?