...traded futures contract referenced to the swap curve. It is a price-based contract, similar in concept to a forward-starting swap, and is cash set- tled against the swap curve. The contract consists of a series of notional cash & …

...n 1 2 1 2(eP) a b 2(ei) - 2 (e) i 1 n n where - 2(e) is the average of the firm-specific variances. Because this average is indepen- dent of n, when n gets large, 2(eP) becomes negligible. To summarize, as diversification increases, the total variance

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...value would require a higher capital level still, of $4 million. The capital calculations for derivatives have detail differences between them, depending on the instrument that is being traded. For example for interest-rate swaps the exposure...

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