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Treasury Operations 
in 
Banks
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Why Treasury Operations in Banks?... 
 To meet Statutory requirements 
SLR @23% of Net Demand & Time Liabilities 
CRR @4.25% of NDTL 
 To Deploy Surplus funds profitably. 
 To raise resources at competitive rates from domestic 
& global markets. 
 To remove asset-liability mismatches 
 To gain from daily fluctuations in financial market 
through trading activities 
 To hedge open positions (for mitigating interest rate/ 
exchange rate risks)
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FFUUNNCCTTIIOONNAALL AARREEAASS OOFF TTRREEAASSUURRYY 
Derivatives 
Forex 
Precious 
Metals 
Equity 
Market 
Investments 
Funds 
Management 
Bulk Deposits 
SLR/CRR 
Maintenance 
Treasury
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Broad Constituents of Treasury 
I INVESTMENTS 
• SLR Securities 
• Non SLR Securities 
• Raising Tier I/ Tier II Bonds 
II FOREX TRANSACTIONS 
• Merchant Transactions 
• Trading (Currencies & Gold) 
• Currency Futures 
III DERIVATIVES 
• Trading 
• Back to Back Deals for Corporates (Swaps/ Options) 
• Hedging of Bank’s Balance Sheet 
• Interest Rate Futures 
IV FUNDS MANAGEMENT 
• Cash Reserve Ratio maintenance 
• Inter bank Money Market Transactions 
• Bulk Deposits including Certificate of Deposits
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The Treasury Structure 
Back Office 
(Settlement & 
Accounting 
of Deals) 
Mid Office 
(Risk Mngment) 
Front Office 
(Strikes Deals)
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Typical Functional Structure of the Division 
TREASURY DIVISION (GM) 
DGM Risk Management Division 
-Head Office 
-Central Treasury FEOs (2)* (Extended Arms)-(CMs) 
Front Office Back-Office Mid Office 
CHIEF DEALER- FIXED INCOME ASSTT.GEN. MANAGER ASSTT.GEN. MANAGER 
Dealers: 
SLR securities Settlement Risk Management 
Non SLR Bonds Accounts - Domestic 
Funds Audit - Forex 
CHIEF DEALER – EQUITY CHIEF MANAGER Investment policy 
Equity Dealers Back office Integration ALM 
CHIEF DEALER – FOREX/ Establishment 
DERIVATIVES 
Derivative Dealers CHIEF MANAGER 
Forex Dealers Computer Systems/ RTGS
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Investment Committee: 
 The Investment Committee is constituted in terms 
of Board approved Investment Policy every year. 
 The Committee is headed by the Executive 
Director. Other members are GM (Credit), GM 
(Treasury), GM (MASD), GM (RMD), DGM 
(Treasury) and AGM/ CMs (Front Office, 
Treasury). 
 The Committee discusses/ reviews the prevailing 
market conditions, likely trends in the financial 
markets, economic scenario, interest rate / 
liquidity scenario etc. and accordingly formulates 
broad investment strategy every day. 
 The decisions taken by Investment Committee 
are properly recorded and meticulously complied 
with.
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Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 
 Sec 24 of BR Act 
 Till recently could be stipulated to minimum of 
23% of NDTL 
Recent Amendment to BR Act has removed the 
lower ceiling for maintenance of SLR 
 In Central/ State G.Secs and Other approved 
Secs, Cash balances with RBI, SBI, & identified 
banks, cash in hand & Gold 
 Approved Secs- as mentioned in Sec 5 of BR 
Act 
 Other Approved Secs- Also known as Trustee 
Secs 
 SLR can be kept more than required
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Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 
 Under RBI Act Sec 42. 
 Till recently could be stipulated to 4.00% of NDTL 
Recent Amendment to RBI Act has removed the lower and 
upper ceilings for maintenance of CRR 
 Presently stipulated at 4.25% of NDTL 
 CRR kept in Current A/c with RBI at 18 Designated Centers 
 Daily minimum balance required to be maintained is 70% of 
average fortnightly requirement. (e.g. if total CRR balance 
required to be maintained is Rs.100 cr per day, then on a 
cumulative product basis, banks have to maintain at least 
Rs.1400 cr during a reporting fortnight, but on any particular 
day the balance should not be less than Rs. 70 cr. ) 
 RBI is not paying any interest on balances maintained as CRR.
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Non SLR 
 Equity / Preference Shares 
 Units of Mutual Funds 
 Commercial Papers 
 Corporate Bonds and Debentures 
 Spl. Central Govt. bonds like UTI bonds and 
Oil Bonds. 
 Bonds and debentures of PSUs, Government/ 
Semi Government autonomous bodies 
 Investments abroad in the shape of equity 
participation, subscribing to shares, etc.
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Money Market Instruments 
 Call Money 
 Notice Money 
 Certificate of Deposits 
 Inter Bank Participation Certificates 
 Term Money 
 Commercial Papers 
 Repo and Reverse Repos –with RBI/Market 
participants 
 Rediscounting of Bills 
 Collateralised Borrowing & Lending Obligations 
(CBLO)
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CLASSIFICATION 
I B/S disclosure: 
 Government securities 
 Other approved securities 
 Shares 
 Debentures & Bonds 
 Subsidiaries/ joint ventures and 
 Others (CP, Mutual Fund Units, etc.). 
II Investment portfolio also classified under three 
categories: Held To Maturity (HTM), Held For Trading 
(HFT) and Available For Sale (AFS) 
 Banks to decide category of investment on acquisition
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Classification into HTM, HFT & AFS 
 Securities intended to be kept in p’folio till their maturity 
can be categorised in Held To Maturity (HTM) p’folio. 
 Securities purchased with the intention to trade and gain 
from market yields to be classified under Held For Trading 
(HFT). 
 The securities which do not fall under HTM or HFT will 
be classified under Available for Sale (AFS). 
 Banks can decide holdings under HFT and AFS 
considering aspects such as basis of intent, trading 
strategies, risk management capabilities, tax planning, 
manpower skills, capital position. 
 HFT Securities to be sold within 90 days
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Valuation of Investment Portfolio: 
 HTM securities not required to be marked to 
market, hence no depreciation loss on HTM p’folio. 
 AFS and HFT securities are to be marked to market 
at regular intervals and if need be depreciation 
needs to be provided on the same. 
 Hence in firming interest rate scenario makes sense 
to shift securities to HTM category to limit interest 
rate risk. 
 Banks, vide RBI guidelines of Sep’04, permitted to 
keep 25% of NDTL in HTM category.
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Shifting among categories: 
 May shift investments to/from HTM category 
with approval of Board of Directors once a 
year. 
 Such shifting will normally be allowed at the 
beginning of the accounting year. 
 Transfer from one category to another has to 
be done at the acquisition cost/ book value/ 
market value on the date of transfer, 
whichever is the least, and the depreciation, if 
any, on such transfer should be fully provided 
for.
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Derivative Portfolio 
(excluding Exchange Traded Currency/ Interest Rate Futures) 
Swaps Options Structured Products 
Swaps with embedded options 
Single currency 
IRS 
Cross currency 
IRS 
OIS 
INBMK 
MIFOR 
Etc. 
CCS 
POS 
COS 
FX- INR Option FC-FC Option 
USD/INR 
GBP/INR 
EUR/INR 
JPY/INR 
CHF/INR 
GBP/USD 
EUR/USD 
USD/JPY 
USD/CHF
TTrreeaassuurryy 
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Why Derivatives ? 
The existence of derivatives is because of uncertainty about 
the future movement of financial markets. Derivatives 
are tools to reduce uncertainties arising due to the 
following factors: 
1. Dynamic nature of interest rates. The interest rates 
change over a period of time but the quantum of change 
is not predictable. 
2. Uncertain movement of interest rates not only in the 
local economy but also across globally because of, 
inter-alia, central banks’ moves on growth vs. stability. 
3. Movement in exchange rates between different 
currency pairs. 
All above three factors expose the related parties to interest 
rate/ exchange rate risks. Use of derivatives enables the 
exposed parties in risk mitigation by resorting to interest 
rate / exchange rate hedging by using derivatives.
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Scenario 1: 
 Corporate A has raised Rs. 100 crores Term Loan for 5 years 
at fixed rate of interest of 12% pa. The corporate holds the view 
that tracking business cycle, the interest rates are going to 
soften. 
 Repaying its present high cost borrowings and raising fresh 
borrowing on floating rate is the right answer to this situation. 
 But given the ‘on balance sheet’ rigidities it may not be 
practically feasible to repay the fixed rate loan and raise a fresh 
low floating rate loan. 
 Corporate A would like to convert its ‘fixed rate liabilities’ to 
‘floating rate liabilities’, without touching its original ‘underlying’ 
term loan.
Solution 1: Interest Rate Exposure Management 
 Corporate approaches the Interest Rate swap market where 
market makers are quoting fixed/ floating rates. 
 Corporate can receive fixed rate of interest on a notional 
amount equal to the underlying fixed rate term liability i.e. on 
Rs. 100 crs. and pay floating rate of interest, based on a 
quoted benchmark,. 
 This exchange of interest rate i.e fixed vs floating is called 
Interest Rate Swap, a Derivative Transaction. 
 Effectively Corporate’s fixed rate loan payout on loan will get 
cancelled out by receiving fixed rate of interest in swap 
transactions and it will be paying the floating rate. Hence, the 
fixed rate term liability has been converted into floating rate 
liability as desired by corporate. 
TTrreeaassuurryy 
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Solution 1: Interest Rate Exposure Management 
 Pictorially, it can be represented as below: 
 It can be seen the corporate is left paying floating rate whereas his fixed rate loan 
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payment has been offset. 
Corp. Receives fixed rate in IRS 
for 5 years from IRS provider 
Corporate Pays benchmark 
linked floating rate to IRS 
provider 
Corp. Pays Fixed rate 12% 
on fixed rate term loan Corporate A
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Scenario 2: Interest Rate Exposure 
Management 
 Corporate B has raised Rupee Term Loan for 5 years 
at floating rate of interest, reset periodically. The 
corporate holds the view that tracking business cycle, 
the interest rates are going to harden but it is not in a 
position to repay its present borrowings and raise fresh 
borrowing on fixed rate. 
 Here derivatives come into picture. 
 Corporate B can enter into an “Interest Rate Swap” to 
notionally convert its ‘floating rate liabilities’ to ‘fixed 
rate liabilities’, without touching its original ‘underlying’ 
term loan.
Scenario 2: Management of Interest Rate Exposure 
 And how it can be done? Corporate B undertakes to receive floating rate of interest in 
the IRS and to pay fixed rate of interest, based on a quoted benchmark, on a notional 
amount equal to the underlying floating rate term liability. 
 Hence, the floating rate term liability has been converted into fixed rate liability as 
TTrreeaassuurryy 
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desired by corporate A. Pictorially, it can be represented as below: 
Corp. Receives benchmark linked 
floating rate in IRS for 5 years 
from IRS provider 
Corp. Pays Floating rate on 
Corporate Pays fixed rate to 
IRS provider 
existing term loan Corporate B
TTrreeaassuurryy 
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Interest Rate Swap 
 This transaction (IRS) is based on an 
original ‘on balance sheet loan’ which is 
referred as ‘underlying’ for entering 
derivative transaction. 
 The amount of loan on which swap deal 
is based is called as ‘notional amount’. 
 It does not represent any asset or debt. 
It is used as principal for calculation of 
interest amount.
TTrreeaassuurryy 
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Overnight Indexed Swap (OIS): 
A Standard IRS Product 
 An Overnight Indexed Swap (OIS) is Rupee benchmark 
Interest rate swap. 
 This swap is based on overnight NSE Mibor rate which is again 
based on daily call money market rates. 
 This is widely used and a very transparent IRS product. 
 Participants quote a fixed rate for different tenor in exchange of 
NSE Mibor rate. 
 In other words OIS-IRS is a contractual agreement between two 
counterparties, to exchange a series of cash flows Over a pre-defined 
period of time to offset some existing interest rate 
exposure.
Receives 6.20% 
TTrreeaassuurryy 
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T=0 
5yrs 
A typical OIS deal 
Corporate receives 5 yr OIS at 6.20% for Rs 25 crore. In return, it will pay 
overnight NSE Mibor rate. 
 In this case the details are as follows 
 Rs 25 crores is Notional principal. 
 Term of the swap is 5 years. 
 Rate for the receiving side is 6.20% which is called fixed leg 
 Rate for the paying leg is overnight NSE Mibor rate which is called as floating 
leg. It is reset daily. 
 The cash flows will look as shown below 
Pays Daily O/N Mibor 
Fixing Daily; Settlement every 6 months
Scenario 3: Management of Exchange Rate Exposure 
1. A corporate with domestic operations is not directly affected 
by the exchange rate of local currency with other currencies. 
2. However, corporates with cross-border trade or borrowings/ 
lendings are directly affected by movement of exchange rate 
of local currency with other currencies. 
3. An exporter or a client with overseas investments may be 
adversely affected on appreciation of local currency as it will 
get lesser units of local currency for similar amount of 
foreign currency that it will receive in future. 
4. On the other hand, an importer or a client with overseas 
borrowings may be adversely affected on depreciation of 
local currency as it will have to shell out more units of local 
currency for similar amount of foreign currency it will have 
to pay in future. 
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Solution ??????
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Forward Contracts 
Since the future is uncertain, a corporate having 
exposure to a foreign currency bears the risk of 
appreciation/ depreciation of that foreign 
currency vis-à-vis local currency. 
To insulate itself from future uncertain exchange 
rate movement, a client can “lock” the exchange 
rate for a future date, which is called Forward 
Currency contract. 
Forwards are the basic building block for other 
derivative instruments.
Forward Contracts: Tool to Manage Exchange Rate Risk 
Assumption: 
 USD/ INR Spot Rate: 48.50 
 One Year Forward Premium: 1.00 
Hence, One Year Forward USD/ INR Rate: 49.50 
Receivable/ Investment Exposure: 
By booking forward contract at 49.50, the client will be able to convert his 
future receivable at assured rate of 49.50 enabling him to do his costing 
accordingly. No loss if USD/ INR is below 49.50 on maturity but also no 
gain if USD/ INR on maturity is above 49.50. 
Payable/ Borrowing Exposure: 
By booking forward contract at 49.50, the client will be able to convert his 
future payable at fixed rate of 49.50 enabling him to do his costing 
accordingly. No loss if USD/ INR is above 49.50 on maturity but also no 
gain if USD/ INR on maturity is below 49.50. 
The same is true for all other currency pairs. 
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Currency Options: The improvement over 
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‘Forward Contracts’ 
 An option agreement can be compared to an Insurance 
agreement which protects against probable losses, in return 
for a premium. 
 Unlike forwards, an option holder can have unlimited 
gains. 
 Buyer/ holder of option enjoys the right to purchase or sell 
the designated instrument, be it a currency, commodity or 
stock etc., at a specified price within a specified period of 
time. 
 Seller of option receives premium for selling that type of 
right.
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Option Terminology 
 Call Option gives the buyer the option without the 
obligation to buy the underlying asset on a certain date in 
future at a certain price. 
 Put Option gives the buyer the option without the 
obligation to sell the underlying asset on a certain date in 
future at a certain price. 
 Strike Price is the price at which the asset may be brought or 
sold in an option contract, also called the exercise price. 
 American Option can be exercised anytime during the term 
of the option contract. 
 European Option can be exercised only on the maturity 
date.
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OPTIONS V/S FORWARDS 
1) Right to buy/sell Right as well as Obligation 
to buy/sell 
2) Limited loss Unlimited opportunity loss 
3) Exercise, If profitable Must deliver/ close out 
4) Customer decides rate Market decides rate 
5) Premium payable No premium payable 
6) Unlimited gain potential No upside gain potential
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Why Options are better than Forwards? 
1. Provides pure right and has no obligation. Hence, in case on 
maturity date, if exchange rate of currency happens to be 
better than strike rate, the client may not exercise his right 
and may deal at the market rate. 
2. Thus he enjoys the unlimited upside unlike forward contract 
where it has to buy/ sell at the strike price only, which may 
result in opportunity loss. 
3. Client can chose the option strike price whereas forward 
contract rate is market determined. (However, upfront 
premium payable will change according to strike price 
chosen.) 
4. Option contracts include payment of upfront premium 
whereas no premium is involved in forward contracts. 
5. Options are generally preferred over forward contracts when 
the direction of movement is not clear but there is high 
volatility.
Derivatives Operations in Treasury 
Approach towards derivative transactions can be 
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classified as under: 
1. Trading Portfolio:- 
To do proprietary trading in Overnight Indexed Swap to 
earn profit from movement in OIS rates 
2. Hedging Portfolio:- 
To hedge the gaps of Bank’s own balance sheet; to 
protect spread/ NIM, and to reduce high cost of fixed 
rate liabilities. 
3. Back to Back Portfolio:- 
To undertake interest rate and exchange rate hedging 
transactions for Corporates and cover the same 
back to back in the interbank market.
Concept of Marked To Market (MTM) 
 This is an important concept as it reflects ‘market 
value’ of the outstanding derivatives position at a 
particular time on the prevailing market rates. 
 Though it is a notional number, it is useful, both 
for trading as well as for customer side trades. 
 In the trading we mark to market our portfolio on 
daily basis and account for the same. 
 On customer side the MTM forms the basis for 
arriving at the credit exposure amount which we 
monitor regularly. 
TTrreeaassuurryy 
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MTM Calculation – An Example 
Assumption: PNB has received fixed @ 6% pa in 5 
Year OIS deal for notional Rs. 25 Crore. 
Scenario 1: Fixed rate moves to 6.25% 
PNB has right to receive 6% pa whereas now the 
market receiving rate is 6.25%. 
It means PNB is ‘out of money’ by 0.25% pa on 
notional Rs. 25 crore for remaining tenor of the 
deal. 
The Present Value (PV) of this 0.25% pa (on notional 
Rs. 25 crore) negative cashflows over the remaining 
tenor of the deal is the negative MTM of the deal 
for PNB. 
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MTM Calculation – An Example (contd….) 
Scenario 2: Fixed rate moves to 5.75% 
PNB has right to receive 6% pa whereas now the market 
receiving rate is 5.75%. 
It means PNB is ‘in the money’ by 0.25% pa on notional 
Rs. 25 crore for remaining tenor of the deal. 
The Present Value (PV) of this 0.25% pa (on notional Rs. 
25 crore) positive cashflows over the remaining tenor of 
the deal is the positive MTM of the deal for PNB 
MTM is the cost or value, as the case may be, for 
unwinding the existing deal at the present market rate. 
Roughly, at around 6% fixed rate, on a standard 5Y OIS 
deal of Rs. 25 crore, one basis movement in fixed rate 
changes the MTM by about Rs. 1 Lac. 
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Currency Futures 
Permitted Currency Pairs 
Initially, currency future contracts were allowed only in 
USD/ INR pair. Subsequently, GBP/ INR, Euro/ INR 
and Yen/ INR has been permitted by RBI. 
Trading Hours 
The trading on currency futures is allowed from 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. From Monday to Friday. 
Size of the contract 
The minimum contract size of the currency futures 
contract is USD 1000. 
Tick size 
Tick size is 0.0025 Rupee.
Quotation 
The currency futures contract is quoted in Rupee terms. 
However, the outstanding positions is in foreign 
currency (USD, GBP etc.) terms. 
Tenor of the contract 
The currency futures contract have a maximum maturity 
up to 12 months. 
Settlement mechanism 
The currency futures contract is settled in cash in Indian 
Rupee. 
Expiry date and time 
Contracts expire two working days prior to the last 
business day of the month and the contracts expire at 
12 noon on the expiry day at RBI reference rate of the 
day. 
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Trading Mechanism 
 Currently, Currency Futures are being traded on 
3 exchanges. ( NSE, MCX & BSE) 
 Bank should have membership in MCX & NSE. 
 System Based operations 
 Bank can Buy or Sell on behalf of customers and 
take own proprietary position as well. 
 Unlike other OTC products like Forward 
Contracts and Options, customers need not 
have an ‘underlying’ foreign currency 
exposure to deal in currency futures. 
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USES OF CURRENCY FUTURES 
 Hedging: 
Risk mitigation of existing exposures to currencies 
exchange rate 
 Speculation: 
For trading with a view to make profit if positions 
turn favourable subsequently, and vice-versa 
 Arbitrage: 
To locate and profit from minor rate differences 
between different cash/ forward markets
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Margin Requirements 
The currency futures transactions are characterised by 
elimination of market/ settlement risk as the parties have to 
deposit the margins as under: 
Initial Margin 
When the position is opened, the member has to deposit the 
margin with the clearing house as per the rate fixed by the 
exchange. Initial margin is 1.75% on first day & thereafter 1% 
in addition to 1.75%. 
Marking to Market 
At the end of trading session, all the outstanding contracts are 
re-priced at the settlement price of that session. It means that 
all the futures contracts are daily settled, and profit and loss is 
determined on each transaction. 
Maintenance Margin 
Member’s account are debited or credited on a daily basis.
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Interest Rate Futures 
 An Interest Rate Futures (IRF) contract is “an 
agreement to buy or sell a debt instrument at a 
specified future date at a price fixed today.” 
 They are standardised exchange traded financial 
products which eliminate counterparty risk and price 
discovery mechanism is transparent. 
 Exchange traded IRF necessitates keeping of 
Margins which eliminates settlement risk. 
 IRF provide avenue for ‘Margin Trading’ for 
participants who do not want to block funds in 
‘long’ positions.
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Key Features of IRF 
 Underlying: 10 Year Notional Coupon bearing GOI security 
 Coupon: Notional Coupon 7% with s/a compounding 
 Lot Size: Rs. 2 Lac 
 Tenor: Maximum maturity 12 months 
 Contract Cycle: 4 quarterly contracts with fixed expiries. 
 Daily Settlement 
Price: Weighted average price of the futures for last 
half an hour 
 Margin: Initial margin (minimum 2.33%), Extreme Loss 
and Calendar Spread Margins to be maintained 
 Settlement: Physical delivery of deliverable grade securities
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Key Features of Interest Rate Futures (contd.) 
 IRF are traded on the Currency Derivatives segment of a 
recognized stock exchange. Presently NSE and MCX-SX 
are the two exchanges undertaking Currency Derivatives. 
 The members registered by SEBI for trading in Currency 
Derivatives shall be eligible to trade in IRFs. 
 Banks, PDs, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies, 
Corporate Houses, Brokers, FIIs and Retail participants 
shall be the market participants. 
 Banks are allowed to trade on their own account. Also, 
they shall be allowed to participate in IRFs for hedging 
interest rate risk inherent in their entire balance-sheet, 
including both on and off balance-sheet items. However, 
banks are not allowed to undertake trades on behalf of 
clients.
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Utility of IRF for Banks 
 Managing duration gap (mis-match in interest 
re-setting dates on assets/ liabilities). 
 Protecting against the devaluation of Govt. 
securities in AFS and HFT portfolios due to 
hardening of interest rates. 
 Generating trading profit from interest rate 
movements by utilising their experience of 
substantial statutory investments in Govt. 
securities.
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Operational Issues in Interest Rate 
Futures 
Concept of ‘Cheapest to Deliver (CTD)’ Bond: 
 Bond which can be bought at cheapest price from 
underlying bond market and delivered against IRF contract 
is called CTD bond. 
 CTD bond is the bond where difference between “Present 
Quoted Price of Bond” and “IRF Settlement Price * 
Conversion Factor” is the most beneficial to seller. 
 Conversion Factor is the multiplication factor to be applied 
to the current market price of identified deliverable grade 
securities to raise/ reduce the YTM of these securities to 7% 
(the notional coupon of the underlying G-sec bond on 
which the IRF is based).
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Treasury operations in_banks

  • 2. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Why Treasury Operations in Banks?...  To meet Statutory requirements SLR @23% of Net Demand & Time Liabilities CRR @4.25% of NDTL  To Deploy Surplus funds profitably.  To raise resources at competitive rates from domestic & global markets.  To remove asset-liability mismatches  To gain from daily fluctuations in financial market through trading activities  To hedge open positions (for mitigating interest rate/ exchange rate risks)
  • 3. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn FFUUNNCCTTIIOONNAALL AARREEAASS OOFF TTRREEAASSUURRYY Derivatives Forex Precious Metals Equity Market Investments Funds Management Bulk Deposits SLR/CRR Maintenance Treasury
  • 4. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Broad Constituents of Treasury I INVESTMENTS • SLR Securities • Non SLR Securities • Raising Tier I/ Tier II Bonds II FOREX TRANSACTIONS • Merchant Transactions • Trading (Currencies & Gold) • Currency Futures III DERIVATIVES • Trading • Back to Back Deals for Corporates (Swaps/ Options) • Hedging of Bank’s Balance Sheet • Interest Rate Futures IV FUNDS MANAGEMENT • Cash Reserve Ratio maintenance • Inter bank Money Market Transactions • Bulk Deposits including Certificate of Deposits
  • 5. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn The Treasury Structure Back Office (Settlement & Accounting of Deals) Mid Office (Risk Mngment) Front Office (Strikes Deals)
  • 6. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Typical Functional Structure of the Division TREASURY DIVISION (GM) DGM Risk Management Division -Head Office -Central Treasury FEOs (2)* (Extended Arms)-(CMs) Front Office Back-Office Mid Office CHIEF DEALER- FIXED INCOME ASSTT.GEN. MANAGER ASSTT.GEN. MANAGER Dealers: SLR securities Settlement Risk Management Non SLR Bonds Accounts - Domestic Funds Audit - Forex CHIEF DEALER – EQUITY CHIEF MANAGER Investment policy Equity Dealers Back office Integration ALM CHIEF DEALER – FOREX/ Establishment DERIVATIVES Derivative Dealers CHIEF MANAGER Forex Dealers Computer Systems/ RTGS
  • 7. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Investment Committee:  The Investment Committee is constituted in terms of Board approved Investment Policy every year.  The Committee is headed by the Executive Director. Other members are GM (Credit), GM (Treasury), GM (MASD), GM (RMD), DGM (Treasury) and AGM/ CMs (Front Office, Treasury).  The Committee discusses/ reviews the prevailing market conditions, likely trends in the financial markets, economic scenario, interest rate / liquidity scenario etc. and accordingly formulates broad investment strategy every day.  The decisions taken by Investment Committee are properly recorded and meticulously complied with.
  • 8. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)  Sec 24 of BR Act  Till recently could be stipulated to minimum of 23% of NDTL Recent Amendment to BR Act has removed the lower ceiling for maintenance of SLR  In Central/ State G.Secs and Other approved Secs, Cash balances with RBI, SBI, & identified banks, cash in hand & Gold  Approved Secs- as mentioned in Sec 5 of BR Act  Other Approved Secs- Also known as Trustee Secs  SLR can be kept more than required
  • 9. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)  Under RBI Act Sec 42.  Till recently could be stipulated to 4.00% of NDTL Recent Amendment to RBI Act has removed the lower and upper ceilings for maintenance of CRR  Presently stipulated at 4.25% of NDTL  CRR kept in Current A/c with RBI at 18 Designated Centers  Daily minimum balance required to be maintained is 70% of average fortnightly requirement. (e.g. if total CRR balance required to be maintained is Rs.100 cr per day, then on a cumulative product basis, banks have to maintain at least Rs.1400 cr during a reporting fortnight, but on any particular day the balance should not be less than Rs. 70 cr. )  RBI is not paying any interest on balances maintained as CRR.
  • 10. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Non SLR  Equity / Preference Shares  Units of Mutual Funds  Commercial Papers  Corporate Bonds and Debentures  Spl. Central Govt. bonds like UTI bonds and Oil Bonds.  Bonds and debentures of PSUs, Government/ Semi Government autonomous bodies  Investments abroad in the shape of equity participation, subscribing to shares, etc.
  • 11. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Money Market Instruments  Call Money  Notice Money  Certificate of Deposits  Inter Bank Participation Certificates  Term Money  Commercial Papers  Repo and Reverse Repos –with RBI/Market participants  Rediscounting of Bills  Collateralised Borrowing & Lending Obligations (CBLO)
  • 12. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn CLASSIFICATION I B/S disclosure:  Government securities  Other approved securities  Shares  Debentures & Bonds  Subsidiaries/ joint ventures and  Others (CP, Mutual Fund Units, etc.). II Investment portfolio also classified under three categories: Held To Maturity (HTM), Held For Trading (HFT) and Available For Sale (AFS)  Banks to decide category of investment on acquisition
  • 13. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Classification into HTM, HFT & AFS  Securities intended to be kept in p’folio till their maturity can be categorised in Held To Maturity (HTM) p’folio.  Securities purchased with the intention to trade and gain from market yields to be classified under Held For Trading (HFT).  The securities which do not fall under HTM or HFT will be classified under Available for Sale (AFS).  Banks can decide holdings under HFT and AFS considering aspects such as basis of intent, trading strategies, risk management capabilities, tax planning, manpower skills, capital position.  HFT Securities to be sold within 90 days
  • 14. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Valuation of Investment Portfolio:  HTM securities not required to be marked to market, hence no depreciation loss on HTM p’folio.  AFS and HFT securities are to be marked to market at regular intervals and if need be depreciation needs to be provided on the same.  Hence in firming interest rate scenario makes sense to shift securities to HTM category to limit interest rate risk.  Banks, vide RBI guidelines of Sep’04, permitted to keep 25% of NDTL in HTM category.
  • 15. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Shifting among categories:  May shift investments to/from HTM category with approval of Board of Directors once a year.  Such shifting will normally be allowed at the beginning of the accounting year.  Transfer from one category to another has to be done at the acquisition cost/ book value/ market value on the date of transfer, whichever is the least, and the depreciation, if any, on such transfer should be fully provided for.
  • 16. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Derivative Portfolio (excluding Exchange Traded Currency/ Interest Rate Futures) Swaps Options Structured Products Swaps with embedded options Single currency IRS Cross currency IRS OIS INBMK MIFOR Etc. CCS POS COS FX- INR Option FC-FC Option USD/INR GBP/INR EUR/INR JPY/INR CHF/INR GBP/USD EUR/USD USD/JPY USD/CHF
  • 17. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Why Derivatives ? The existence of derivatives is because of uncertainty about the future movement of financial markets. Derivatives are tools to reduce uncertainties arising due to the following factors: 1. Dynamic nature of interest rates. The interest rates change over a period of time but the quantum of change is not predictable. 2. Uncertain movement of interest rates not only in the local economy but also across globally because of, inter-alia, central banks’ moves on growth vs. stability. 3. Movement in exchange rates between different currency pairs. All above three factors expose the related parties to interest rate/ exchange rate risks. Use of derivatives enables the exposed parties in risk mitigation by resorting to interest rate / exchange rate hedging by using derivatives.
  • 18. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Scenario 1:  Corporate A has raised Rs. 100 crores Term Loan for 5 years at fixed rate of interest of 12% pa. The corporate holds the view that tracking business cycle, the interest rates are going to soften.  Repaying its present high cost borrowings and raising fresh borrowing on floating rate is the right answer to this situation.  But given the ‘on balance sheet’ rigidities it may not be practically feasible to repay the fixed rate loan and raise a fresh low floating rate loan.  Corporate A would like to convert its ‘fixed rate liabilities’ to ‘floating rate liabilities’, without touching its original ‘underlying’ term loan.
  • 19. Solution 1: Interest Rate Exposure Management  Corporate approaches the Interest Rate swap market where market makers are quoting fixed/ floating rates.  Corporate can receive fixed rate of interest on a notional amount equal to the underlying fixed rate term liability i.e. on Rs. 100 crs. and pay floating rate of interest, based on a quoted benchmark,.  This exchange of interest rate i.e fixed vs floating is called Interest Rate Swap, a Derivative Transaction.  Effectively Corporate’s fixed rate loan payout on loan will get cancelled out by receiving fixed rate of interest in swap transactions and it will be paying the floating rate. Hence, the fixed rate term liability has been converted into floating rate liability as desired by corporate. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn
  • 20. Solution 1: Interest Rate Exposure Management  Pictorially, it can be represented as below:  It can be seen the corporate is left paying floating rate whereas his fixed rate loan TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn payment has been offset. Corp. Receives fixed rate in IRS for 5 years from IRS provider Corporate Pays benchmark linked floating rate to IRS provider Corp. Pays Fixed rate 12% on fixed rate term loan Corporate A
  • 21. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Scenario 2: Interest Rate Exposure Management  Corporate B has raised Rupee Term Loan for 5 years at floating rate of interest, reset periodically. The corporate holds the view that tracking business cycle, the interest rates are going to harden but it is not in a position to repay its present borrowings and raise fresh borrowing on fixed rate.  Here derivatives come into picture.  Corporate B can enter into an “Interest Rate Swap” to notionally convert its ‘floating rate liabilities’ to ‘fixed rate liabilities’, without touching its original ‘underlying’ term loan.
  • 22. Scenario 2: Management of Interest Rate Exposure  And how it can be done? Corporate B undertakes to receive floating rate of interest in the IRS and to pay fixed rate of interest, based on a quoted benchmark, on a notional amount equal to the underlying floating rate term liability.  Hence, the floating rate term liability has been converted into fixed rate liability as TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn desired by corporate A. Pictorially, it can be represented as below: Corp. Receives benchmark linked floating rate in IRS for 5 years from IRS provider Corp. Pays Floating rate on Corporate Pays fixed rate to IRS provider existing term loan Corporate B
  • 23. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Interest Rate Swap  This transaction (IRS) is based on an original ‘on balance sheet loan’ which is referred as ‘underlying’ for entering derivative transaction.  The amount of loan on which swap deal is based is called as ‘notional amount’.  It does not represent any asset or debt. It is used as principal for calculation of interest amount.
  • 24. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Overnight Indexed Swap (OIS): A Standard IRS Product  An Overnight Indexed Swap (OIS) is Rupee benchmark Interest rate swap.  This swap is based on overnight NSE Mibor rate which is again based on daily call money market rates.  This is widely used and a very transparent IRS product.  Participants quote a fixed rate for different tenor in exchange of NSE Mibor rate.  In other words OIS-IRS is a contractual agreement between two counterparties, to exchange a series of cash flows Over a pre-defined period of time to offset some existing interest rate exposure.
  • 25. Receives 6.20% TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn T=0 5yrs A typical OIS deal Corporate receives 5 yr OIS at 6.20% for Rs 25 crore. In return, it will pay overnight NSE Mibor rate.  In this case the details are as follows  Rs 25 crores is Notional principal.  Term of the swap is 5 years.  Rate for the receiving side is 6.20% which is called fixed leg  Rate for the paying leg is overnight NSE Mibor rate which is called as floating leg. It is reset daily.  The cash flows will look as shown below Pays Daily O/N Mibor Fixing Daily; Settlement every 6 months
  • 26. Scenario 3: Management of Exchange Rate Exposure 1. A corporate with domestic operations is not directly affected by the exchange rate of local currency with other currencies. 2. However, corporates with cross-border trade or borrowings/ lendings are directly affected by movement of exchange rate of local currency with other currencies. 3. An exporter or a client with overseas investments may be adversely affected on appreciation of local currency as it will get lesser units of local currency for similar amount of foreign currency that it will receive in future. 4. On the other hand, an importer or a client with overseas borrowings may be adversely affected on depreciation of local currency as it will have to shell out more units of local currency for similar amount of foreign currency it will have to pay in future. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Solution ??????
  • 27. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Forward Contracts Since the future is uncertain, a corporate having exposure to a foreign currency bears the risk of appreciation/ depreciation of that foreign currency vis-à-vis local currency. To insulate itself from future uncertain exchange rate movement, a client can “lock” the exchange rate for a future date, which is called Forward Currency contract. Forwards are the basic building block for other derivative instruments.
  • 28. Forward Contracts: Tool to Manage Exchange Rate Risk Assumption:  USD/ INR Spot Rate: 48.50  One Year Forward Premium: 1.00 Hence, One Year Forward USD/ INR Rate: 49.50 Receivable/ Investment Exposure: By booking forward contract at 49.50, the client will be able to convert his future receivable at assured rate of 49.50 enabling him to do his costing accordingly. No loss if USD/ INR is below 49.50 on maturity but also no gain if USD/ INR on maturity is above 49.50. Payable/ Borrowing Exposure: By booking forward contract at 49.50, the client will be able to convert his future payable at fixed rate of 49.50 enabling him to do his costing accordingly. No loss if USD/ INR is above 49.50 on maturity but also no gain if USD/ INR on maturity is below 49.50. The same is true for all other currency pairs. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn
  • 29. Currency Options: The improvement over TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn ‘Forward Contracts’  An option agreement can be compared to an Insurance agreement which protects against probable losses, in return for a premium.  Unlike forwards, an option holder can have unlimited gains.  Buyer/ holder of option enjoys the right to purchase or sell the designated instrument, be it a currency, commodity or stock etc., at a specified price within a specified period of time.  Seller of option receives premium for selling that type of right.
  • 30. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Option Terminology  Call Option gives the buyer the option without the obligation to buy the underlying asset on a certain date in future at a certain price.  Put Option gives the buyer the option without the obligation to sell the underlying asset on a certain date in future at a certain price.  Strike Price is the price at which the asset may be brought or sold in an option contract, also called the exercise price.  American Option can be exercised anytime during the term of the option contract.  European Option can be exercised only on the maturity date.
  • 31. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn OPTIONS V/S FORWARDS 1) Right to buy/sell Right as well as Obligation to buy/sell 2) Limited loss Unlimited opportunity loss 3) Exercise, If profitable Must deliver/ close out 4) Customer decides rate Market decides rate 5) Premium payable No premium payable 6) Unlimited gain potential No upside gain potential
  • 32. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Why Options are better than Forwards? 1. Provides pure right and has no obligation. Hence, in case on maturity date, if exchange rate of currency happens to be better than strike rate, the client may not exercise his right and may deal at the market rate. 2. Thus he enjoys the unlimited upside unlike forward contract where it has to buy/ sell at the strike price only, which may result in opportunity loss. 3. Client can chose the option strike price whereas forward contract rate is market determined. (However, upfront premium payable will change according to strike price chosen.) 4. Option contracts include payment of upfront premium whereas no premium is involved in forward contracts. 5. Options are generally preferred over forward contracts when the direction of movement is not clear but there is high volatility.
  • 33. Derivatives Operations in Treasury Approach towards derivative transactions can be TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn classified as under: 1. Trading Portfolio:- To do proprietary trading in Overnight Indexed Swap to earn profit from movement in OIS rates 2. Hedging Portfolio:- To hedge the gaps of Bank’s own balance sheet; to protect spread/ NIM, and to reduce high cost of fixed rate liabilities. 3. Back to Back Portfolio:- To undertake interest rate and exchange rate hedging transactions for Corporates and cover the same back to back in the interbank market.
  • 34. Concept of Marked To Market (MTM)  This is an important concept as it reflects ‘market value’ of the outstanding derivatives position at a particular time on the prevailing market rates.  Though it is a notional number, it is useful, both for trading as well as for customer side trades.  In the trading we mark to market our portfolio on daily basis and account for the same.  On customer side the MTM forms the basis for arriving at the credit exposure amount which we monitor regularly. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn
  • 35. MTM Calculation – An Example Assumption: PNB has received fixed @ 6% pa in 5 Year OIS deal for notional Rs. 25 Crore. Scenario 1: Fixed rate moves to 6.25% PNB has right to receive 6% pa whereas now the market receiving rate is 6.25%. It means PNB is ‘out of money’ by 0.25% pa on notional Rs. 25 crore for remaining tenor of the deal. The Present Value (PV) of this 0.25% pa (on notional Rs. 25 crore) negative cashflows over the remaining tenor of the deal is the negative MTM of the deal for PNB. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn
  • 36. MTM Calculation – An Example (contd….) Scenario 2: Fixed rate moves to 5.75% PNB has right to receive 6% pa whereas now the market receiving rate is 5.75%. It means PNB is ‘in the money’ by 0.25% pa on notional Rs. 25 crore for remaining tenor of the deal. The Present Value (PV) of this 0.25% pa (on notional Rs. 25 crore) positive cashflows over the remaining tenor of the deal is the positive MTM of the deal for PNB MTM is the cost or value, as the case may be, for unwinding the existing deal at the present market rate. Roughly, at around 6% fixed rate, on a standard 5Y OIS deal of Rs. 25 crore, one basis movement in fixed rate changes the MTM by about Rs. 1 Lac. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn
  • 37. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Currency Futures Permitted Currency Pairs Initially, currency future contracts were allowed only in USD/ INR pair. Subsequently, GBP/ INR, Euro/ INR and Yen/ INR has been permitted by RBI. Trading Hours The trading on currency futures is allowed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. From Monday to Friday. Size of the contract The minimum contract size of the currency futures contract is USD 1000. Tick size Tick size is 0.0025 Rupee.
  • 38. Quotation The currency futures contract is quoted in Rupee terms. However, the outstanding positions is in foreign currency (USD, GBP etc.) terms. Tenor of the contract The currency futures contract have a maximum maturity up to 12 months. Settlement mechanism The currency futures contract is settled in cash in Indian Rupee. Expiry date and time Contracts expire two working days prior to the last business day of the month and the contracts expire at 12 noon on the expiry day at RBI reference rate of the day. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn
  • 39. Trading Mechanism  Currently, Currency Futures are being traded on 3 exchanges. ( NSE, MCX & BSE)  Bank should have membership in MCX & NSE.  System Based operations  Bank can Buy or Sell on behalf of customers and take own proprietary position as well.  Unlike other OTC products like Forward Contracts and Options, customers need not have an ‘underlying’ foreign currency exposure to deal in currency futures. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn
  • 40. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn USES OF CURRENCY FUTURES  Hedging: Risk mitigation of existing exposures to currencies exchange rate  Speculation: For trading with a view to make profit if positions turn favourable subsequently, and vice-versa  Arbitrage: To locate and profit from minor rate differences between different cash/ forward markets
  • 41. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Margin Requirements The currency futures transactions are characterised by elimination of market/ settlement risk as the parties have to deposit the margins as under: Initial Margin When the position is opened, the member has to deposit the margin with the clearing house as per the rate fixed by the exchange. Initial margin is 1.75% on first day & thereafter 1% in addition to 1.75%. Marking to Market At the end of trading session, all the outstanding contracts are re-priced at the settlement price of that session. It means that all the futures contracts are daily settled, and profit and loss is determined on each transaction. Maintenance Margin Member’s account are debited or credited on a daily basis.
  • 42. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Interest Rate Futures  An Interest Rate Futures (IRF) contract is “an agreement to buy or sell a debt instrument at a specified future date at a price fixed today.”  They are standardised exchange traded financial products which eliminate counterparty risk and price discovery mechanism is transparent.  Exchange traded IRF necessitates keeping of Margins which eliminates settlement risk.  IRF provide avenue for ‘Margin Trading’ for participants who do not want to block funds in ‘long’ positions.
  • 43. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Key Features of IRF  Underlying: 10 Year Notional Coupon bearing GOI security  Coupon: Notional Coupon 7% with s/a compounding  Lot Size: Rs. 2 Lac  Tenor: Maximum maturity 12 months  Contract Cycle: 4 quarterly contracts with fixed expiries.  Daily Settlement Price: Weighted average price of the futures for last half an hour  Margin: Initial margin (minimum 2.33%), Extreme Loss and Calendar Spread Margins to be maintained  Settlement: Physical delivery of deliverable grade securities
  • 44. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Key Features of Interest Rate Futures (contd.)  IRF are traded on the Currency Derivatives segment of a recognized stock exchange. Presently NSE and MCX-SX are the two exchanges undertaking Currency Derivatives.  The members registered by SEBI for trading in Currency Derivatives shall be eligible to trade in IRFs.  Banks, PDs, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies, Corporate Houses, Brokers, FIIs and Retail participants shall be the market participants.  Banks are allowed to trade on their own account. Also, they shall be allowed to participate in IRFs for hedging interest rate risk inherent in their entire balance-sheet, including both on and off balance-sheet items. However, banks are not allowed to undertake trades on behalf of clients.
  • 45. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Utility of IRF for Banks  Managing duration gap (mis-match in interest re-setting dates on assets/ liabilities).  Protecting against the devaluation of Govt. securities in AFS and HFT portfolios due to hardening of interest rates.  Generating trading profit from interest rate movements by utilising their experience of substantial statutory investments in Govt. securities.
  • 46. TTrreeaassuurryy DDiivviissiioonn Operational Issues in Interest Rate Futures Concept of ‘Cheapest to Deliver (CTD)’ Bond:  Bond which can be bought at cheapest price from underlying bond market and delivered against IRF contract is called CTD bond.  CTD bond is the bond where difference between “Present Quoted Price of Bond” and “IRF Settlement Price * Conversion Factor” is the most beneficial to seller.  Conversion Factor is the multiplication factor to be applied to the current market price of identified deliverable grade securities to raise/ reduce the YTM of these securities to 7% (the notional coupon of the underlying G-sec bond on which the IRF is based).