Currency swaps are motivated by comparative advantage. Currency swaps are over-the-counter OTC derivatives. Additionally, cross-currency swaps are an integral component in modern financial markets as they are the bridge needed for assessment of yields on a standardised USD basis.

For this reason there are also used as the construction tool in creating collateralized discount curves for valuing a future cashflow in a given currency but collateralized with another currency. Given the importance of collateral to the financial system at large, cross-currency swaps are important as a hedging instrument to insure against material collateral mismatches and devaluation,.

For instance, a US-based company needing to borrow Swiss francs, and a Swiss-based company needing to borrow a similar present value in US dollars, could both reduce their exposure to exchange rate fluctuations by arranging either of the following:.

Also, suppose that the Piper Shoe Company, a U. To meet each other's needs, suppose that both companies go to a swap bank that sets up the following agreements:.

Piper Company to finance the construction of its British distribution center. The British company, with its U. The American company, with its British asset distribution center , will pay the 7. In a floating-for-floating cross currency swap, the interest rate on both legs are floating rates.

Such swaps are also called cross currency basis swap. In a fixed-for-floating cross currency swap, the interest rate on one leg is floating, and the interest rate on the other leg is fixed. Such swaps are usually used for a minor currency against USD. In a regular cross currency, the notional amounts of both legs are constant during the life of the swap. However, in a mark-to-market cross currency swap , the notional amount of one of the legs is subject to adjustment while the notional amount of the other leg remains constant.

The market-to-market variation is paid or received. Non-deliverable CCS, usually abbreviated as NDCCS or simply NDS , are very similar to a regular CCS, except that payments in one of the currencies are settled in another currency using the prevailing FX spot rate.

NDS are usually used in emerging markets where the currency is thinly traded, subject to exchange restrictions, or even non-convertible.

It is well recognized [8] [9] that traditional "textbook" theory does not price cross currency basis swaps correctly, because it assumes the funding cost in each currency to be equal to its floating rate, thus always giving a zero cross currency spread. This is clearly contrary to what is observed in the market. In reality, market participants have different levels of access to funds in different currencies and therefore their funding costs are not always equal to LIBOR.

An approach to work around this is to select one currency as the funding currency e.

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USD , and select one curve in this currency as the discount curve e. USD interest rate swap curve against 3M LIBOR. Cashflows in the funding currency are discounted on this curve. Cashflows in any other currency are first swapped into the funding currency via a cross currency swap and then discounted. In the s Goldman Sachs and other US banks offered Mexico, currency swaps and loans using Mexican oil reserves as collateral and as a means of payment. In May , Charles Munger of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Currency swaps were originally conceived in the s to circumvent foreign exchange controls in the United Kingdom. At that time, UK companies had to pay a premium to borrow in US Dollars.

To avoid this, UK companies set up back-to-back loan agreements with US companies wishing to borrow Sterling. The concept of the interest rate swap was developed by the Citicorp International Swap unit but cross-currency interest rate swaps were introduced by the World Bank in to obtain Swiss francs and German marks by exchanging cash flows with IBM. During the global financial crisis of , the currency swap transaction structure was used by the United States Federal Reserve System to establish central bank liquidity swaps.

The aim of central bank liquidity swaps is "to provide liquidity in U.

The People's Republic of China has multiple year currency swap agreements of the Renminbi with Argentina , Belarus , Brazil , Hong Kong , Iceland , Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , South Korea , United Kingdom and Uzbekistan that perform a similar function to central bank liquidity swaps. The two nations can exchange up to The three-year currency swap could be renewed if both sides agree at the time of expiration. It is anticipated to promote bilateral trade and strengthen financial cooperation for the economic development of the two countries.

The basic mechanics of FX swaps and cross-currency basis swaps

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