这是一道2015 level 1, study session 17-Basics of Derivative Pricing and Valuation的notes后面的习题:
The difference between a fixed-for-floating swap and an equivalent series of forward contracts is that:
A. the payment dates would be unlikely to match
B. all the fixed-rate payments in a swap are equal
C. the floating-rate payments in a swap are unknown
答案给出的是B.解释如下:
“The difference between a fixed-for-floating swap and a series of forward contracts is that all the fixed-rate payments in a swap are equal. A swap can be replicated by a series of forward contracts that expire on each of the swap’s payment dates, but the fixed rates on these forward contracts are not necessarily equal.”
但是notes里面有如下这段话:”Therefore, we can describe an interest rate swap as equivalent to a series of forward contracts, specifically forward rate agreements, each with a forward contract rate equal to the swap fixed rate.