
Goodbye Sonia flat: banks rethink swaps with bond collateral
Higher discount rate can cut payouts to in-the-money clients by millions

Imagine the scene: you are a UK pension fund, with some big, long-dated, fixed-rate receiver swaps outstanding. Record-low interest rates mean you are heavily in the money, and you want to bank some of those paper gains, so you decide to recoupon the trade – essentially, bringing down the rate you receive in return for a payout.
The dealer, though, says it has changed the way it values the trade – it is now using a different, higher rate to discount future cashflows, meaning your payout has
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