Relevant accounting and financial concepts
Foreword
Introduction to the First Edition
Introduction to the Second Edition
An overview of banking
Relevant accounting and financial concepts
Fundamentals of interest rate risk and the banking book
Standard metrics for the identification and assessment of IRRBB
Managing and hedging IRRBB
Interest rate basis risk and Libor transition
Behavioural assumptions in the management of IRRBB
Non-dated liabilities
Other types of market risk
Reporting and the management process
IRRBB: Its links to the operating plan and stress testing
Regulatory requirements
Although this book, as far as is possible, attempts to address the area of interest rate and other market risks from first principles, and presumes little or no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, there are nevertheless a few underlying accounting and financial concepts about which some knowledge is required. This chapter therefore aims to inform those readers who are new to these concepts or wish to re-familiarise themselves with them.
The chapter will provide a brief overview of:
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the meaning of discounted cashflow (DCF) and its use to compute the present value (PV) of a future cashflow;
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the difference between accrual accounting and mark-to-market (MTM) accounting;
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what determines the level of interest rates for different maturities, and hence the shape of the yield curve; and
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some of the principal wholesale financial instruments that are mentioned in later chapters.
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DCF AND NPV
Consider a situation in which you are offered the choice between receiving £1,000 in one year’s time or £960 now. Assume that the person offering this choice was absolutely guaranteed to pay out in either
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