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X Bank holds Assets and Liabilities whose average durations and dollar amounts are as shown in the following table:
Asset and Liability Items Avg. duration in
years Dollar amount in millions
Investment Grade Bonds 10 $50
Non-deposit Borrowings 0.10 20
Consumer Loans 7 250
Commercial Loans 4 400
Deposits 1.10 600
Subordinated Notes 2.80 80
Treasury Bonds 8.25 120
a. Calculate the weighted-adjusted duration of X’s
assets portfolio and liability portfolio. (8 points)
b. What is the leverage-adjusted duration gap? (5
points)
c. If the ALM team speculatively take this position,
what do you think their expectations are regarding the future
market rates? (7 points)
d. What happens to the net worth of the bank if the
interest rates increase from 6% to 7%? (5 points)
Asset and Liability Items Avg. duration in years Dollar amount in millions | ||||||
Assets: | Duration yrs | Amt | ||||
Investment Grade Bonds | 10 | 50 | 0.0610 | 0.610 | ||
Treasury Bonds | 8.25 | 120 | 0.1463 | 1.207 | ||
Consumer Loans | 7 | 250 | 0.3049 | 2.134 | ||
Commercial Loans | 4 | 400 | 0.4878 | 1.951 | ||
Weighted adjusted duration | 820 | 1 | 5.902 | |||
Liabilities | ||||||
Deposits | 1.1 | 600 | 0.8571 | 0.943 | ||
Subordinated Notes | 2.8 | 80 | 0.1143 | 0.320 | ||
Non-deposit Borrowings | 0.1 | 20 | 0.0286 | 0.003 | ||
Weighted adjusted duration | 700 | 1 | 1.266 | |||
The definition of LADG is:
LADG = DurAssets – L/A DurLiabilities
Where: DurAssets: (effective) duration of assets
DurLiabilities: (effective) duration of liabilities
L: market value of liabilities
A: market value of assets
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