Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Market Practice -- III. Modeling a CCL -- IV. Replicating Portfolio -- V. Pricing -- A. Method 1 -- B. Method 2 -- VI. Hedging Issues -- VII. Concluding Remarks -- References
Summary
Contingent credit lines (CCLs) are widely used in bank lending and also play an important role in the functioning of short-term capital markets. Yet, their pricing and hedging has not received much attention in the finance literature. Using a financial engineering approach, the paper analyzes the structure of simple CCLs, examines methods for their pricing, and discusses the problems faced in hedging CCL portfolios
