SEMINAR ON DERIVATIVES IN ISLAMIC FINANCE
“ISLAMIC PROFIT RATE SWAP –
Perspective from Conventional IRS”
by
Chu Kok Wei
June 24, 2004
Coverage
 Conventional IRS mechanics
 Terms of an IRS
 MYR Conventional IRS Market Quotation & Conventions
 Islamic Profit Rate Swap
 Equivalent Terms of an IPRS
 Proposed Market Quotation and Conventions
 Documentation
 Comparison Between IRS and IPRS
 Netting Issues
 Early Termination
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Conventional Interest Rate Swaps
 Terms of an Interest Rate Swap
 Trade Date
 Effective Date / Start Date
 Maturity Date / End Date
 Frequency ( Monthly, Quarterly, S/A, etc)
 Reference Index (3M KLIBOR, 6M KLIBOR, etc)
 Fixing Lag
 Day Count Convention (ACT/365, ACT/360, 30/360, etc)
 Business Day Convention (Following, Mod Following, Unadjusted, etc)
 Holiday Table
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Conventional Interest Rate Swaps
 MYR Market Convention & Quotation Method
 Quotation Method : Offer / Bid quotation
 Effective Date
: Same Day as Trade Date
 Maturity Date
: x-Year from the Effective Date
 Frequency
: Quarterly
 Reference Index
: 3-Month KLIBOR (page <KLIBOR> on Reuters)
 Fixing Lag
: 0 day (same day fixing)
 Day Count
: ACT/365F both fixed and floating leg
 Business Day
: Modified Following Business Day Convention
 Holiday Table
: Kuala Lumpur
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MYR Islamic Fixed Rate Bonds
 Profit Rate Bearing Islamic Private Debt Securities (PDS)
 Profit Rate is fixed up-front at point of issuance
 Convention is Semi Annual profit rate payment frequency
 Calculation is ACT/ACT semi annual on half of the profit rate
 Example
6.00% Profit Rate PDS, issued on 24 June 2005 maturing 24 June
2010.
Profit rate dates are 24 June and 24 December
Each profit rate amount is 3.00% of face value, fixed
Inter- profit rate dates accrued interest calculated on ACT/ACT basis
No adjustment to profit rate amount even on holidays
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IPRS Proposed Convention
 Fixed Leg
 In order to provide better hedging to the MYR Islamic fixed income
securities, it is desirable that the Fixed leg of IPRS matches the
calculation convention of Islamic fixed income securities.
 Frequency
: Semi Annual
 Day Count
: Actual / Actual
 Business Day
: Following / Preceding (depends on fixed income)
 Current Leg (Floating leg)
 Frequency
: Quarterly or S/A (credit consideration if mismatch)
 Day Count
: Act/365F (to follow funding calculation)
 Business Day
: same as fixed leg to reduce mismatch credit risk
 Current Rate
: KLIBOR ( page <KLIBOR> on Reuters)
 Fixing Lag
: 0 day, same day fixing
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Documentation Comparison
Conventional Interest Rate Swap
Islamic Profit Rate Swap
 ISDA Master Agreement
 Islamic Swap Master Agreement
 Trade Confirmation
 Trade Confirmation
 Payment Advice
 2 sets of Asset Purchase and Asset Sale
Agreements
 Transaction Netting is practiced to net off
payment between fixed and floating leg
 Transaction Netting is allowed to net off
payments between the 4 asset purchase
and asset sale agreements to arrive at
net payment.
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Early Termination
 Possible Reasons
 Trigger of Early Termination events
 Mutual Termination Clause
 Mutual agreement to terminate transaction
 Other illegality reasons
 Spirit of Settlement
 The party who is “out-of-money” should settle the amount owed to the
party who is “in-the-money”.
 Calculation method - Market Quotation Method / Loss Method
 Cash Settlement Method
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Early Termination Principle - IPRS
 As the IPRS transaction is settled via 2 sets of asset purchase and asset
sales agreement (one for fixed leg, and one for current leg), any early
termination would render future agreements non-applicable.
 Since future asset purchase / asset sale agreement are not performed, is
there any loss ? Hence any marked to market settlement ?
 The commitment to enter into future asset purchase and asset sale agreement
is evidenced in the Trade Confirmation Agreement, which is legally binding
and obliging.
 Settlement Amount is seen as the payment to be exchange for the release of
obligation to continue to perform the committed future asset purchase and
asset sale agreement.
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Early Termination Principle - IPRS
 Calculation Method
 Similar to conventional IRS fair valuation
 Present value of all future cash flows (fixed leg) and projected cash flows
(floating leg)
 The amount of NPV is set as the settlement amount for both party to be
released from future obligations of the IPRS as agreed in the Trade
Confirmation Agreement.
 Settlement Amount
 As agreed between the 2 counterparties
 Market Quotation method from panel of Cash Settlement Reference
Banks
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Contact Details
CIMB Islamic
Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad
10th Floor, Bangunan CIMB
Jalan Semantan, Damansara Heights
50490 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Tel : +603 2084 8888/+603 2084 9666
Fax : +603 2093 0685
www.cimb.com.my
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