medium · Debt Capital Markets
An investor enters an asset swap by purchasing a fixed-rate bond at 102.00 and swapping it to floating.
If the bond's coupon is 5.00% and the par swap rate is 4.00%, what is the primary driver of the asset-swap spread?
- The combination of the credit spread over the swap curve and the amortization of the 2.00 point premium.
- The liquidity premium of the on-the-run government bond.
- The 1.00% difference between the coupon and the par swap rate only.
- The movement in Treasury yields since the bond was issued.
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