medium · Frm Part 2 Credit Risk

A bank is pricing a new 'pay-fixed' interest rate swap with a counterparty where it already has a large 'receive-fixed' swap portfolio. The standalone CVA of the new trade is positive.

What is the most likely impact on the bank's total netting-set CVA after adding the trade?

  1. The total CVA will increase because variation margin must now be posted on both trades separately.
  2. The total CVA may decrease because the new trade reduces the expected positive exposure (EPE) of the netted portfolio.
  3. The total CVA must increase because the standalone CVA of any new trade is always non-negative.
  4. The total CVA will remain unchanged as long as the counterparty's CDS spread does not move.

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