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CA-13.3.5

Past version: Effective from 01 Apr 2008 to 31 Mar 2011
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Floating rate instruments with caps or floors are treated as a combination of floating rate securities and a series of European-style options. For example, the holder of a three-year floating rate bond indexed to six month LIBOR with a cap of 10% will treat it as:

(a) a debt security that reprices in six months; and
(b) a series of five written call options on an FRA with a reference rate of 10%, each with a negative sign at the time the underlying FRA takes effect and a positive sign at the time the underlying FRA matures.
Apr 08