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CDS Fair Spread

John Orford
Hey Guys,

Quick question, the fair spread is calculated via the approximation:

s ~= pd * (1-rr)

right?

Just wondering why - I suppose it's just more conventional, perhaps?  Why not use the more exact calculation?

Not a big deal, more curious than anything else.

John

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Re: CDS Fair Spread

japari
Hi John,
where do you see this 'credit triangle' used in the code?
As far as I know its never used; not even for implicit hazard rate search initialization in the CDS. The engines use NPV=0
Best
Pepe


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> Hey Guys,
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> Quick question, the fair spread is calculated via the approximation:
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> s ~= pd * (1-rr)
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> right?
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> Just wondering why - I suppose it's just more conventional, perhaps?
> Why not use the more exact calculation?
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> Not a big deal, more curious than anything else.
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> John
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