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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    Dont remember anwers. But i remember that their definition of UGD was tricky so i tried with 1-UGD too, just to see if it is in one of the options.. Though i struggled to find unexpected loss and hopefully found that in the end.:cool:
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    I had only relied on GARP material and could not relate the Graphs with what i had read. so guessed it and expect to get it wrong.
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    One new question. You guys would have selected normal in future curve options. I was looking for contango which was not there in any of the options so i went with inverted. Came back home and read again and concluded that it was Normal not inverted.
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    ok.. This is what i did additionally... there were only two options where we had first part increasing and second part decreasing. Then i checked for the co-ordinates on the x axis and noticed that in one of the figures decline started at 6 (third option) while in other it started at 8. 8 was...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    I think it was Last option in my paper. anyways for rising term structure forward>Spot>Par.. a For falling Term structure Par>Spot>Forward... b And it was mix of these. So for first part it had be like a above and second part like b above.
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    Start date... Any date ranging from 2nd october 2013 to 31st december 2013. End date.. i think it should match with last payment date. Please dont ask anything more.. as i am supposed to flunk and swap was among my weakest topics.. :(
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    There was a row in the table named "Frequency", 3 months and 6 months respectively. hope i remember it correctly. And regarding ISDA , i would like to duck under it, as it was not part of syllabus.:confused:
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    No.. check this: (assuming 1st payment on Jan 1 2014 and last payment on 1st Jan 2016) For Half yearly: Jan1 2014- First Payment July 1 2014- Second Payment Jan1 2015- Third Payment July 1 2015- Fourth Payment Jan1 2016- Fifth Payment Similarly 9 for quarterly . Assuming no netting it gives 14...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    but probably it was framed as "fiduciary by corporate"
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    In that case also probability of defaulting will be .1 + .1 - .05 =.15 Hence probability of not defaulting = 1-.15 = .85..;)
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    I doubt, if question says P(A) = P(B)... if it did, then i didn't read properly that part.
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    I think contract period was more than two years.. Suppose the first payment date was on 1st march 2014 and last payment was on 1st march 2016. Even with netting minimum 9 payments had to be there as date of Floating payment was semiannual and fixed was quarterly. Which was not there in any of...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    Well they had given payment start date as well as end date , which were exactly 2 years away from each other .. Which makes 9 quarterly payments and 5 half yearly payments; sum comes out to be 14...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    I might have not checked well.. :D
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    ..... I strongly felt that none of the options were correct, as the return on 40 M portfolio was 8 % and the same on 60 M portfolio was 9 % . Which gives average return of 8.6. Hence at-least one of the options had to have mean return off 100*8.6. i.e. the mid point of the +/- Sigma range. I...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    It says before the opening of the trading next day. Means today. Right?
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