Fund gap control, as an important and major managerial technique, has been widely used in western commercial banks (CBs). Good management on fund gap can not only avoid interest rate (IR) risk, but also bring bene...Fund gap control, as an important and major managerial technique, has been widely used in western commercial banks (CBs). Good management on fund gap can not only avoid interest rate (IR) risk, but also bring benefits to CBs. This paper discusses three substantive derivative tools that can be used to control fund gap, that is, interest rate futures, interest rate options and interest rate swap.展开更多
文摘Fund gap control, as an important and major managerial technique, has been widely used in western commercial banks (CBs). Good management on fund gap can not only avoid interest rate (IR) risk, but also bring benefits to CBs. This paper discusses three substantive derivative tools that can be used to control fund gap, that is, interest rate futures, interest rate options and interest rate swap.