8.7 Product Code- COCH

COCH – Currency Options Hedge Cash Settled

Business Scenario

The financial product COCH that is, Currency Options Hedge Cash Settled helps Corporate/Banks to speculate or hedge against adverse movements in exchange rates.

Targeted Customer Segment: Corporate/Banks who seeks speculation/hedging against foreign currency risk.

Introduction

Product COCH covers the currency options of cash-settled hedge type deals. Product COCH holds good for all the currency options types of both buy and sell with European, American as well as Bermudan style of expiry. The product covers the various kinds of exotic options (options with barriers).

Synopsis (ex. High level features etc.)

  • Covers all the CO types of Yield-Based.
  • Payment\Settlement is done on the maturity date or exercise date provided the option is In the Money.
  • European, American and Bermudan Expiry styles covered for CO’s.
  • Amortization setup is done with daily frequency.
  • All the Option Styles like
  • Plain Vanilla (Default)
  • Binary
  • Digital
  • No Touch are covered.

Detailed Coverage

Currency Options can be cash settled as well as physically settled. Product COCH is meant for cash settled currency options.

Product COCH covers the following features:

Table 8-25 Detailed Coverage

Features Type
Types of the Deal Covered
  • Buy Deal
Types of the Contract Covered
  • Trade Deal
  • Hedge Deal
Currency Option Types Covered
  • Call
  • Put
Option Styles Covered
  • Plain Vanilla
  • Binary
  • Digital
  • No Touch
Expiry Style’s Covered
  • European
  • American
  • Bermudan
Exotic Options covered
  • Single Knock In (SKIN)
  • Single Knock Out (SKOT)
  • Double Knock In (DKIN)
  • Double Knock Out (DKOT)
Payment Method Covered Actual/365 – Per Annum Basis
Other Features Covered
  • Amortization of Deferred Termination gain for hedge deals
  • Amortization of Deferred Time Value for hedge deals

Events Covered (including brief information on accounting)

Product COCH has the Life Cycle as listed below:

Table 8-26 Events Covered

Events Covered Terminology
AMDG Amortization of Deferred Gains-Hedge
AMND Amendment Option Deal Contract
AMRT Amortization Of Deferred Inception Gain
BOOK Booking of the deal Contract
EXER Exercise Of Option
EXPR Expiry Of Option
EXST Exercise Settlement Of Option
PRPT Premium Payment\Premium Collection
KNIN Knock In of Currency Options
KIST Knock In Settlement
KNOT Knock Out of Currency Options
KNST Knock Out Settlement
REVL Revaluation Of Option
REVR Reversal Of Deal
TERM Termination of Option Contract

Advices Supported

Following Advices setup done in the COCH Product as part of Product Life Cycle:

Table 8-27 Advices Supported

Advices Description
OT_CO_TRIG Currency Options Barrier Event
OT_CO_CANC Currency Options Cancellation
OT_CO_CONF Currency Options Confirmation
OT_CO_DEAL_TKT Currency Options Deal Ticket
OT_CO_TERM Currency Options Termination Advice
OT_CO_TRIG Currency Options Barrier Event
PAYMENT_MESSAGE Payment Message
REVSWIFT Cancellation of Contract

Messages

Following SWIFT Messages setup done in the COCH product as part of product life cycle.

Table 8-28 SWIFT Messages

SWIFT Messages Contact Field
MT 306/M305 CO Confirmation Message
MT 306/M305 CO Amendment Message
MT 306/M305 CO Termination Message
MT 306/M305 CO Cancellation Advice
MT 306/ M305 Currency Options Barrier Hit Message

Premium/Charges/Brokerage

Premium

Product COCH enables the Premium Collection or Premium Payment through:

  • Option Premium is expressed as a percentage of the notional principal / contract amount.
  • Option Premium can be a flat amount as well.

Charges

In COCH product following Charge Component is parametrized
  • Component - OTBOOKCHG - OT Options Booking Charge
  • Rule - OTBKCHG - OT Options Booking Charge Rule
  • Flat Amount GBP 125

Special/Other Features

Product COCH covers the following special features:

  • Exotic Options (Options with barriers) are covered.
  • Payment of Rebate Amount is covered on Knock out Of Options either at Hit or Maturity.

Additional information (ex. UDF & other Special Maintenance)

In case the Bank wants to capture any additional information regarding the agreement\customer, the same could be captured by defining the User Defined Fields (UDF).

OT Options Module Maintenance

OT Options module has to be setup with the following furnished maintenance,

  • Option Branch Parameter Maintenance
  • Role To Head mapping Class Maintenance
  • Accounting Event Class Maintenance
  • OT Product Maintenance
  • Floating Rate Source Maintenance
  • DV Rate Type Maintenance
  • DV Float Rate Code Maintenance
  • Floating Rate Maintenance
  • Advice Format Maintenance
  • Other General Maintenance Needed For Branch