Funding Value Adjustments

71 Pages Posted: 21 Aug 2017 Last revised: 16 Mar 2023

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Leif B. G. Andersen

Bank of America

Darrell Duffie

Stanford University - Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Canadian Derivatives Institute

Yang Song

University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

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Date Written: August 2017

Abstract

We demonstrate that the funding value adjustments (FVAs) of major dealers are debt-overhang costs to their shareholders. In order to maximize shareholder value, dealer quotations therefore adjust for FVAs. Our case examples include interest-rate swap FVAs and violations of covered interest parity. Contrary to current valuation practice, FVAs are not themselves components of the market values of the positions being financed. Current dealer practice does, however, align incentives between trading desks and shareholders. We also establish a pecking order for preferred asset financing strategies and provide a new interpretation of the standard debit value adjustment (DVA).

Suggested Citation

Andersen, Leif B.G. and Duffie, James Darrell and Song, Yang, Funding Value Adjustments (August 2017). NBER Working Paper No. w23680, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3023055

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