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RBA Glossary definition for OIS

OIS – Overnight indexed swap, a bilaterally traded, or over-the-counter (OTC), derivative in which one party agrees to pay the other party a fixed interest rate in exchange for receiving the average cash rate recorded over the term of the swap.

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A Term Structure Decomposition of the Australian Yield Curve

30 Dec 2008 RDP 2008-09
Richard Finlay and Mark Chambers
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2008/2008-09.html

Appendix A: Zero-coupon Yields

30 Dec 2008 RDP 2008-09
Richard Finlay and Mark Chambers
Overall, while Treasury note yields would be preferable, in their absence OIS yields provide a very good substitute. ... This linearity allows us to write the vector of bond prices or OIS rates B as.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2008/2008-09/appendix-a.html

Data and Model Implementation

30 Dec 2008 RDP 2008-09
Richard Finlay and Mark Chambers
To estimate the risk-free zero-coupon yield curve at the short end, we use Treasury notes when they are available and OIS rates with maturities less than or equal to ... See RBA (2002) for details of how OIS contracts operate, and Appendix A for more
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2008/2008-09/data-model.html

Conclusion

30 Dec 2008 RDP 2008-09
Richard Finlay and Mark Chambers
Download the Paper 579. KB. We have used data on coupon-bearing Australian Government bonds and OIS rates to estimate risk-free zero-coupon yield and forward curves for Australia from
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2008/2008-09/conclusion.html

Model Overview and Related Literature

30 Dec 2008 RDP 2008-09
Richard Finlay and Mark Chambers
We start by estimating zero-coupon yield curves from observed overnight indexed swap (OIS) and government bond data (for further details see Section 4 and Appendix A).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2008/2008-09/model-overview.html