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Deutsche BankCorporate & Investment Bank

Deutsche BankCorporate & Investment Bank

#1 USD Inflation Swaps

#1 USD inflation Options

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Strictly Private and Confidential

CPI – The Consumer Price Index

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The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the pricespaid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The index includes owner occupied housing using a rental equivalence approachIt is published once per month, usually around the middle of the following month

3

Consumer Price IndexDefinition of CPI

%

14

10

373

11

7

67

4 Food

Energy

Housing

Apparel

Transportation

Medical Care

Recreation

Education and Communication

Other Goods & Services

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Recreation

Medical Care

Transportation

Apparel

Housing

Food & Beverages

Energy

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Education & Communication

Other Goods & Services

Energy is by far the most Volatile component of CPI(Transportation costs are highly correlated with Energy)

Source: Deutsche Bank

Annual Volatility of CPI Sub-Indices (1994-2012)

Food andBeverage Prices

are much lessvolatile than

Energy

4

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CPI HistoryInflation is Seasonal

Source: Bloomberg : CPI INDX <Index> CPURNSA <Index> HS

Inflation is generallyhigher leading into

the Summer andlower heading into

year-end

This can be observedby comparing

seasonal adjustedCPI (CPI_INDX) with

non-seasonaladjusted CPI(CPURNSA)

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TIPS Outstanding by Issue Year in $mm (as at 16 Jan 2013)

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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TIPS Issuance has Increased Significantly

Source: Bloomberg / Deutsche Bank Forecast

Treasury hascommitted to

support the TIPSmarket as itprovides a

diversifyingsource of funds

Daily TradingVolume is

approximately$11 Billion

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Interdealer Volumes in $'mm

-

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

OptionsTIPS ASWSwaps

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US Inflation Derivative Market has been Growing

Source: BGC Partners

A reflection of anincreased number ofclients participating

in the market

Daily TradingVolume is

approximately$1 Billion

Especially stronggrowth in Inflation

Options

Deutsche Bank’scurrently has 25%

market share in USInflation derivatives

(BGC Partners Inter-dealer Statistics)

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Strictly Private and Confidential

Inflation-linked Products

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Inflation Products : TIPS

TIPS (“Treasury Inflation Protected Securities”) are securities issued by the US government

that offer investors inflation protection

The principal is accredited daily based on the CPI-Urban index and repaid at maturity

subject to a minimum of par, providing deflation protection i.e. embedded deflation floor

Semi-annual coupons paid on TIPS are based on the inflation-adjusted principal

The TIPS market isthe largest inflation-linked market in the

world. Regularauctions are

conducted in 5y, 10yand 30y TIPS

TIPS coupons and principal repayment at maturity

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

10%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

140%

Real Coupon Inflation Notional

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

10%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

140%

Real Coupon Inflation Notional

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-Jul

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-Jan

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

50,000

2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 2029 2031 2033 2035 2037 2039 2041

TIPS Outstanding by Issue in $mm (as at 12 February 2013)

10

TIPS IssuesTotal Market value is approximately $1 Trillion

Data Source: Bloomberg

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TIPS, Real Rates and Inflation

TIPS provide exposure to real interest rates rather than inflation

Coupons and Redemption amount grow at the inflation rate. However, these are discounted at

the nominal rate to determine the Present Value. Accordingly, the market values of TIPS are a

function of both future inflation expectations and nominal rates

Breakeven trades can isolate the exposure to expected inflation

TIPS Breakeven = Long TIPS bond + Short Treasury of similar maturity

TIPS provide a realrate of return. Toexpress a view ininflation, one cantrade the spread

between TIPS andnominal treasuries

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Inflation Swaps

Inflation swaps offer a mechanism to trade inflation over a given time horizon

At maturity, one party pays the cumulative percentage increase in the reference inflation index

over the life of the swap in exchange for an annually compounded fixed rate

ISDA documentation typically employed

Inflation swaps arethe most liquid

inflation derivatives,providing a clean

way to trade ininflation

1)1( Nfixed

1)0(

)(

CPI

NCPI

Fixed

Floating

Happy Client

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Inflation Products: Inflation Swap Example

Client asked DB to quote a price to buy a 5-year inflation swap

Agrees on a fixed rate of 2% (“Swap Breakeven Rate”)

Client will “break even” if inflation turns out to be 2% per annum over the 5-years; Accordingly,

will lose money if inflation is less than 2% and make money if inflation exceeds 2%

If actual inflation over the 5 years turns out to be 3% per annum, the client be paid the

difference between 3% compounded for 5-years and 2% compounded for five years

Happy Client

1)1( 52%

1)0(

)(

CPI

5CPI

Fixed

Floating

Happy Client

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Product : Inflation SwapsCurve

Typically traded indiscrete years from

1-year to 30-years

Often traded on aforward basis

e.g. 5y5y or 1y9y

The zero-couponstructure makes itpossible to match

an exact cash flowprofile by combining

swaps of differentmaturities

Trading in CoreInflation recently

initiated byDeutsche Bank

1.00%

1.50%

2.00%

2.50%

3.00%

3.50%

1Y 2Y 3Y 4Y 5Y 6Y 7Y 8Y 9Y 10Y 12Y 15Y 20Y 25Y 30Y

Leve

l

Maturity

Zero Coupon Inflation Swap Levels

Headline

Core

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Historical 5Y5Y Inflation Swap Levels

100 bps

150 bps

200 bps

250 bps

300 bps

350 bps

400 bps

Aug-

04

Aug-

05

Aug-

06

Aug-

07

Aug-

08

Aug-

09

Aug-

10

Aug-

11

Aug-

12

As historically forward-starting inflation, e.g. 5y5y, has always beenwithin a tight band

Forward-starting tends to be the easiest way to implement this and hasother attractive features e.g. no seasonality, relatively flat carry

Range Trade 5y5y Inflation ForwardMore convenient to implement this in inflation derivatives than TIPS

15Source: Bloomberg LP Past Performance is no Guarantee of Future Results

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Data Source: Bloomberg LP

Implied InflationTIPS vs. Inflation Swaps

Expected Inflationimplied by Inflation

Swaps is higher thanthat implied by TIPS

Breakevens

For the most part,reflects a

supply/demandimbalance

No natural sellers ofInflation swaps

Large seller of TIPS:The US Government

Why is this notarbitraged away?

1. Limits on balancesheet capacity

2. Mark-to-market risk

TIPS vs. Swap Breakevens

1.50%

1.75%

2.00%

2.25%

2.50%

2.75%

3.00%

3.25%

2 5 10 20 30Years

Swap BEI

TIPS BEI

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“Why Does the Treasury Issue Tips? The Tips–Treasury Bond Puzzle”Matthias Fleckenstein, Francis A. Longstaff, and Hanno LustigNBER Working Paper No. 16358September 2010

http://www.nber.org/papers/w16358.pdf

“To the best of our knowledge, the relative mispricing of TIPS and Treasury bonds

represents the largest arbitrage ever documented in the financial economics literature.

The TIPS–Treasury arbitrage poses a major puzzle to classical asset pricing theory.”

* The NBER is the nation's leading nonprofit economic research organization. Eighteen of the 33 American Nobel Prize

Winners in Economics and six of the past Chairmen of the President's Council of Economic Advisers have been

researchers at the NBER. The more than 1,000 professors of economics and business now teaching at colleges and

universities in North America who are NBER researchers are the leading scholars in their fields,

http://www.nber.org/info.html17

TIPS Asset SwapThe National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)*

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Fixed TIPS Assets Swap Levels

0.00%

0.50%

1.00%

1.50%

2.00%

2.50%

3.00%

3.50%

4.00%20

13

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025

2027

2029

2031

2033

2035

2037

2039

2041

Maturity

Leve

l

Fixed TIPS ASW

Treasury

Product : TIPS on Asset SwapThe link between TIPS and Inflation Swaps – no net exposure to inflation

Obtain duration/yield pickup via a top-credit quality assets (US Sovereign)

Competing product to Nominal Treasuries, Agencies, …

E.g. Post as collateral, replace treasury holdings, or hedge duration (with Repo) inexpensively

Source: Deutsche Bank Closing Levels

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Floating TIPS Asset Swap Spreads

-0.20%

0.00%

0.20%

0.40%

0.60%

0.80%

1.00%20

13

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025

2027

2029

2031

2033

2035

2037

2039

2041

Maturity

Pick

up

3mL+Spread

FF+Spread

Source: Deutsche Bank Closing Levels

Product : TIPS on Asset SwapFloating TIPS Asset Swap

Earn an carry over repo rates / fed funds

TIPS are easy to repo as they are US Government Treasuries

Feb ’42 offers a muchhigher spread thanFeb ’41s as it has a

much lower coupon(0.75% vs 2.125%)

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Investor buys a TIPS

Investor agrees to pay away all the cash-flows (P+I) from the bond

Investor receives in return Libor + X% until maturity

Investor receives Par (100) at maturity

Product : TIPS on Asset SwapMechanics

TIPS Investor

CPI CPI

Libor + X

Inflated Notional Inflated Notional

Notional

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Buy $100m Notional of TIPS maturing in January 2014 i.e. $130mm Dirty Price

Fund the $130mm on overnight repo (current rate 0.06%, say)

Swap out all the TIPS cash-flows in exchange for 3mL-0.07% coupons + $130mm on

Maturity Date (current 3m Libor rate is 0.29%)

Accordingly, asset swap will pay back the full $130mm on maturity date

3m Libor is almost always higher than repo rates

(as it should be given it is an uncollateralized rate)

Accordingly, assuming no change in the spread between Libor and Repo rates,

earn carry of 0.29%-0.07% - 0.06% = 0.16% per annum on $130mm

Product : TIPS on Asset SwapExample: How to make almost risk-less money

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Strictly Private and Confidential

Inflation Products – ETPs, TRS and Notes

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Exchange Based ProductsDB is an active market maker in Fixed Income ETPs

First Inflation ETNs were recently listed

INFL Powershares DB US Inflation ETN

DEFL Powershares DB US Deflation ETN

Combines Long TIPS with Inverse Treasury position

Daily liquidity provision at NAV

Live market making

Designed such that 1bp change in inflation expectations equates toa 10c change in ETN price

Different Credit and Tax Treatment compared to ETFs

CME considering launching Futures on CPI and TIPS

A large number of ETFs track inflation-linked sovereign bonds

e.g.TIP, WIP, STPZ, IPE, LTPZ, STIP, TIPZ, TDTF, TDTT, ITIP, GTIP, VTIP, etc.

New ETFs: Breakeven: INFL, DEFL, UINF, SINF, RINF, FINF and Active: ILB

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Total Return Swaps and Inflation-linked Notes

Total Return Swaps

– Allows clients to go long or short cash instruments in an unfunded form

– E.g. 1: Return of the 10+ year TIPS index vs Libor +/- Spread

– E.g. 2: Return of Overall TIPS Breakeven Index vs Libor +/- Spread

Inflation-linked Notes

– Creation of a customized note issued by DB or a Third Party

– E.g. 1: Provide coupons of Annual Inflation + 1.50%

– E.g. 2: Provide coupons of 1.5 Leverage x Annual Inflation

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Strictly Private and Confidential

Inflation Products – Options

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Understanding Inflation OptionsTwo key concepts

1) Inflation Options are either

CAPS i.e. Calls

or

FLOORS i.e. Puts (strikes can be negative)

2) Inflation Options are either

YEAR-on-YEAR (YoY) References Annual Inflation

or

ZERO COUPON (ZC) References CPI (cumulative inflation)

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Year on Year Inflation OptionsRegular payments based on annual Levels of Inflation

27

Payout based on difference between YoY Inflation and Strike each year

YOY Inflation by Calendar Year

3.4

2

4.1

0.1

2.7

0.0%0.5%1.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%3.5%4.0%4.5%

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Year-on-yearoptions generallyhave annual paydates, but more

frequent payoutsare possible

Often theseoptions are

embedded ininflation-linked

notes

E.g. $100mm 3%-strike five-yearcap starting in

2004 would havepaid out $0.4mm

at the end of 2005and $1.1mm at the

end of 2007 withno other

payments

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Zero Coupon OptionsPayment on maturity based on cumulative inflation and compounded strike

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Single payment at maturity based on cumulative inflation from inception

CPI Index Value

218.011219.964

200

205

210

215

220

225Ja

n-07

Apr

-07

Jul-0

7

Oct

-07

Jan-

08

Apr

-08

Jul-0

8

Oct

-08

Jan-

09

Apr

-09

Jul-0

9

Oct

-09

Jan-

10

Apr

-10

Jul-1

0

-0.89%

There isparticularly good

liquidity in 0%options since

they are similar tothe redemption

optionsembedded in TIPS

E.g. $100mm 0%-strike two-year

floor with astarting reference

of July 2008 willpay out $0.89mm

(-0.445% perannum deflation)

in October 2010(3-month lag)

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Understanding Inflation Options: Inflation VolatilityMarket vs Economist Expectations

Implied Volatilityis too highrelative toeconomist

expectations

‘Fat tailed’distributionmeans wings

have too muchvalue

Negative skew inthe options market.

Economic theorysuggests prices are

sticky downwards i.e.market impliedprobability of

deflation is too high

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Building a CPI Curve

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Given market quotes for the zero coupon inflation-swap rates or TIPS breakevens it is possible

to build a forward CPI curve

Constructing a complete forward curve involves

(a) extracting future fixings from quoted ZCIS rates

(b) interpolating the available points to obtain the inflation trend

(c) adding the CPI seasonality

1. For the quoted tenors the future fixings can be obtained using:

Implied Ref CPI t+tenor = Ref CPI t x (1+ ZCIS rate) tenor

Building the CPI CurveProcess

Source: DB Global Markets Research

100

120

140

160

180

200

220

240

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30

Projected CPI Trend2. Interpolation between quoted ZCIS rates can belinear, cubic, which may lead to a smootherforward curve, or other depending on the data

3. To obtain the monthly CPI projections seasonalityneeds to be taken into account (next slide)

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Building the CPI CurveExample

106

108

110

112

114

116

118

120

2009 2010 2011 2012

CPI curve

projected trend

Const ruct ion o f t he fo rw ard CPI cu rveCPI

Inde xPro ject ed

valuef romZC IS

M ont h lyseaso-nalit y

Rem o ving t h e seasona l co m ponent

Trend CPIby l inearin t erp o la-

t io n

Incorpora t ing season a lcom p onent

Fu ll C P Icurv e

Sep-09 109.8420 0.08% = 109.8420/exp(0.08% )= 109.7541 109.7541 = 109.754 x exp(0.08% ) = 109.8420

Oct-09 0.02% 109.9722 = 109.972 x exp(0.02% ) = 109.9942

Nov-09 -0.19% 110.1902 = 110.190 x exp(-0.19% ) = 109.9810

Dec-09 0.17% 110.4083 = 110.408 x exp(0.17% ) = 110.5963

Jan-10 -0.46% 110.6263 = 110.626 x exp(-0.46% ) = 110.1175

Feb-10 0.14% 110.8444 = 110.844 x exp(0.14% ) = 111.0002

M ar-10 0.35% 111.0624 = 111.062 x exp(0.35% ) = 111.4523

Apr-10 0.23% 111.2805 = 111.280 x exp(0.23% ) = 111.5363

M ay-10 0.05% 111.4985 = 111.499 x exp(0.05% ) = 111.5541

Jun-10 -0.08% 111.7166 = 111.717 x exp(-0.08% ) = 111.6275

Jul-10 -0.29% 111.9346 = 111.935 x exp(-0.29% ) = 111.6108

Aug-10 -0.02% 112.1527 = 112.153 x exp(-0.02% ) = 112.1302

Sep-10 112.4607 0.08% = 112.4607/ exp(0.08% ) = 112.3707 112.3707 = 112.371 x exp(0.08% ) = 112.4607

-6-4-202468

101214

Oct-09 Oct-11 Oct-13 Oct-15

trend

with seasonality% forward rates

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CPI Volatility Models

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Foreign Currency Analogy

The “Real” is a “foreign currency” pegged to the value of a basket of goods and services

Real Rates are the interest rates in the “foreign currency”

CPI Index is the exchange rate between USD and the “Real” Currency

Three-Factor HJM Model (Nominal Rates, Real Rates and Inflation Index)

Nominal Forward Rates:

Real Forward Rates:

Inflation Index:

In Practice

Adjusted to incorporate Stochastic Volatility

Calibrate volatility assumptions as well as correlations between factors

Used to value Exotic (Path-dependent) Payoff Structures

Jarrow and Yildirim (2003)*

34* Pricing TIPS and Related Derivatives…: http://forum.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty/jarrow/084 Tips JFQA 2003.pdf

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Option Pricing Models

Black’s Model: Treat Inflation Index as Log-normally Distributed

Bachelier Model: Treat Inflation Rate as Normally Distributed

Shifted Log-normal Model: Inflation Rate cannot go below -100%

In Practice

Intraday calculations for vanilla Inflation Options

e.g. TIPS Redemption Floors

Different volatilities by Term and Strike based on calibrations to market trading levels

Black-Scholes Type Models

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Allows better fitting of Volatility Skews/Smiles

Process:

Alpha is the (log-normal) volatility of volatility - influences the Volatility Smile

Beta is the sensitivity of the change in forward to the level of the forward – influences the

Volatility Skew (e.g. normal vs. log-normal)

Rho is the correlation between the two processes i.e. the correlation between change in

Forward Level and change in Volatility – also influences the Volatility Skew

Generally, Beta is fixed based on historical experience, and Rho is calibrated

In Practice

Pricing of all vanilla inflation options, including daily mark-to-market of vanilla option books

Much quicker and more stable than JY Monte Carlo Model, but cannot value exotics

* Managing Smile Risk, P. Hagan et al., 2002: http://www.math.columbia.edu/~lrb/sabrAll.pdf

SABR Model *

Incorporates Stochastic Volatility. SABR: Stochastic Alpha Beta Rho

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Inflation MarketSummary

Products• TIPS Treasuries whose principal adjusts in-line with CPI

• TIPS Asset-Swap Obtain a yield pickup over treasuries / repo rates

• Inflation Swaps Hedge or take a view on inflation

• ETFs / ETNs Trade in a similar way to Equities

• Total Return Swaps Unfunded exposure to TIPS or TIPS Breakevens

• Inflation-linked Notes Customized inflation-linked cash flows

• Inflation Options Capped or floored exposure to inflation

Models• Jarrow -Yildirim Exotic inflation options

• BS-Type Intraday calculations

• SABR Vanilla inflation option

Structural Imbalances in the Inflation Market• Inflation Swaps imply higher CPI levels than TIPS

• Very front-end of the inflation curve tends to be cheap

• Implied volatility significantly exceeds realized volatility

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