Curve Group

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To have a pricing environment ready to perform valuations in Xplain, you will need to have a curve configuration.

But first, you will need to define a curve group (as described below) comprising the curves and volatility surfaces that are relevant for the pricing of your derivatives positions. A curve configuration will then link such curve group to preferred data providers (e.g. primary and secondary) on an instrument type basis

Curve Group Example

You can use the predefined ‘XPLAIN Default’ or ‘LONDON’ curve groups, or define your own independently. This page will guide you through the process using an example: defining a ‘NEW CURVE GROUP’ that replicates ‘LONDON’, which will be used with our ‘NEW CURVE CONFIGURATION’ example.

Curve Group Definition

The two steps required to define a curve curve are as follows:

1. create a curve group
2. add curves and volatility surfaces

1. Creating a Curve Group

Under Curves/Curve Groups, at the curve group list level, you can create a curve group by clicking on Add New (or edit an existing one by double-clicking on the line item).

Creating a Curve Group
Curves/Curve Groups

After clicking on Add New and setting Name = 'NEW CURVE GROUP'

After clicking on Save

2. Adding Curves and Volatility Surfaces

Once you have created the curve group, you can add a list of:

1. IR + Inflation curves
2. FX Rates
3. IR Volatility surfaces
4. FX Volatility surfaces
5. Credit curves
6. Bond Yield curves

For more details, please refer to the relevant page by clicking on the corresponding link.

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