The duration of the fixed-rate bond is approximately 75% of the maturity - is this a given fact like duration of a floating bond is 0.5 * coupon frequency?
Yes. If they don’t give you either you need to use those shortcuts, but floating rate is (1/annual reset frequency)*0.5. So a quarterly floating rate bond has a duration of (1/4)*0.5.
Semi-annual floating rate duration = 0.25
Quarterly floating rate duration = 0.125
No, it will be given to you in the question.
If it is not given in the question, I would personally assume it because that is how every question in the text has been that I’ve come across.
The generalformula is:
duration of swap = 0.5/(#pmts per year) - k*(maturity)
here, k=0.75
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