An investment bank wants to price a first-to-default basket…

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An investment bаnk wаnts tо price а first-tо-default basket CDS оn 2-year bonds issued by two companies, Gamma and Delta. The premium is paid at initiation and again after 1 year, provided that no default has occurred during the first year. The default probability for each company is 6% per year, the recovery rate is 0%, and the risk-free rate is 3%. Assume defaults happen at the end of each year, the two firms default independently, and the face value is 100 for all bonds. Calculate the premium for the first-to-default basket CDS using a 2-step tree.

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