Consider a fixed-payer, plain vanilla, interest rate swap paid in arrears with the following characteristics:
(1) The start date is in 12 months, the maturity is 24 months.
(2) Floating rate is 6 month USD Libor.
(3) The swap rate is κ = 5%
(a) Represent the cash flows generated by this swap on a graph.
(b) Create a synthetic equivalent of this swap using two Forward Rate Agreements (FRA) contracts. Describe the parameters of the selected FRAs in detail
(c) Could you generate a synthetic swap using appropriate interest rate option?