Structuring an Interest Rate Swap for a UK Infrastructure Fund
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Structuring an Interest Rate Swap for a UK Infrastructure Fund. Expert-level challenge in design. Designing real products under real constraints, earn a bloc...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Structure an interest rate swap to hedge the floating-rate debt of a 10-year infrastructure project, ensuring alignment with project cash flows and accounting standards.
This is not a design exercise. It is the work a product designer does between a brief and a shipped interface. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates redesign Spotify's homepage and none who have worked under real product constraints.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Price an interest rate swap using the SONIA swap curve
- Analyze the impact of interest rate swaps on a company's risk and financial statements
- Evaluate credit valuation adjustment (CVA) for swap counterparty risk
- Apply hedge accounting rules to qualify for IFRS 9 treatment
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Aligned coursework coming soon.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Interest Rate Swaps
Apply interest rate swaps to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Derivatives Pricing
Apply derivatives pricing to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Credit Risk
Apply credit risk to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Hedge Accounting
Apply hedge accounting to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: