"Act/365" - Cross-Period Accrual

Q

How does "Act/365" convention works on an Accrual Range that crosses one or more Accrual Period boundaries?

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A

When an Accrual Range crosses one or more Accrual Period boundaries, there is no need to split it into multiple parts, since Act/365 Day Count Factor is additive.

Here is an example of a 5-year term deposit:

Principal:             $1,000.00 
Interest Method:       Simple Interest 
Interest Frequency:    12 (Monthly) 
Interest Rate:         5.00%
Day Count Convention:  Act/365
Term:                  5 Years 
  Start date:          2023-01-01 
  Maturity date:       2028-01-01

Here is how you can calculate the Accrued Interest in the date range of [2023-01-01, 2023-03-01), which spans 2 Accrual Periods:

T1 = 2023-01-01: Starting date (inclusive)
T2 = 2023-03-01: Ending date (exclusive) of the Accrual Range 
T3 = 2023-02-01: Ending date (exclusive) of the Accrual Period  
T4 = 2024-01-01: Ending date (exclusive) of the Accrual Year

DiR(T1,T2) = DiR(T1,T2) 
  = Calendar_Days(T1,T2) 
  = 59

DiY(T1,T2) = 365 

Day_Count_Factor(T1,T2) = DiR(T1,T2) / DiY(T1,T2)
  = 59 / 365 
  = 0.16164383561644

Accrued_Interest = Principal × Interest_Rate × Day_Count_Factor
  = $1,000.00 × 5.0% × 0.16164383561644
  = $8.0821917808219
  = $8.08 

You will get the same result, if you split the Accrual Range into 2 parts:

R1 = [2023-01-01, 2023-02-01) within 
  P1 =[2023-01-01, 2023-02-01) Accrual Period 
R2 = [2023-01-01, 2023-03-01) within 
  P2 =[2023-01-01, 2023-03-01) Accrual Period 

Accrued_Interest 
  = Accrued_Interest(R1) + Accrued_Interest(R2)
  = Principal × Interest_Rate × Day_Count_Factor(R1) + 
    Principal × Interest_Rate × Day_Count_Factor(R2)
  = $1,000.00 × 5.0% × 31/365 + 
    $1,000.00 × 5.0% × 28/365
  = $4.2465753424658 + $3.8356164383562
  = $8.082191780822
  = $8.08

 

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