Assume that you are the treasurer of XYZ Bank Plc, and the bank is expecting to receive US$100 million from a client for a loan repayment in six months to be invested for a six-month period. The ALCO is concerned that rates will fall, in which case the investment return will be lower. Therefore, the ALCO has asked you as a derivatives specialist to prepare a report on how the bank can use a forward rate agreement (FRA) to hedge against interest rate risk.Required:A. Briefly explain how the FRA would work in this instance. Further, mention whether the bank would need to buy or sell the FRA.B. Currently, the contract rate for such an FRA is 5 percent per annum and assume a 360-day year. Further, assume that six months from today the settlement rate is 3 percent per annum. Calculate the settlement value of the FRA contract.

Suppose a bank enters a repurchase agreement in which it agrees to buy Treasury securities from a correspondent bank at a price of $25,950,000, with the promise to buy them back at a price of $26,000,000.   a. Calculate the yield on the repo if it has a 5-day maturity. b. Calculate the yield on the repo if it has a 15-day maturit

The Corporate Treasurer of LetsDoIt Ltd, a company based in Mexico plans to borrow MXN 500 million pesos in 3 months’ time for a period of 3 months at the base rate plus 50 basis points. A lot of speculation is going on regarding a potential change in the government and interest rates have since been quite volatile.The Corporate Treasurer had recently attended a professional workshop on interest rate risk management where he had learnt about interest rate collars and interest rate guarantees, among others. He has been requested by the Board of Directors to make a presentation on the two financial instruments. Elaborate on the main points that are expected to be included in the presentation.

Suppose a bank enters a repurchase agreement in which it agrees to sell Treasury securities to a correspondent bank at a price of $9999827 with the promise to buy them back at a price of $10000090. Calculate the yield on the repo if it has a 5-day maturity.

Suppose a bank enters a repurchase agreerment in which it agrees to sell Treasury securities to a correspondent bank at a price of $9.99,838 with the promise to buy them back at a price of $10.000,073. Calculate the yield on the repo if it has a 6-day maturity. (write your answer in percentage and round it to 2 decimal places)

Suppose a credit analyst for JPMorgan Chase, an American multinational financial services company headquartered in New York City and the world's largest bank by market capitalization, is considering a proposal to extend a short-term, one-month loan to Apple, Inc., an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California. Which of the following financial statement ratios would best help the credit analyst assess Apple, Inc.'s ability to repay the short-term loan? O Days' sales in receivables. O The cash ratio. O The current ratio. O The return on equity ratio (ROE).

A bank is able to issue a $500,000 worth of a 90-day commercial paper with a 2% discount yield and an equivalent size and risk 90-day certificate of deposit with a 3% single payment yield today. Prices of securities are quoted assuming no arbitrage, and hence the present value of all future cash flows for the securities are equivalent to their corresponding prices. The bank is considering the issuance of either the commercial paper or the certificate of deposit to replicate the effective-annual return (interest rate) of a zero-coupon bond currently included in the bank's portfolio. This bond is currently quoted in the market at $910.55 and matures in three years. The bond has the standard par value (face value) of $1,000 and a yield to maturity of 3.173%. Which security should the bank issue to replicate the effective-annual return of the zero-coupon bond? Issue commercial paper o Issue certificate of deposit

An insurance company makes long-term loans with variable interest rates. It funds the loans by issuing guaranteed investment contracts (GICS) that pay a fixed rate. The interest rate paid on loans is adjusted annually. The insurance company could hedge its interest rate risk by purchasing an interest rate swap where it pays a fixed rate of interest and receives a floating rate. O True O False

1.) A bank has purchased a significant amount of loan receivables of another bank. The loan portfolio is made up of several home mortgages, making it essentially a mortgage-backed security. The investing bank has created its cashflow forecast from the receivable but faces the risk that if interest rates decline, principal payments will be made earlier and that interest collections will not happen. What risk does the bank face?* A.)Mortgage Default Risk B.) Mortgage Prepayment Risk C.) Mortgage Settlement Risk D.) Mortgage Extension Risk 2.) The mortgage contract states that the debtor must pay a minimum of P100,000 per year on the 7% interest, P1,000,000 loan. The balance would be due by the end of the tenth year as a lump sum. A.) Balloon payment mortgage B.) Rollover mortgage C.) Home equity loans D.) Construction to permanent mortgages   3.) Which of the following would have inflationary effect on the economy? [1] BSP releasing new bonds in the market [2] BSP decreasing the repo…

Suppose Bank One offers a risk-free interest rate of 5.0% on both savings and loans, and Bank Enn offers a risk-free interest rate of 5.5% on both savings and loans. a. What arbitrage opportunity is available? b. Which bank would experience a surge in demand for loans? Which bank would receive a surge in deposits? c. What would you expect to happen to the interest rates the two banks are offering? a. What arbitrage opportunity is available? (Select the best choice below.) O A. Take a loan from Bank One at 5.0% and save the money in Bank Enn at 5.5%. O B. Take a loan from Bank One at 5.5% and save the money in Bank One at 5.0%. O C. Take a loan from Bank Enn at 5.5% and save the money in Bank One at 5.0%. O D. Save at both banks. b. Which bank would experience a surge in demand for loans? Which bank would receive a surge in deposits? (Select the best choice below.) O A. Bank One would experience a surge in the demand for loans, as will Bank Enn. O B. Bank One would experience a surge in…