Alpha and Beta Companies can borrow for a five-year term at the following rates: Moody's credit rating Fixed-rate borrowing cost Floating-rate borrowing cost Alpha Beta Aa 11.9% SOFR +0.72% Baa 14.8% SOFR +1.72% Assuming more realistically that a swap bank is involved as an intermediary. Assume the swap bank is quoting five-year dollar interest rate swaps at 13.5-12.2 percent against SOFR + 0.72 percent. Compute the rates Alpha and Beta should pay to the swap bank in this swap, and calculate the all-in-cost of borrowing for Alpha and Beta and the earnings for the swap bank. Required: a. Calculate the quality spread differential (QSD). b-1. Develop an interest rate swap in which both Alpha and Beta have an equal cost savings in their borrowing costs. Assume Alpha desires floating-rate debt and Beta desires fixed-rate debt. Compute the rates Alpha and Beta should pay to the swap bank in this swap. b-2. Calculate the all-in-cost of borrowing for Alpha and Beta and the earnings for the swap bank. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B1 Required B2 Calculate the quality spread differential (QSD). Note: Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. Quality spread differential % < Required A Required B1 >

Answer a) and b) Problem 3: Interest Swap Companies A and B have been offered the following rates per annum on a $50 million five-year loan: Company A Company B Floating LIBOR +0.7% LIBOR +1.0% Fixed 6.0% 7.5% Company A requires a floating-rate loan and company B requires a fixed-rate loan. a) Design a swap that will net a bank, acting as an intermediary, 30 basis points (0.3%) per annum and that is equally attractive to the two companies. Illustrate the swap with a diagram. b) Determine the effective financing costs for A and B.

(Motivation for Interest rate swap) National Bank has a $200b Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) as a liability on its balance sheet. The interest rate on the ARM is 2.34%+Libor. As a result, the bank will have to pay floating interest. The bank is considering hedging the risk in the interest payment to the ARM with a three-year interest rate swap. What will be the Bank's net interest rate of payment if it chooses the right swap? Answer: ____________%.     Euro-€ Swiss franc U. S. dollar Japanese yen Years Bid Ask Bid Ask Bid Ask Bid Ask 2 3.08 3.12 1.68 1.76 5.43 5.46 0.45 0.49 3 3.25 3.29 2.41 2.68 5.78 6.02 0.56 0.59

A bank today makes $100 in 3-year loans with a 16% fixed annual interest rate. It funds the loans today with $100 in 1-year CDs that currently have a 7% annual interest rate. It has the option of entering an interest rate swap contract. The contract includes a variable rate of 4.5% and a fixed rate of 7.5%. If the bank chooses to hedge its interest rate risk using a $100 notional value swap contract, what is the bank's expected net interest income in the first year if all interest rates remain the same throughout the year? A) $9 OB) 12 OC) $7 OD) $16 O E) $6

Company X and Company Y have been offered for the following rates per annum on a RM30 million 5-year loan.   Company X Company Y Fixed rate 12.5% 12.5% Floating rate 3-month KLIBOR+2% 3-month KLIBOR + 2.75% Preferred loan Fixed rate Floating rate   You work for KL Bank, and thinks that the quoted rate are arbitrageable by means of an interest rate swap. Design a fixed-for-floating interest rate swap. Show the percentage gain to each party, assuming that the mispricing is split equally among three parties.

Companies A and B have been offered the following rates per annum on a $5 million 10-year loan. USD Swiss Franc Company X Company Y LIBOR +0.3% LIBOR +0.8% 10% 11.4% Company X requires a floating-rate loan; company Y requires a fixed-rate loan. Design a swap that will net a bank, acting as intermediary, 20 basis points per annum and will appear equally attractive to X and Y. a) Illustrate the swap with a cash flow diagram. Mark the currency and interest rate clearly. b) Determine the effective borrowing costs for X and Y.

Companies A and B are able to receive the following rates per annum on a $10 million, 5-year investment, as a function of whether the investment returns a fixed or floating rate of interest: Fixed rate Floating rate Company A 5.0 Company B | 5.6 SOFR+20 basis points SOFR Company A requires a fixed-rate investment and company B requires a floating-rate invest- ment. Design a swap that will net a bank, acting as an intermediary, 30 basis points and will appear equally attractive to each company.

Company A and B has been offered the following rates per annum on a £50 million, 10 - year loan. (SEE PICTURE) Design a swap that is most beneficial to Company A, explain using text and diagram

Consider an FI with the following off-balance-sheet items: A two-year loan commitment with a face value of $120 million, a standby letter of credit with a face value of $20 million and trade-related letters of credit with a face value of $70 million. 1). What is the total credit equivalent amount? 2). All counterparties have a credit rating of BBB. What is the capital amount of the FI needs to hold against these exposures assuming CAR of 10.5%?

Consider two loans with a 1-year maturity and identical face values: a(n) 8.3% loan with a 0.99% loan origination fee and a(n) 8.3% loan with a 4.9% (no-interest) compensating balance requirement. Which loan would have the higher effective annual rate (EAR)? Why? The EAR in the first case is %. (Round to one decimal place.)