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Databank holds ¢460million T-Bill but it needs cash to settle an investor whose investment
has matured and is expected to be paid ¢400 million. You have been asked to approach
Ecobank to sell the T-Bill for ¢415 million on the morning of 19th May, 2008 with agreement
to repurchase the bill on the evening of 23rd May, 2008.
(a) What is the cedi cost of this transaction to Databank?
(b) What is the Repo Rate on this transaction?
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- (a) MSAF Ltd (MSAF) would need 3-month US$500,000 loan in two months' time to finance the importation of raw materials for production. MSAF can borrow in the Eurocurrency market at LIBOR plus 200 basis points. The LIBOR is currently sitting at 8%, but management of MSAF fear that interest rate might rise by the time the loan would be taken. To protect MSAF's interest rate risk exposure, management signs a forward rate agreement (FRA) deal with CAPUT Bank Plc. The FRA traded rate is set at 10% on the spot date. Required: i. Discuss three advantages of hedging interest rate risk with a forward rate agreement as against interest rate futures. ii. Suppose the LIBOR settles at 9% in two months' time, evaluate the outcome of the hedge. (b) The PT Group is a multinational group of companies comprising the U.S. parent and three subsidiaries in other countries. Companies within the group trade amongst themselves, and settlement and currency issues have been a major concern. The PT Group has…Peter Sheffield has Euros (€) amounting to €500,000 and is provided with the following quotes: Bank A: Euro/US dollar = €0.8418/$ Bank A: British pound /US dollar = £0.7538/S Bank B: British pound/Euro = £0.8863/€ Determine whether an arbitrage opportunity exists. Show your calculation in the space below and briefly explain (in one or two sentences) why the arbitrage opportunity exists or not. For example, show your calculation as follows (The currencies used in the example are not applicable to your calculation. It just provide you with information how you should show your calculation): Yen/ZAR = 11.7654/1.3954 = 8.4316 (Round your answer to 4 decimals) Reason why arbitrage opportunity exists/ does not exist:Q3. Cold Storage Malaysia Sdn Bhd needs to pay AUD 575,000 in 2 months time for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables from an Australian supplier. Knowing that it is exposed to fluctuations in AUDIMYR exchange rate, Cold Storage is considering the following alternatives: Alternative 1: Do nothing, i.e. to wait until the AUD is due to be paid in 2 months' time and to buy the amount required at whatever spot rate at that time. Alternative 2: Hedge by entering into an FX forward contract. i. Explain what Cold Storage need to do if Alternative 1 were selected. ii. Again if Altermative 1 were to be used, calculate the amount in MYR that Cold Storage would pay in| 2 months from now under the different AUD/MYR exchange rate scenarios at maturity by filling up the blank spaces in the following Table 1. Also compute potential gain or loss to Cold Storage in MÝR in each scenario. Table 1 Amount To Be If Spot Rate Gain / (Loss) Allocated at Maturity is... MYR per AUD in MYR 3.1000 0.0085…