P9 The next 3 questions are based on the following information.You work for a firm whose home currency is the Russian Ruble (RUB) and that is considering a foreign investment. The investment yields expected after-tax British Pound (GBP) cash flows (in millions) as follows: -GBP370in Year 0, and GBP141 in each of the 3 years of the life of the project. The expected rates of inflation in each country are constant per year: 6% in Russia, and 2.50% in the UK. From the project's perspective the requiredreturn is 5.72%, while from the parent's perspective, the required rate of return is 13.88%. The spot exchange rate is GBP0.009423/RUB.What is the NPV of the project from the parent company's perspective?-RUB2,132.247 millionRUB939.798 million-RUB6,610.153 millionO d.-RUB41.990 millionO e. None of the options in this question are correctOa.O b.O c.What is the NPV of the project from the project's perspective?O a.O b.O C.O d.O e.GBP0.083 million-GBP0.396 millionRUBO.922 million-RUB4,456.076 millionNone of the options in this question are correct.What is the correct course of action for the managers of the firm?O a.Accept the project.O b.Accept the project. However, the firm should try to find a way to hedge the currency risk now to capture the NPV. Finance in the local currency, use currency forwards and sell the project to a local investor.Reject the project because it is only adding value from the parent's perspective because of forecast favourable movements in the exchange rate.O c.O d.Reject the project. It is not financially viable from both the project's perspective and the parent's perspective.O e. There is not enough information to infer the correct course of action.

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The next 3 questions are based on the following information. You work for a firm whose home currency is the Russian Ruble (RUB) and that is considering a foreign investment. The investment yields expected after-tax British Pound (GBP) cash flows (in mill in Year 0, and GBP141 in each of the 3 years of the life of the project. The expected rates of inflation in each country are constant per year: 6% in Russia, and 2.50% in the UK. From the project's p return is 5.72%, while from the parent's perspective, the required rate of return is 13.88 %. The spot exchange rate is GBP0.009423/RUB. What is the NPV of the project from the parent company's perspective? O a. -RUB2.132.247 million O b. RUB939.798 million О с. -RUB6.610.153 million Od -RUB41.990 million

The next 3 questions are based on the following information. You work for a firm whose home currency is the Russian Ruble (RUB) and that is considering a foreign investment. The investment yields expected after-tax British Pound (GBP) cash flows (in mill in Year 0, and GBP141 in each of the 3 years of the life of the project. The expected rates of inflation in each country are constant per year: 6% in Russia, and 2.50% in the UK. From the project's p return is 5.72%, while from the parent's perspective, the required rate of return is 13.88 %. The spot exchange rate is GBP0.009423/RUB. What is the NPV of the project from the parent company's perspective? O a. -RUB2.132.247 million O b. RUB939.798 million О с. -RUB6.610.153 million Od -RUB41.990 million

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