uppose that the current EUR/GBP exchange rate is £0.86 per euro. The current 6-month interest rates are: GBP 4%, EUR 6%. There are three 6-month forward contracts available, with the following exchange rates: Contract A B C EUR/GBP 0.86 0.85 0.90   You expect to incur an expense of €50,000 in six months. Can you identify any relevant risk in terms of the EUR/GBP exchange rate? Would you use any of the available forward contracts to hedge against this risk? Explain and provide an ex

Market conditions are as follows; Exchange rate is USD 1 = JPY 130.00. USD market interest rate is 10% p.a. during the contract period, and JPY market interest rate is 6% p.a. during the contract period. The scheduled 'currency coupon' swap contract is as follows; the assumed principle amount is USD 100 million (JPY 13,000 million). Swap contract period is 2 years. You will pay 6.3 % in USD currency at the end of each year, and receive 6% in JPY currency at the end of each year. Calculate the NPV in JPY currency, using the original exchange rate of USD 1 = JPY 130.00.

In September 2020, swap dealers were quoting a rate for five-year euro interest-rate swaps of 4.5% against Euribor (the short-term) interest rate for euro loans). Euribor at the time was 4.1%. Suppose that A arranges with a dealer to swap a €10 million five-year fixed- rate loan for an equivalent floating-rate loan in euros, answer the following: (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.) a. Assume the swap is fairly priced. What is the value of this swap at the time that it is entered into? Swap value b. Suppose that immediately after A has entered into the swap, the long-term interest rate rises by 1%. Who gains and who loses? Dealer gains; A loses O A gains; Dealer loses c. What is now the value of the swap to A for each €1,000 of par value? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Swap value

Today's spot exchange rate: 1 euro = $1.25.US interest rate (home interest rate) is 7%.EU interest rate (foreign interest rate) is 10%.a) If the IRP (Interest rate parity) holds, what should the forward exchange rate be today?b) Assume that today, you invest $500 in the EU market for one year and at the same time, enter a currency forward contract to sell euro in a year at the forward rate from part a). If today's spot exchange rate is: 1 euro=$1.32 instead of $1.25, show how much profits or losses you make next year.

Newstar Co. expects to pay 500,000 euro in one year. Assume the annual interest rate of borrowing or lending euro is 1% and the annual interest rate of borrowing or lending U.S. dollar is 2%. The spot rate of euro is $1.12 per euro.  How much guaranteed amount of U.S. dollar does the company expect to pay after hedging the euro payable transaction in the international money market? (pick the closest answer)     A. 565,545 USD.   B. 554,510 USD.   C. 562,786 USD.   D. 576,912 USD.

The current spot exchange rate is $1.25/€ and the three-month forward rate is \$ 1.3 / epsilon . Consider a three-month European put option on €125,000 with a strike price of $ 1.2 / epsilon . If you pay an option premium of $5,000 to buy this put option, at what exchange rate will you break-even? Group of answer choices \$ 1.24 / epsilon $ 1.16/€ $1.20/€ $1.34/€

You enter into a futures contract to buy €125,000 at $1.53 per euro. The spot exchange rate when you enter the contract is $1.63. Your initial performance bond is $6,100 and your maintenance level is $2,400. At what settle price will you get a demand for additional funds to be posted to your account? 1.6596 1.7596 1.8896 1.5004 1.5596 1.6004

The current USD/EUR exchange rate is [de] dollar per euro. The one-year forward exchange rate is [fe]. The one-year USD interest rate is [rus]% p.a. semiannually compounded. Estimate the one-year EUR interest rate (p.a. semiannually compounded, stated in percent). Inputs: de, fe, rus = 1.85, 1.75, 1.31 Tip: Use the CIP

Cray Research sold a supercomputer to the Max Planck Institute in Germany on credit and invoiced €11.00 million payable in six months. Currently, the six-month forward exchange rate is $1.15 per euro and the foreign exchange adviser for Cray Research predicts that the spot rate is likely to be $1.10 per euro in six months. Required: a. What is the expected gain/loss from a forward hedge? Note: A Negative value should be indicated with a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer in whole dollars not in millions. b. If you were the financial manager of Cray Research, would you recommend hedging this euro receivable? c. Suppose the foreign exchange adviser predicts that the future spot rate will be the same as the forward exchange rate quoted today. Would you recommend hedging in this case? d. Suppose now that the future spot exchange rate is forecast to be $1.22 per euro. Would you recommend hedging? a. b. Would you recommend hedging this euro…

Suppose the spot price of a euro in dollars is $0.932. The U.S. interest rate for 90 days is 6.875% and the euro rate for 90 days is 4.450%. All interest calculations are done as rate times (#days/360).     a. What is the rate for a 90-day forward contract on the euro? b. Suppose the euro forward contract is currently quoted at $0.95. What type of transaction(s) should an arbitrageur conduct to take advantage of the apparent mispricing    Only typed answer