Exam 7: International Bond Market

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A- Canada Inc.has issued a dual-currency bond that pays $555.10 at maturity per SF1,000 of par value.The company's cash flows are exclusively in Canadian dollars. a)What is the implicit $/SF exchange rate at maturity? b)Will the company be better or worse off if the actual exchange rate at maturity is $0.6123/SF?

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a)$555.10/SF 1,000 = $0.5551
b)The company will be better off.

Zero-coupon bonds issued in 1999 are due in 2009.If they are sold at 55 percent of face value,the implied yield to maturity is (round the final percentage answer to 2 decimal places):

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ZZZ Corp.wants to issue zero-coupon bonds with a 10-year maturity.The implied yield to maturity on these bonds is 5% and ZZZ Corp.wants to raise $10,000,000.(Assume no transaction costs).How much money will ZZZ Corp.have to pay at maturity of the bond?

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Future Value of $10,000,000 in 10 years is $10,000,000*(1 + 0.05)10,hence,ZZZ will need to repay $10,000,000*(1 + 0.05)10 = $16,288,946

In which of the following currencies can Eurobond be denominated?

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The implicit SF/$ exchange rate at maturity of a Swiss franc/U.S.dollar dual currency bonds that pay $581.40 at maturity per SF1,000,is (round the final percentage answer to 2 decimal places):

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Bonds with coupon payments indexed to some reference rates are called:

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What happens to the present value of the bonds in 4.,if the implied yield to maturity increases by 1%?

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A "global bond" issue:

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Taxes on interest paid by nonresidents are called:

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Convertible bonds are a type of:

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Which statement is NOT true about market makers?

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Shelf registration allows an issuer to:

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Zero-coupon bonds were issued in 2005.If they are sold at 55 percent of face value,and the implied yield to maturity is 5%,the bonds will mature in:

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Zero-coupon bonds were issued in 2005.If their implied yield to maturity is 5%,and the bonds will mature in 20 years,at what discount from the face value will they sell? (Do not round intermediate answers and round the final percentage answer to 2 decimal places)

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Consider a bond that was issued by a Canadian corporation in CA$,pays coupon payments in CA$,but repays the face value in Euro.Such bond is called:

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A "bearer bond" is one:

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A "Eurobond" issue is:

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Floating-rate notes (FRN):

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Fixed-rate notes issued by a corporation with maturities ranging from less than 1 year to about 10 years in the international bond markets are called:

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In any given year,what percent of new international bonds are likely to be Eurobonds rather than foreign bonds?

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