Exam 8: Management of Transaction Exposure

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A financial subsidiary used for centralizing exposure management functions is also referred to as a(an)

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On a recent sale,Boeing allowed British Airways to pay either $18 million or £10 million.

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A U.S.-based MNC with exposure to the Swedish krona could best cross-hedge with

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Your firm is an Italian exporter of bicycles.You have sold an order to a British firm for £1,000,000 worth of bicycles.Payment from the customer (in pounds sterling)is due in 12 months.Detail a strategy using futures contracts that will hedge your exchange rate risk.Have an estimate of how many contracts of what type and maturity.
    U.S. $ equiv.   Currency per U.S. $
 Contract Size  Country  Tuesday     Monday      Tuesday          Monday
  £ 10,000  Britain (pound)  $ 1.9600  $ 1.9400  £ 0.5102  £ 0.5155
    1 months forward       $ 1.9700  $ 1.9500  £ 0.5076  £ 0.5128
   3 months forward  $ 1.9800  $ 1.9600  £ 0.5051  £ 0.5102
    6 months forward  $ 1.9900  $ 1.9700  £ 0.5025  £ 0.5076
    12 months forward  $ 2.0000   $ 1.9800  £ 0.5000  £ 0.5051
 € 10,000  Euro  $ 1.5600   $ 1.5400  € 0.6410  € 0.6494
    1 months forward  $ 1.5700  $ 1.5500  € 0.6369  € 0.6452
    3 months forward  $ 1.5800   $ 1.5600  € 0.6329  € 0.6410
    6 months forward  $ 1.5900   $ 1.5700  € 0.6289  € 0.6369
    12 months forward  $ 1.6000  $ 1.5800  € 0.6250  € 0.6329
 SFr. 10,000  Swiss franc  $ 0.9200  $ 0.9000  SFr. 1.0870  SFr. 1.1111
   1 months forward  $ 0.9400   $ 0.9200  SFr. 1.0638  SFr. 1.0870
   3 months forward  $ 0.9600   $ 0.9400  SFr. 1.0417  SFr. 1.0638
   6 months forward  $ 0.9800   $ 0.9600  SFr. 1.0204  SFr. 1.0417
   12 months forward  $ 1.0000  $ 0.9800  SFr. 1.0000  SFr. 1.0204

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Suppose that the exchange rate is €1.25 = £1.00.Options (calls and puts)are available on the Philadelphia exchange in units of €10,000 with strike prices of $1.60/€1.00.Options (calls and puts)are available on the Philadelphia exchange in units of £10,000 with strike prices of $2.00/£1.00.For a U.S.firm to hedge a €100,000 payable,

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Suppose that the exchange rate is €1.25 = £1.00.Options (calls and puts)are available on the London exchange in units of €10,000 with strike prices of £0.80 = €1.00.Options (calls and puts)are available on the Frankfurt exchange in units of £10,000 with strike prices of €1.25 = £1.00.For a U.K.firm to hedge a €100,000 payable,

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Your firm is an Italian importer of bicycles.You have placed an order with a Swiss firm for SFr.2,000,000 worth of bicycles.Payment (in francs)is due in 12 months.Use a money market hedge to redenominate this one-year franc denominated payable into a euro-denominated payable with a one-year maturity.
Contract Size  Country   U.S. $ equiv.  Currency per U.S. $  interest rates    APR
 £ 10,000  Britain (pound)  1.9600  £ 0.5102    
   12 months forward  2.0000  £ 0.5000    
 € 10,000  Euro  1.5600  € 0.6410  i$ =  1%
   12 months forward  1.6000  € 0.6250  i€ =  2%
 SFr. 10,000  Swiss franc  0.9200  SFr. 1.0870  i£ =  3%
   12 months forward  1.0000  SFr. 1.0000  iSFr. = 4  4%
The following were computed without rounding.Select the answer closest to yours.

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The sensitivity of "realized" domestic currency values of the firm's contractual cash flows denominated in foreign currency to unexpected changes in the exchange rate is

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A Japanese exporter has a €1,000,000 receivable due in one year.Detail a strategy using options that will eliminate exchange rate risk. Listed Options Strike Puts Calls Euro62,500 \ 1.25=1.0C \ 0.0075 per \ 0.0 Yen?12,500,000 \ 1.00=¥10C \ 0.0075 per ¥100 0.01

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To hedge a foreign currency payable,

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A minor currency is

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A Japanese importer has a $1,250,000 payable due in one year. Bpot excharge rates 1-year Forward Rates Contract size \ 1.00=¥100 \ 1.00=¥120 ¥12,500,000 Detail a strategy using forward contracts that will hedge his exchange rate risk.

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XYZ Corporation,located in the United States,has an accounts payable obligation of ¥750 million payable in one year to a bank in Tokyo.Which of the following is not part of a money market hedge?

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Your firm is a Swiss importer of bicycles.You have placed an order with a British firm for £1,000,000 worth of bicycles.Payment (in pounds sterling)is due in 12 months.Detail a strategy using futures contracts that will hedge your exchange rate risk.Have an estimate of how many contracts of what type and maturity.
    U.S. $ equiv.   Currency per U.S. $
 Contract Size  Country  Tuesday     Monday      Tuesday          Monday
  £ 10,000  Britain (pound)  $ 1.9600  $ 1.9400  £ 0.5102  £ 0.5155
    1 months forward       $ 1.9700  $ 1.9500  £ 0.5076  £ 0.5128
   3 months forward  $ 1.9800  $ 1.9600  £ 0.5051  £ 0.5102
    6 months forward  $ 1.9900  $ 1.9700  £ 0.5025  £ 0.5076
    12 months forward  $ 2.0000   $ 1.9800  £ 0.5000  £ 0.5051
 € 10,000  Euro  $ 1.5600   $ 1.5400  € 0.6410  € 0.6494
    1 months forward  $ 1.5700  $ 1.5500  € 0.6369  € 0.6452
    3 months forward  $ 1.5800   $ 1.5600  € 0.6329  € 0.6410
    6 months forward  $ 1.5900   $ 1.5700  € 0.6289  € 0.6369
    12 months forward  $ 1.6000  $ 1.5800  € 0.6250  € 0.6329
 SFr. 10,000  Swiss franc  $ 0.9200  $ 0.9000  SFr. 1.0870  SFr. 1.1111
   1 months forward  $ 0.9400   $ 0.9200  SFr. 1.0638  SFr. 1.0870
   3 months forward  $ 0.9600   $ 0.9400  SFr. 1.0417  SFr. 1.0638
   6 months forward  $ 0.9800   $ 0.9600  SFr. 1.0204  SFr. 1.0417
   12 months forward  $ 1.0000  $ 0.9800  SFr. 1.0000  SFr. 1.0204

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With any successful hedge,

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The current exchange rate is €1.25 = £1.00 and a British firm offers a French customer the choice of paying a £10,000 bill due in 90 days with either £10,000 or €12,500.

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Your firm is an Italian importer of British bicycles.You have placed an order with a British firm for £1,000,000 worth of bicycles.Payment (in pounds sterling)is due in 12 months.Use a money market hedge to redenominate this one-year receivable into a euro-denominated receivable with a one-year maturity.
Contract Size  Country   U.S. $ equiv.  Currency per U.S. $  interest rates    APR
 £ 10,000  Britain (pound)  1.9600  £ 0.5102    
   12 months forward  2.0000  £ 0.5000    
 € 10,000  Euro  1.5600  € 0.6410  i$ =  1%
   12 months forward  1.6000  € 0.6250  i€ =  2%
 SFr. 10,000  Swiss franc  0.9200  SFr. 1.0870  i£ =  3%
   12 months forward  1.0000  SFr. 1.0000  iSFr. = 4  4%
The following were computed without rounding.Select the answer closest to yours.

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Your firm has a British customer that is willing to place a $1 million order (with payment due in 6 months),but insists upon paying in pounds instead of dollars.

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Your firm is a U.K.-based exporter of British bicycles.You have sold an order to an American firm for $1,000,000 worth of bicycles.Payment from the American firm (in U.S.dollars)is due in six months.Detail a strategy using futures contracts that will hedge your exchange rate risk. Country U.S.\ equiv. Currency per U.S.\ Tuesday Monday Tuesday Monday Britain(pound) ?62,500 1.8000 1.8100 0.5556 0.5525 1 Month Forward 1.8100 1.8300 0.5525 0.5464 3 Months Forward 1.8300 1.8600 0.5464 0.5376 6 Months Forward 1.8600 1.8200 0.5376 0.5495 12 Months Forward 1.8200 1.8000 0.5495 0.5556

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Your firm is a U.K.-based exporter of bicycles.You have sold an order to a French firm for €1,000,000 worth of bicycles.Payment from the French firm (in euro)is due in 12 months.Use a money market hedge to redenominated this one-year receivable into a pound-denominated receivable with a one-year maturity.
Contract Size  Country   U.S. $ equiv.  Currency per U.S. $  interest rates    APR
 £ 10,000  Britain (pound)  1.9600  £ 0.5102    
   12 months forward  2.0000  £ 0.5000    
 € 10,000  Euro  1.5600  € 0.6410  i$ =  1%
   12 months forward  1.6000  € 0.6250  i€ =  2%
 SFr. 10,000  Swiss franc  0.9200  SFr. 1.0870  i£ =  3%
   12 months forward  1.0000  SFr. 1.0000  iSFr. = 4  4%
The following were computed without rounding.Select the answer closest to yours.

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