Incredible Inc., a manufacturer of children’s toys, enters into a two-year plain vanilla interest rate swap, in which the corporation will receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate of LIBOR. The notional amount on this swap is $75 million. Swap payments will be netted every 180 days, and the LIBOR requires the assumption of a 360-day year. The term structure of LIBOR on the swap initiation date is as follows: Days Rate (%) 180 3.50 360 3.55 540 3.60 720 3.70 a. What is the fixed rate determined on the swap initiation date? b. Calculate the swap value on the initiation date.

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Incredible Inc., a manufacturer of children’s toys, enters into a two-year plain vanilla interest rate swap, in which the corporation will receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate of LIBOR. The notional amount on this swap is $75 million. Swap payments will be netted every 180 days, and the LIBOR requires the assumption of a 360-day year. The term structure of LIBOR on the swap initiation date is as follows:

Days

Rate (%)

180

3.50

360

3.55

540

3.60

720

3.70

 

a. What is the fixed rate determined on the swap initiation date? 

b. Calculate the swap value on the initiation date.

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