Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
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Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
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Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
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![(a) Assume that it is now 1 May 2023. Jacinda plc will need to invest £5 million for an 18-month
period from 1 June 2023. The current spot interest rate is 4.5% p.a. The CFO of Jacinda plc
wants to protect the company from interest rate falling below 4% p.a. and would like to use
traded interest rate options on three-month sterling futures. Information regarding these options
on futures (standard size £500,000) is available on 1 May 2023 as in the table below (premiums
in annual % terms):
Strike price June
0.19
95.00
95.50
96.00
0.11
0.09
Calls
September
0.26
0.14
0.11
December June
0.09
0.21
0.41
0.32
0.19
0.13
Puts
September
0.94
0.76
0.55
December
1.17
(i) The spot rate is 5.25% p.a., and the futures price is 94.60.
(ii) The spot rate is 3.75% p.a., and the futures price is 96.85.
0.98
0.77
Identify the most suitable interest rate option to hedge the company's interest rate exposure in
this situation, and calculate the effective annual interest rate achieved if, on 1 June 2023:](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0212e7b8-a081-46c9-8d48-4f245b5f499f%2F0379b0ac-4ecc-4105-adb9-87b83fea2cca%2F8cb842_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:(a) Assume that it is now 1 May 2023. Jacinda plc will need to invest £5 million for an 18-month
period from 1 June 2023. The current spot interest rate is 4.5% p.a. The CFO of Jacinda plc
wants to protect the company from interest rate falling below 4% p.a. and would like to use
traded interest rate options on three-month sterling futures. Information regarding these options
on futures (standard size £500,000) is available on 1 May 2023 as in the table below (premiums
in annual % terms):
Strike price June
0.19
95.00
95.50
96.00
0.11
0.09
Calls
September
0.26
0.14
0.11
December June
0.09
0.21
0.41
0.32
0.19
0.13
Puts
September
0.94
0.76
0.55
December
1.17
(i) The spot rate is 5.25% p.a., and the futures price is 94.60.
(ii) The spot rate is 3.75% p.a., and the futures price is 96.85.
0.98
0.77
Identify the most suitable interest rate option to hedge the company's interest rate exposure in
this situation, and calculate the effective annual interest rate achieved if, on 1 June 2023:
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