Question 4a) It is currently 30th April 2024, and a German fund manager holds a portfolio of Brazilian bonds currentlyworth 10 million Brazilian real (BRL) and is worried about a potential depreciation of the BRL over thefollowing 3 months. Data on spot and future exchange rates and the value of the underlying portfolioboth at 30th April 2024 and three months later at 31st July is given in Table 3 below.Table 3Data on spot and future exchange rates andthe value of the underlying portfolioRequired30 April 202431 July 2024Value ofportfolio (BRL)10.0 million11.2 millionSpotEUR:BRLFutures (August 20244.60604.7872contract) EUR:BRL4.77504.9946(i) Explain how the fund manager could offset the risk of a BRL depreciation with an appropriatehedging strategy.(ii) Evaluate the effectiveness of any hedging strategy that you suggest by comparing the fullyhedged portfolio return with that of the unhedged portfolio. |(iii) Calculate the return on the portfolio assuming a 75% hedge ratio.(iv) Discuss how the German investor would determine the hedge ratio necessary to minimise theimpact of currency fluctuations on his investment returns.

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