UGABCD Country Greece Cash Return 2.0 5-year Excess 10-year Excess Bond Return (%) Bond Return (%) 1.5 2.0 Unhedged Currency Return (%) - 1.0 2.0 3.0 -4.0 В 4.0 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 -2.0 2.6 1.4 2.4 -3.0 equired: Liquidity of 90- day Currency Forward Contracts Good Good Fair Fair Good Calculate the expected total annual return (euro-based) of the current bond portfolio if Sofia decides to leave the currency risk nhedged. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.
UGABCD Country Greece Cash Return 2.0 5-year Excess 10-year Excess Bond Return (%) Bond Return (%) 1.5 2.0 Unhedged Currency Return (%) - 1.0 2.0 3.0 -4.0 В 4.0 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 -2.0 2.6 1.4 2.4 -3.0 equired: Liquidity of 90- day Currency Forward Contracts Good Good Fair Fair Good Calculate the expected total annual return (euro-based) of the current bond portfolio if Sofia decides to leave the currency risk nhedged. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.
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Transcribed Image Text:The Glover Scholastic Aid Foundation has received a €20 million global government bond portfolio from a Greek donor. This bond
portfolio will be held in euros and managed separately from Glover's existing U.S. dollar-denominated assets. Although the bond
portfolio is currently unhedged, the portfolio manager, Raine Sofia, is investigating various alternatives to hedge the currency risk of
the portfolio. The bond portfolio's current allocation and the relevant country performance data are given in Exhibits 1 and 2. Historical
correlations for the currencies being considered by Sofia are given in Exhibit 3. Sofia expects that future returns and correlations will
be approximately equal to those given in Exhibits 2 and 3.
Exhibit 1. Glover Scholastic Aid Foundation Current Allocation Global Government Bond Portfolio
Allocation
(%)
25
Maturity
(years)
5
40
5
10
10
15
5
10
10
FIT
Country
Greece
A
B
D
Exhibit 2. Country Performance Data (in local currency)
5-year Excess 10-year Excess
UGABCD
Country
Greece
А
Cash Return
Bond Return (%) Bond Return (%)
Unhedged
Currency
Return (%)
Liquidity of 90-
day Currency
Forward Contracts
2.0
1.5
2.0
Good
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
0.5
1.0
-4.0
2.0
Good
Fair
3.0
1.0
2.0
-2.0
Fair
2.6
1.4
2.4
-3.0
Good
Required:
Calculate the expected total annual return (euro-based) of the current bond portfolio if Sofia decides to leave the currency risk
unhedged.
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.
Expected total annual return
%
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