You want to borrow in U.S. dollars at a fixed rate of interest to match with your investment cash flows. Bank A offers you to borrow in US dollars at 7% or in Australian dollars at LIBOR + 0.5% per annum (adjusted for the differential impact of taxes). You found that Bank A also offer another customer who requires a floating-rate loan to borrow in US dollars at 7.5% or in Australian dollars at LIBOR + 2.0% per annum. Bank A can arrange a swap between you and the other customer with a net 20-basis-point spread. Design a swap that minimizes your borrowing costs and appears equally attractive to you and the other customer. What rates of interest will you and that customer end up paying? (Provide explanation, list your calculation process and use figure to illustrate the swap structure).
You want to borrow in U.S. dollars at a fixed rate of interest to match with your investment cash flows. Bank A offers you to borrow in US dollars at 7% or in Australian dollars at LIBOR + 0.5% per annum (adjusted for the differential impact of taxes). You found that Bank A also offer another customer who requires a floating-rate loan to borrow in US dollars at 7.5% or in Australian dollars at LIBOR + 2.0% per annum. Bank A can arrange a swap between you and the other customer with a net 20-basis-point spread. Design a swap that minimizes your borrowing costs and appears equally attractive to you and the other customer. What rates of interest will you and that customer end up paying? (Provide explanation, list your calculation process and use figure to illustrate the swap structure).
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