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8월 레벨2 시험 준비중에 MOCK exam 풀다가 이해가 되지 않는 것이 있어서 질문드립니다

 

Matthew Riley Case Scenario

Matthew Riley is a managing director in the Derivatives Group at Stone Ridge Capital Partners (SRCP). Riley specializes in advising clients on the use of derivatives to manage portfolio management strategies. Riley is preparing to meet with four of the firm’s clients: Kaeun Kim, Erin Cline, Rahul Mehta, and Michael Mensah.

Three months ago (90 days), Kim purchased a bond with a 3% annual coupon and a maturity date of seven years from the date of purchase. The bond has a face value of US$1,000 and pays interest every 180 days from the date of issue. Kim is concerned about a potential increase in interest rates over the next year and has approached Riley for advice on how to use forward contracts to manage this risk. Riley advises Kim to enter into a short position in a fixed-income forward contract expiring in 360 days. The annualized risk-free rate now is 1.5% per year and the price of the bond with accrued interest is US$1,103.45.

One month ago (30 days), Cline entered a pay floating 3 × 6 forward rate agreement (FRA) at a rate of 2.31% with a notional amount of US$5,000,000. At the time, the three-month LIBOR was 1.28% and the six-month LIBOR was 1.8%. Now, 30 days after entering the FRA, two-month LIBOR is 1.5% and the five-month LIBOR is 2.5%.

Mehta, who is based in Hong Kong SAR and requires a €25,000,000 one-year bridge loan to fund operations in Germany. He wants to fund this loan at a competitive rate. Riley advises Mehta to borrow in HK dollars and enter into a one-year foreign currency swap to swap into euros. The current exchange rate is HK$9.15 per euro. Exhibit 1 below provides Hong Kong and euro spot interest rates and present value factors.

Exhibit 1:

Hong Kong and Euro Spot Interest Rates

Days to Maturity HK Dollars
Spot Interest Rates (%)
HK Dollars Present
Value
Factors
Euro
Spot Interest Rates (%)
Euro Present
Value
Factors
90 0.610 0.9985 0.372 0.9991
180 0.765 0.9962 0.422 0.9979
270 0.850 0.9937 0.448 0.9967
360 0.935 0.9907 0.468 0.9953

Michael Mensah is based in Australia and entered into a one-year equity swap 30 days ago. Under the terms of the swap, he would receive the return on the S&P/ASX 300 Metals and Mining Index and pay a fixed annual interest rate of 4.8% on a notional amount of AUD75,000,000. The swap payments are quarterly. At the time the swap was initiated 30 days ago, the value of the S&P/ASX 300 index was 3,250. Today, the value of the S&P/ASX 300 index is 3,738. Exhibit 2 provides present value factors based on the current Australian terms structure of interest rates.

Exhibit 2:

Present Value Factors Based on Current Australian Term Structure

Days to Maturity Present Value Factors
60 0.9976
150 0.9924
240 0.9861
330 0.9696

Based on the information in Exhibit 1, the annual fixed swap rate Mehta would pay is closest to:

  1. 0.48%.

  2. 0.92%.

  3. 1.88%.

 
 여기서 Mehta의 SFR이 홍콩 이자율 기준인지 유로 이자율 기준인지 헷갈려서 질문드렸습니다.
제 풀이는 홍콩달러를 빌려서 유로와 교환하는 스왑계약을 체결해서
-> 초기에 유로달러를 받고, 홍콩달러를 주고
 중간에 유로달러 이자를 줘야하니까 유로 이자율을 사용했습니다.
 
근데 답지에는

B is correct. PV factors for euros are provided along with an explanation of how they are calculated:

Maturity (Days) PV Factor
90 0.9991
180 0.9979
270 0.9967
360 0.9953

For example, PV(90) is calculated as follows:

11+0.003721×(90360)=0.99111+0.003721×90360=0.991

Other present value factors are calculated in a similar manner.

The fixed rate is calculated as follows:

1.0PV0,t4Euro(1)4i=1PV0,tiEuro(1)1.0−PV0,t4Euro1∑i=14PV0,tiEuro1

1.00.99070.9985+0.9962+0.9937+0.9907=0.00231.0−0.99070.9985+0.9962+0.9937+0.9907=0.0023

The annualized rate = 0.0023 × 4 = 0.0092

 

이렇게 되어있는데 답지 오류인지 잘 몰라서 너무 헷갈립니다..

 

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    Mehta가 지불해야 할 Euro 고정금리를 계산해야 하는 문제이므로 해답의 해설이 맞습니다.

     

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