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CHAPTER5THEMARKETFORFOREIGNEXCHANGE國(guó)際財(cái)務(wù)管理課后習(xí)題答案chapter-【實(shí)用文檔】doc文檔可直接使用可編輯,歡迎下載SUGGESTEDANSWERSANDSOLUTIONSTOEND-OF—CHAPTER

QUESTIONSANDPROBLEMSQUESTIONS1.Giveafulldefinitionofthemarketforforeignexchange。2.Whatisthedifferencebetweentheretailorclientmarketandthewholesaleorinterbankmarketforforeignexchange?Answer:Themarketforforeignexchangecanbeviewedasatwo-tiermarket.Onetieristhewholesaleorinterbankmarketandtheothertieristheretailorclientmarket。InternationalbanksprovidethecoreoftheFXmarket.Theystandwillingtobuyorsellforeigncurrencyfortheirownaccount.Theseinternationalbanksservetheirretailclients,corporationsorindividuals,inconductingforeigncommerceormakinginternationalinvestmentinfinancialassetsthatrequiresforeignexchange。Retailtransactionsaccountforonlyabout14percentofFXtrades。Theother86percentisinterbanktradesbetweeninternat(yī)ionalbanks,ornon-bankdealerslargeenoughtotransactintheinterbankmarket。3。Whoarethemarketparticipantsintheforeignexchangemarket?Answer:ThemarketparticipantsthatcomprisetheFXmarketcanbecat(yī)egorizedintofivegroups:internationalbanks,bankcustomers,non-bankdealers,FXbrokers,andcentralbanks.InternationalbanksprovidethecoreoftheFXmarket.Approximately100to200banksworldwidemakeamarketinforeignexchange,i.e.,theystandwillingtobuyorsellforeigncurrencyfortheirownaccount.Theseinternationalbanksservetheirretailclients,thebankcustomers,inconductingforeigncommerceormakinginternat(yī)ionalinvestmentinfinancialassetsthatrequiresforeignexchange.Non-bankdealersarelargenon—bankfinancialinstitutions,suchasinvestmentbanks,mutualfunds,pensionfunds,andhedgefunds,whosesizeandfrequencyoftradesmakeitcost—effectivetoestablishtheirowndealingroomstotradedirectlyintheinterbankmarketfortheirforeignexchangeneeds.Mostinterbanktradesarespeculativeorarbitragetransactionswheremarketparticipantsattempttocorrectlyjudgethefuturedirectionofpricemovementsinonecurrencyversusanotherorattempttoprofitfromtemporarypricediscrepanciesincurrenciesbetwee(cuò)ncompetingdealers.FXbrokersmatchdealerorderstobuyandsellcurrenciesforafee,butdonottakeapositionthemselves。Interbanktradersuseabrokerprimarilytodisseminateasquicklyaspossibleacurrencyquotetomanyotherdealers.Centralbankssometimesinterveneintheforeignexchangemarketinanattempttoinfluencethepriceofitscurrencyagainstthatofamajortradingpartner,oracountrythatit“fixes"or“pegs"itscurrencyagainst.Interventionistheprocessofusingforeigncurrencyreservestobuyone'sowncurrencyinordertodecreaseitssupplyandthusincreaseitsvalueintheforeignexchangemarket,oralternat(yī)ively,sellingone’sowncurrencyforforeigncurrencyinordertoincreaseitssupplyandloweritsprice.4。Howareforeignexchangetransactionsbetwee(cuò)ninternationalbankssettled?Answer:Theinterbankmarketisanetworkofcorrespondentbankingrelat(yī)ionships,withlargecommercialbanksmaintainingdemanddepositaccountswithoneanother,calledcorrespondentbankaccounts.Thecorrespondentbankaccountnetworkallowsforthee(cuò)fficientfunctioningoftheforeignexchangemarket.Asanexampleofhowthenetworkofcorrespondentbankaccountsfacilitiesinternationalforeignexchangetransactions,consideraU。S.importerdesiringtopurchasemerchandiseinvoicedinguildersfromaDutchexporter.TheU.S。importerwillcontacthisbankandinquireabouttheexchangerate。IftheU.S.importeracceptstheofferedexchangerat(yī)e,thebankwilldebittheU.S.importer’saccountforthepurchaseoftheDutchguilders.ThebankwillinstructitscorrespondentbankintheNetherlandstodebititscorrespondentbankaccounttheappropriat(yī)eamountofguildersandtocredittheDutchexporter'sbankaccount.Theimporter'sbankwillthendebititsbookstooffsetthedebitofU.S.importer’saccount,reflectingthedecreaseinitscorrespondentbankaccountbalance。5.Whatismeantbyacurrencytradingatadiscountorat(yī)apremiumintheforwardmarket?Answer:Theforwardmarketinvolvescontractingtodayforthefuturepurchaseorsaleofforeignexchange.Theforwardpricemaybethesameasthespotprice,butusuallyitishigher(atapremium)orlower(at(yī)adiscount)thanthespotprice。

6。WhydoesmostinterbankcurrencytradingworldwideinvolvetheU.S。dollar?Answer:Tradingincurrenciesworldwideisagainstacommoncurrencythathasinternat(yī)ionalappeal。Thatcurrencyhasbee(cuò)ntheU。S.dollarsincetheendofWorldWarII.However,theeuroandJapaneseyenhavestartedtobeusedmuchmoreasinternationalcurrenciesinrecentyears。Moreimportantly,tradingwouldbee(cuò)xceedinglycumbersomeanddifficulttomanageifeachtradermadeamarketagainstallothercurrencies。7。Banksfinditnecessarytoaccommodatetheirclients'needstobuyorsellFXforward,inmanyinstancesforhedgingpurposes.Howcanthebankeliminatethecurrencyexposureithascreatedforitselfbyaccommodatingaclient’sforwardtransaction?Answer:Swaptransactionsprovideameansforthebanktomitigatethecurrencyexposureinaforwardtrade。Aswaptransactionisthesimultaneoussale(orpurchase)ofspotforeignexchangeagainstaforwardpurchase(orsale)ofanapproximat(yī)elyequalamountoftheforeigncurrency。Toillustrate,supposeabankcustomerwantstobuydollarsthreemonthsforwardagainstBritishpoundsterling.Thebankcanhandlethistradeforitscustomerandsimultaneouslyneutralizethee(cuò)xchangerateriskinthetradebyselling(borrowed)Britishpoundsterlingspotagainstdollars.Thebankwilllendthedollarsforthreemonthsuntiltheyareneededtodeliveragainstthedollarsithassoldforward.TheBritishpoundsreceivedwillbeusedtoliquidatethesterlingloan.8.ACD/$banktraderiscurrentlyquotingasmallfigurebid—askof35-40,whentherestofthemarketistradingatCD1.3436-CD1.3441.Whatisimpliedaboutthetrader’sbeliefsbyhisprices?Answer:ThetradermustthinktheCanadiandollarisgoingtoappreciat(yī)eagainsttheU。S.dollarandthereforeheistryingtoincreasehisinventoryofCanadiandollarsbydiscouragingpurchasesofU。S.dollarsbystandingwillingtobuy$at(yī)onlyCD1.3435/$1.00andofferingtosellfrominventoryattheslightlylowerthanmarketpriceofCD1.3440/$1.00.9。Whatistriangulararbitrage?Whatisaconditionthatwillgiverisetoatriangulararbitrageopportunity?Answer:TriangulararbitrageistheprocessoftradingoutoftheU.S.dollarintoasecondcurrency,thentradingitforathirdcurrency,whichisinturntradedforU.S。dollars。Thepurposeistoearnanarbitrageprofitviat(yī)radingfromthesecondtothethirdcurrencywhenthedirectexchangebetweenthetwoisnotinalignmentwiththecrossexchangerate。Most,butnotall,currencytransactionsgothroughthedollar.Certainbanksspecializeinmakingadirectmarketbetweennon-dollarcurrencies,pricingatanarrowerbid-askspreadthanthecross—ratespread.Nevertheless,theimpliedcross-ratebid-askquotationsimposeadisciplineonthenon—dollarmarketmakers.Iftheirdirectquotesarenotconsistentwiththecrossexchangerates,atriangulararbitrageprofitispossible.?PROBLEMS1.UsingExhibit5.4,calculateacross-ratematrixfortheeuro,Swissfranc,Japaneseyen,andtheBritishpound。UsethemostcurrentAmericantermquotestocalculatethecross-ratessothatthetriangularmat(yī)rixresultingissimilartotheportionabovethediagonalinExhibit5。6.Solution:Thecross-rateformulawewanttouseis:S(j/k)=S($/k)/S($/j)。Thetriangularmatrixwillcontain4x(4+1)/2=10elements.¥SF£$Euro138.051.5481.68731。3112Japan(100)1.1214。4979。9498Switzerland.4440。8470U.K1。90772。UsingExhibit5.4,calculatetheone—,three(cuò)-,andsix-monthforwardcross-exchangeratesbetweentheCanadiandollarandtheSwissfrancusingthemostcurrentquotations.Statetheforwardcross—ratesin“Canadian"terms。Solution:Theformulaswewanttouseare:FN(CD/SF)=FN($/SF)/FN($/CD)orFN(CD/SF)=FN(CD/$)/FN(SF/$).WewillusethetopformulathatusesAmericantermforwardexchangerates。F1(CD/SF)=.8485/.8037=1.0557F3(CD/SF)=.8517/.8043=1.0589F6(CD/SF)=。8573/。8057=1.0640

3.Restatethefollowingone—,three-,andsix-monthoutrightforwardEuropeantermbid—askquotesinforwardpoints.Spot 1。3431-1.3436One-Month? 1.3432—1.3442Three-Month? 1.3448-1.3463Six-Month? 1.3488-1。3508Solution:One-Month??01-06Three-Month ?17-27Six—Month??57—724。Usingthespotandoutrightforwardquotesinproblem3,determinethecorrespondingbid—askspreadsinpoints。Solution:Spot ? 5One-Month? 10Three-Month ?15Six—Month 205.UsingExhibit5.4,calculatetheone-,three-,andsix-monthforwardpremiumordiscountfortheCanadiandollarversustheU.S.dollarusingAmericantermquotations.Forsimplicity,assumeeachmonthhas30days。Whatistheinterpretationofyourresults?Solution:Theformulawewanttouseis:fN,CD=[(FN($/CD)-S($/CD/$)/S($/CD)]x360/Nf1,CD=[(.8037—。8037)/.8037]x360/30=.0000f3,CD=[(。8043-.8037)/。8037]x360/90=.0030f6,CD=[(.8057—.8037)/。8037]x360/180=.0050ThepatternofforwardpremiumsindicatesthattheCanadiandollaristradingatanincreasingpremiumversustheU.S。dollar。That(yī)is,itbecomesmoreexpensive(inbothabsoluteandpercentageterms)tobuyaCanadiandollarforwardforU.S.dollarsthefurtherintothefutureonecontracts。6.UsingExhibit5.4,calculat(yī)etheone—,three-,andsix-monthforwardpremiumordiscountfortheU.S。dollarversustheBritishpoundusingEuropeantermquotations.Forsimplicity,assumeeachmonthhas30days.Whatistheinterpretat(yī)ionofyourresults?Solution:Theformulawewanttouseis:fN,$=[(FN(£/$)—S(£/$))/S(£/$)]x360/Nf1,$=[(.5251—.5242)/。5242]x360/30=-.0023f3,$=[(.5268—.5242)/.5242]x360/90=—。0198f6,$=[(.5290—。5242)/。5242]x360/180=-.0183Thepatternofforwardpremiumsindicat(yī)esthattheBritishpoundistradingatadiscountversustheU.S.dollar.Thatis,itbecomesmoreexpensivetobuyaU.S。dollarforwardforBritishpounds(inabsolutebutnotpercentageterms)thefurtherintothefutureonecontracts。7。Giventhefollowinginformat(yī)ion,what(yī)aretheNZD/SGDcurrencyagainstcurrencybid-askquotat(yī)ions?AmericanTerms EuropeanTerms BankQuotations Bid?Ask Bid?AskNewZealanddollar 。7265 .7272? 1。3751?1.3765Singaporedollar 。6135?。6140? 1.6287?1.6300Solution:Equation5.12fromthetextimpliesSb(NZD/SGD)=Sb($/SGD)xSb(NZD/$)=.6135x1.3765=。8445.Thereciprocal,1/Sb(NZD/SGD)=Sa(SGD/NZD)=1。1841.Analogously,itisimpliedthat(yī)Sa(NZD/SGD)=Sa($/SGD)xSa(NZD/$)=.6140x1.3765=.8452。Thereciprocal,1/Sa(NZD/SGD)=Sb(SGD/NZD)=1.1832。Thus,theNZD/SGDbid-askspreadisNZD0.8445-NZD0.8452andtheSGD/NZDspreadisSGD1。1832-SGD1.1841.8. AssumeyouareatraderwithDeutscheBank.Fromthequotescreenonyourcomputerterminal,younoticethatDresdnerBankisquoting€0.7627/$1.00andCreditSuisseisofferingSF1。1806/$1。00.YoulearnthatUBSismakingadirectmarketbetweentheSwissfrancandtheeuro,withacurrent€/SFquoteof。6395.Showhowyoucanmakeatriangulararbitrageprofitbytradingattheseprices.(Ignorebid—askspreadsforthisproblem.)Assumeyouhave$5,000,000withwhichtoconductthearbitrage。WhathappensifyouinitiallyselldollarsforSwissfrancs?What€/SFpricewilleliminatetriangulararbitrage?Solution:TomakeatriangulararbitrageprofittheDeutscheBanktraderwouldsell$5,000,000toDresdnerBankat€0.7627/$1.00。Thistradewouldyield€3,813,500=$5,000,000x.7627.TheDeutscheBanktraderwouldthenselltheeurosforSwissfrancstoUnionBankofSwitzerlandatapriceof€0.6395/SF1.00,yieldingSF5,963,253=€3,813,500/。6395。TheDeutscheBanktraderwillreselltheSwissfrancstoCreditSuissefor$5,051,036=SF5,963,253/1。1806,yieldingatriangulararbitrageprofitof$51,036.IftheDeutscheBanktraderinitiallysold$5,000,000forSwissfrancs,insteadofeuros,thetradewouldyieldSF5,903,000=$5,000,000x1。1806。TheSwissfrancswouldinturnbetradedforeurostoUBSfor€3,774,969=SF5,903,000x.6395.TheeuroswouldberesoldtoDresdnerBankfor$4,949,481=€3,774,969/。7627,oralossof$50,519.Thus,itisnecessarytoconductthetriangulararbitrageinthecorrectorder.TheS(€/SF)crossexchangerateshouldbe.7627/1.1806=.6460。Thisisanequilibriumrateatwhichatriangulararbitrageprofitwillnotexist.(Thestudentcandeterminethisforhimself。)AprofitresultsfromthetriangulararbitragewhendollarsarefirstsoldforeurosbecauseSwissfrancsarepurchasedforeurosattoolowarateincomparisontotheequilibriumcross—rate,i.e。,Swissfrancsarepurchasedforonly€0.6395/SF1.00insteadoftheno-arbitragerateof€0。6460/SF1。00.Similarly,whendollarsarefirstsoldforSwissfrancs,anarbitragelossresultsbecauseSwissfrancsaresoldforeurosattoolowarate,resultingintoofeweuros.That(yī)is,eachSwissfrancissoldfor€0。6395/SF1。00insteadofthehigherno-arbitragerateof€0。6460/SF1.00.9.?Thecurrentspotexchangerateis$1.95/£andthethree-monthforwardrateis$1.90/£。Basedonyouranalysisoftheexchangerate,youareprettyconfidentthatthespotexchangeratewillbe$1.92/£inthree(cuò)months.Assumethat(yī)youwouldliketobuyorsell£1,000,000。a.?Whatactionsdoyouneedtotaketospeculateintheforwardmarket?Whatistheexpecteddollarprofitfromspeculation?b. What(yī)wouldbeyourspeculativeprofitindollartermsifthespotexchangerat(yī)eactuallyturnsouttobe$1.86/£.Solution:a. Ifyoubelievethespotexchangeratewillbe$1.92/£inthreemonths,youshouldbuy£1,000,000forwardfor$1.90/£.Yourexpectedprofitwillbe:$20,000=£1,000,000x($1.92—$1.90).b。 Ifthespotexchangerateactuallyturnsouttobe$1.86/£inthreemonths,yourlossfromthelongpositionwillbe:—$40,000=£1,000,000x($1.86-$1.90)。10. OmniAdvisors,aninternat(yī)ionalpensionfundmanager,planstosellequitiesdenominatedinSwissFrancs(CHF)andpurchaseanequivalentamountofequitiesdenominatedinSouthAfricanRands(ZAR).?? Omniwillrealizenetproceedsof3millionCHFat(yī)theendof30daysandwantstoeliminat(yī)etheriskthat(yī)theZARwillappreciaterelat(yī)ivetotheCHFduringthis30-dayperiod。ThefollowingexhibitshowscurrentexchangeratesbetweentheZAR,CHF,andtheU。S。dollar(USD)。CurrencyExchangeRat(yī)esZAR/USDZAR/USDCHF/USDCHF/USDMaturityBidAskBidAskSpot6.26816.27891。52821.534330—day6.25386.26411。52261。528590—day6。21046.22001。50581.5115DescribethecurrencytransactionthatOmnishouldundertaketoeliminatecurrencyriskoverthe30—dayperiod.Calculatethefollowing:?TheCHF/ZARcross—currencyrateOmniwoulduseinvaluingtheSwissequityportfolio.?? ?ThecurrentvalueofOmni’sSwissequityportfolioinZAR。?Theannualizedforwardpremiumordiscountat(yī)whichtheZARistradingversustheCHF.CFAGuidelineAnswer:Toeliminatethecurrencyriskarisingfromthepossibilitythat(yī)ZARwillappreciat(yī)eagainsttheCHFoverthenext30-dayperiod,Omnishouldsell30-dayforwardCHFagainst30—dayforwardZARdelivery(sell30-dayforwardCHFagainstUSDandbuy30-dayforwardZARagainstUSD)。Thecalculationsareasfollows:????Usingthecurrencycrossrat(yī)esoftwoforwardforeigncurrenciesandthreecurrencies ? ?(CHF,ZAR,USD),thee(cuò)xchangewouldbeasfollows:?? --30dayforwardCHFaresoldforUSD。Dollarsareboughtattheforwardselling ?? priceofCHF1.5285=$1(doneatasksidebecausegoingfromcurrencyinto??? dollars)? ?-—30dayforwardZARarepurchasedforUSD.Dollarsaresimultaneouslysoldto??? purchaseZARattherateof6。2538=$1(doneatthebidsidebecausegoingfrom ?dollarsintocurrency) ?—-Forevery1.5285CHFheld,6。2538ZARarereceived;thusthecrosscurrencyrateis ?1.5285CHF/6.2538ZAR=0.244411398。 ??Atthetimeofexecutionoftheforwardcontracts,thevalueofthe3millionCHF? ??equityportfoliowouldbe3,000,000CHF/0.244411398=12,274,386.65ZAR。? ?TocalculatetheannualizedpremiumordiscountoftheZARagainsttheCHFrequires ?? comparisonofthespotsellingexchangeratetotheforwardsellingpriceofCHFfor? ?ZAR.?? ?Spotrate=1.5343CHF/6。2681ZAR=0。244779120 ?? 30dayforwardaskrate1.5285CHF/6。2538ZAR=0。244411398 ? Thepremium/discountformulais: ???[(forwardrate–spotrat(yī)e)/spotrate]x(360/#daycontract)= ? ?[(0。244411398–0。24477912)/0.24477912]x(360/30)=??? ?-1。8027126%=-1。80%discountZARtoCHF

MINICASE:SHREWSBURYHERBALPRODUCTS,LTD.ShrewsburyHerbalProducts,locatedincentralEnglandclosetotheWelshborder,isanold—lineproducerofherbalteas,seasonings,andmedicines.ItsproductsaremarketedallovertheUnitedKingdomandinmanypartsofcontinentalEuropeaswell。ShrewsburyHerbalgenerallyinvoicesinBritishpoundsterlingwhenitsellstoforeigncustomersinordertoguardagainstadverseexchangerat(yī)echanges.Nevertheless,ithasjustreceivedanorderfromalargewholesalerincentralFrancefor£320,000ofitsproducts,conditionalupondeliverybeingmadeinthreemonths’timeandtheorderinvoicedineuros。Shrewsbury’scontroller,EltonPeters,isconcernedwithwhetherthepoundwillappreciateversustheeurooverthenextthreemonths,thuseliminatingallormostoftheprofitwhentheeuroreceivableispaid。Hethinksthisisanunlikelypossibility,buthedecidestocontactthefirm’sbankerforsuggestionsabouthedgingtheexchangerateexposure.Mr。Peterslearnsfromthebankerthatthecurrentspotexchangerat(yī)eis€/£is€1。4537,thustheinvoiceamountshouldbe€465,184。Mr.Petersalsolearnsthatthethree-monthforwardratesforthepoundandtheeuroversustheU。S.dollarare$1.8990/£1.00and$1.3154/€1。00,respectively.Thebankerofferstosetupaforwardhedgeforsellingthee(cuò)uroreceivableforpoundsterlingbasedonthe€/£forwardcross-exchangerateimplicitintheforwardratesagainstthedollar.What(yī)wouldyoudoifyouwereMr.Peters?SuggestedSolutiontoShrewsburyHerbalProducts,Ltd.NotetoInstructor:Thiselementarycaseprovidesanintuitivelookathedgingexchangerateexposure。Studentsshouldnothavedifficultywithiteventhoughhedgingwillnotb

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