Treasury Risk Management CURRENCY AND INTEREST RATE SWAP _A CASE STUDY OF THE AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET_ ABSTRACT Business transactions occur on the international front and there are laws and regulations regarding the pricing of the long-term forward exchange contracts. It is noted that the violation of the traditionally covered interest arbitrage pricing relation has been rampant and that the activity in the international currency and interest rate swap markets offers a substantial explanation
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8/5/15 Federal Funds Rate Increase According to our textbook in Chapter 12‚ the federal funds rate is "The interest rate financial institutions charge each other for overnight loans used as reserves. A change in the federal funds rate reflects changes in the market demand and supply of excess reserves." I found the best explanation of the federal funds rate at http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/federalfundsrate.asp. Investopedia defines it as "the interest rate at which a depository
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17 15.29 Interest Rate Options vs. FRAs 15.30 Interest Rate Caps and Floors 15.31 Minimum and Maximum Values for Options 15.32 Straddles and Strangles 15.33 Option Prices and the Time to Expiration Derivatives - Interest Rate Caps and Floors Interest Rate Cap An interest rate cap is actually a series of European interest call options (called caplets)‚ with a particular interest rate‚ each of which expire on the date the floating loan rate will be reset. At each interest payment date
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profit. Arbitrage is a strategy that investors use to not have to make an investment which includes no risk or funds being tied to a certain asset. There are three forms of international arbitrage: location arbitrage‚ triangular arbitrage and covered interest arbitrage. Location arbitrage is a process where a participant of the foreign exchange can go to one place‚ bank in a specified location‚ to purchase a currency at a lower price and then sell it to another location where the currency is priced
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UNCOVERED INTEREST PARITY Let us take a simple example in order to understand uncovered interest parity condition. The interest rate in the Eurozone for one year is slightly above 4% when compared to Czech interest rate which is less than 3% for one year. But despite still having negative interest rate differential we can see many investors still preferring and holding Czech assets. This is because financial market participants expects the Czech crown shall appreciate in the future and are ready
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1 - Energy Costs Find information on energy cost: Advantages (government websites) 2 - Cost of Equity‚ Appropriate Discount Rate (WACC) Cost of equity 1. Formula Risk Free Rate + (Market Premium x Overall Company Beta) 2. Each part a. Risk free rate (10-year T-bill) i. bond rating chosen * interest rate * b. Market premium c. Beta i. Appropriate Discount Rate (WACC) 1. Formula Weight of Debt x After-Tax Cost of Debt) + (Debt to Equity x Cost of Equity) 2. WACC (important – why is it important
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$42 per share. Assume the expected rate of return on Federated’s stock is 18 percent. • Taxes: Federated’s marginal tax rate is Tc = .35 What are the key assumptions underlying your calculation? For what type of project would Federated’s weighted-average cost of capital be the right discount rate? 2. Suppose Federated Junkyards decides to move to a more conservative debt policy. A year later its debt ratio is down to 15 percent (D/V =.15 ). The interest rate has dropped to 8.6 percent. Recalculate
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overnight rate-the main tool used by the Bank of Canada to conduct monetary policy. The Bank carries out monetary policy by influencing short-term interest rates. It does this by raising and lowering the target for the overnight rate. The overnight rate is the interest rate at which major financial institutions borrow and lend one day funds among themselves; the Bank sets a target level for that rate. This target for the overnight rate is often referred to as the Bank’s key interest rate or key
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ITM Business School ITM University Scope and means to improve NIMs in comparison to other banks Internship report submitted to SBI in completion of the requirement of summer internship at State Bank of India Project mentor: Mr A. Raizada Student name: Neha Gupta APRIL 22 2013 TO JUNE 22 2013 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION This is to certify that the project
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PERSONAL INTEREST Every profession has sacred principles or ethics governing its operation or activities. Banking is no exception. Some of these principles defining sound banking behaviours are; 1. control mismatch between assets and liabilities 2. know your counterparty 3. expand cautiously into unfamiliar activities 4. avoidance of undue concentration of loans to a single activity‚ individuals and group But in a situation where banks all over the world are found wanting in terms
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