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Test Review - CFA Institute - Mark-To-market Example
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Nexran Enterprises Case Scenario Incorrect
Barkley Carlisle was recently hired as an
associate analyst in the corporate finance Correct answer Your answer
department by Nexran Enterprises. Nexran is a A
US manufacturer of heavy industrial equipment
that sells its products globally. Carlisle assists B ✕
finance director Jennifer Brannigan in managing
Nexran’s foreign currency risk. As part of the C
training process concerning the complexities of
the foreign exchange (FX) markets, Brannigan Time Spent:
provides Carlisle with Exhibit 1 and asks him to 8 min 28 sec
demonstrate his familiarity with some
calculations, such as triangular arbitrage and Question Category:
expected future spot rates. A few days later, Economics
Brannigan and Carlisle meet to discuss the
Difficulty Level: Unrated
results of his work.
EXHIBIT 1
INTERBANK CURRENCY
QUOTES AND LIBOR RATES
One
Projected Yea
Currency Bid Offer Spot in Libo
Pair (Spot) (Spot) One Year Rate
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EXHIBIT 2
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u B. USD877,674.
C. USD871,690.
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C is correct.
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settlement date at 1.1716 (USD/EUR).
2. To mark the position to market, Nexran
offsets the forward transaction by buying EUR
20 million six months forward to the
settlement date.
3. For the offsetting forward contract, because
the EUR is the base currency in the
USD/EUR quote, buying EUR forward means
paying the offer for both the spot rate and
forward points.
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k CM a European customer placed an order for EUR 20 million of oil field construction equipment
r with delivery and payment scheduled to take place one year later.
v we have future revenue in euro and need to translate it into $. if one year later the euro
depreciates, we have fewer $ translated. so we have to hedge to avoid future loss.
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to hedge, we sold 20m euro 1-year forward contract to someone, once received the 20m
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from the customer, can close forward contract. (20m*1.1716)
the customer canceled the order, we will not receive the order so buy euro to fulfil the
contract. now have to buy 6-m contract by itself. rate at 1.1243+0.36%=1.1279
the difference will be 20m*(1.1279-1.1716)=87400
because the execution of forward contracts happens in 6months later, so we discount them
to have PV.
87400/(1+0.53%*180/360)=87169 use USD libor coz finally it is USD inflows
ZY The customer wants to pay 20M EUR to the company for oil field equipment. The company is
US based and needs to convert the EUR to USD, so it sold a forward contract (EUR is the
base current) in order to convert, which means in 6 months, the Company will deliver EUR of
20M to a 3rd party who bought the forward contract. However, because the customer
cancels its order, the Company will not receive 20M EUR in 6 months, it needs to buy 20M
EUR from the dealer in order to execute the forward contract it originally sold to a 3rd party.
Buy 20M EUR using the offer price adjusted by the forward points. Calculate the difference in
Forex rates and convert back the different using US Libor.
Created 6 days ago by Zonghan Yang 3 replies | Last activity: 10 hours ago
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Created 17 hours ago by DIONE DURHAM 2 replies | Last activity: 14 hours ago
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MA I just want to make sure my logic is correct: because i am a US based company and I'm
receiving EUR, it means my offsetting position would be to sell EUR (which means I'm
buying USD).. I'm using the USD/EUR rate because i am a US company and also because
thats the currency i want the answer to be in is USD.
Created a day ago by Mohamed Al Rahma 1 reply | Last activity: 21 hours ago
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HZ Hey, this may seem ignorant. But how do you know Naxran takes a short position in the
forward contract not long?
Created 3 days ago by Huiming Zhang 3 replies | Last activity: a day ago
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DN My tip: Whenever confused with bid/ask quote, choose the one that makes you have less
money.
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NL Need to use exhibit 1...rather than adding 0.0036 to 1.1716
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v nice question
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S. Can someone pls explain me why the euro was sold . I was confused with the positions
taken within this question..
QH Nexran is a US company. So it needs to trasfer EUR to USD in six month. To mark to market,
they must hedge this transaction, so they bur EUR against USD.
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