Busco has a foreign-currency denominated payable, itcan hedge by buying the foreign currency payableforward. The company can expect to eliminate theexposure without incurring costs as long as the forwardexchange rate is an unbiased predictor of the future spotrate. Busco exported an A380 to a UK company, and wasbilled the sum of £ 12,000,000 payable in three months.Currently the spot rate is $1.40/£ and the three-monthforward rate is $1.36/£.The three-month money marketinterest rate is 12% per annum in US and 8% per annumin UK.So the management of Busco decided to managethis transaction exposure and use the money markethedge to deal with this pound account payable.
1)Conduct a cash flow analysis of the money market hedge.
Answer:
Transaction
Current cash flow
(3-month)
Cash flow at maturity
1
Borrow £
=£11,764,705.88
-£12,000,000
2
Buy $ spot with £
=$16, 470,588.24
- £11,764,705.88
0
3
Invest in US
-$16, 470,588.24
=$16,964,705.89
4
Connect £ with receivable
£12,000,000
5
Calculate Net cash flow
$16,964,705.89
2) Compare and contrast the cash flow at maturity andthe net dollar proceeds if instead the options markethedge is used by Airbus. You may assume a put optionof £ 12,000,000 with an exercise price of $1.36/£ witha three-month expiration and an option premium of $0.05 per £.
*Can you please answer the question 2.
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