An American firm owes SFr 6,000,000.00 payable in one year. The current spot is $1.2083/SFr. A Swiss bank is paying 4.50
Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 10:32 am
An American firm owes SFr 6,000,000.00 payable in one year. The current spot is $1.2083/SFr. A Swiss bank is paying 4.50% on deposits or will lend at 7.00%. A U.S.bank is paying 1.50% or will lend at 5.50%. The firm would like to hedge this exposure with money market hedging. How much do they need to borrow today? SF 5.741,626.79 OSFr 5,607,476.64 $6,775,514,02 None of the alternatives $6,937,607.65