Lluvia Manufacturing and Paraguas Products both seek funding at the lowest possible cost. Lluvia would prefer the
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Lluvia Manufacturing and Paraguas Products both seek funding at the lowest possible cost. Lluvia would prefer the flexibility of floating rate borrowing, while Paraguas wants the security of fixed rate borrowing. Lluvia is the more credit-worthy company. They face the following rate structure. Lluvia, with the better credit rating, has lower borrowing costs in both types of borrowing.
Lluvia wants floating rate debt, so it could borrow at LIBOR+1%. However it could borrow fixed at 8% and swap for floating rate debt. Paraguas wants fixed rate, so it could borrow fixed at 12%. However it could borrow floating at LIBOR+2% and swap for fixed rate debt. What should they do?
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Multinational Business Finance
ISBN: 978-0133879872
14th edition
Authors: David K. Eiteman, Arthur I. Stonehill, Michael H. Moffett