1.Pacific Basin Bank (PBB) has outstanding a $5 million face value, floating-rate loan to a company that has a leverage ratio of 80 per cent. The current risk-free rate is 6 per cent, and the time to maturity on the loan is exactly ½ year. The asset risk of the borrower, as measured by the standard deviation of the rate of change in the value of the underlying assets, is 12 per cent. The normal density function values are given below:

Use the Merton option valuation model to determine the market value of the loan.
What should be the interest rate for the last six months of the loan? LO 10.10

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h N(h) h N(h) -32.55 0.0054 2.50 0.9938 -32.60 0.0047 2.55 0.9946 -32.65 0.0040 2.60 0.9953 -32.70 0.0035 2.65 0.9960 -32.75 0.0030 2.70 0.9965