Zigzag, a leading U.S. manufacturer of sewing machines, was committed to the following international trade and fmancing
Question:
Zigzag, a leading U.S. manufacturer of sewing machines, was committed to the following international trade and fmancing transactions as of January 1, 1996:
(a) exports of 500 industrial sewing machines to Korea, priced at $5,000 each and payable in a lump-sum payment March 31,1996;
(b) imports of ball bearings from Sweden, worth 20,000,000 Swedish crowns (SK), due for payments in equal installments of SKS,OOO,OOO on the first day of each of the last four months of 1996;
(c) a one-year loan, denominated in Swiss francs (SF) from Credit Suisse in the amount of SF15,OOO,000, carrying a quarterly interest rate of 4% per annum.
(a) Show how Zigzag's transaction exposures can be stored in a matrix.
(b) On April 1, 1996, two additional exports contracts are awarded by the Swedish Apparel Industry Group to Zigzag, under which 100 industrial sewing machines are to be delivered on June 30, 1996. Payment, in Swedish crowns
(SK), will be made on the first day of each of the last three months of 1996 in equal installments of SK3,500,000.
Enter this additional information in the matrix of transaction exposure.
What is the net transaction exposure matrix for Zigzag?
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Management And Control Of Foreign Exchange Risk
ISBN: 978-0792380887
1st Edition
Authors: Laurent L. Jacque