1(a) The table below shows the data relating to two put options.

Stock	Expiration	Ex. Price		Beta	Option Price
A	6 months	50	0.2	1.5	$10
B	6 months	50	0.2	1.5	$10

Appraise the two (2) put options and determine which stock has the lower price. Assume both put options are in-the-money. Use the following format for your answer:

Stock A has the lower price: True / False / Cannot be determined (choose one), Reason:

(b) Appraise one (1) advantage and one (1) disadvantage of using the binomial option pricing model to value call options as compared to the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

(c) ABC is a medium-sized company based in Singapore. It manufactures products that are exported to the US and Europe and it is paid in the currency of the destination countries. Formulate two (2) strategies that the company can adopt to hedge its currency risk.

Q2

You are a bond analyst at the ABC Fund in Singapore. You have been assigned to assess a new bond issue. The issuer is a property developer that is raising a 15-year fixed-rate S$500 million bond issue to finance the construction of a large industrial building in a foreign developing ASEAN country. Units in the building will be leased for use as warehousing and distribution, and as data centers. The building will serve as collateral for the bond issue.

The property developer has projects in many countries. It has a reputation for aggressively pursuing growth. Rumour in the market suggests that the company is tapping the bond market as banks have been reluctant to lend to them, or have imposed very strict terms if a loan were given.

(a) Identify and assess three (3) risks associated with the bond issue.

(b) Formulate a strategy using derivatives for the ABC Fund to mitigate the credit risk of this bond issue. Discuss one (1) advantage and one (1) disadvantage associated with using the strategy you propose

Compute the price of the bond and present your answer by showing the binomial tree above with the required prices of the bond at each node.

(b)

Suppose the bond above is putable at par from Year 1. Compute the value of the bond at time 0.

(c)

Suppose the interest rate volatility increases. Appraise how it affects the value of the putable bond in Part (b).

Thank you!