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(a) FirstBank has the following balance sheet (in millions of dollars). Assets Required Stable Funding factor Liabilities and equity Available Stable Funding factor Cash 12

(a) FirstBank has the following balance sheet (in millions of dollars).

Assets

Required

Stable

Funding

factor

Liabilities and equity

Available

Stable

Funding

factor

Cash

12

0%

Stable retail deposits

55

95%

Deposits at the Fed

19

0%

Less stable retail

deposits

20

90

Treasury securities

125

5%

Unsecured wholesale

Funding from:

GNMA securities

94

15%

Stable small business

Deposits

80

95

Loans to A rated corporations

(maturity > 1 year)

138

65

Less stable small

Business deposits

49

90

Loans to B rated Corporations.

Maturity <1 year

106

50%

Nonfinancial corporates

250

50

Premises

20

100%

Equity

60

100

Total

$514

Total

514

(i) Calculate the available amount of stable funding (3 marks)

(ii) Calculate the required amount of stable funding. (3 marks)

(iii) Calculate the stable funding ratio. (2 marks)

(b) Consider the following situation: a financial institution holds two assets in equal proportions, these being liquid securities with a fair market value of $200 and housing loans with a fair market value of $800. Further assume that in case of immediate liquidation, the financial institution would receive $185 for its liquid securities and $700 for its housing loans. What is the financial institutions liquidity index (round to two decimals)? (3 marks)

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