Bank wants to execute a transaction with the following characteristics using the risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) model: Probability of default (PD) = 45 basis points Loss given default (LGD) = 50% Exposure at default (EAD) = US$ 2.0 million The risk-free rate of return is 6% This is a loan to an agricultural company and the banks economic capital (EC) model delivers the following charge for the firm: EC of exposure = 5% of EAD, which is US$ 100,000. Assume that the bank has set a RAROC hurdle rate of 15% and this transaction has a net profit of US$ 10,000 before other adjustments. Required: a. Compute the banks risk-adjusted rate of return on the loan to an agricultural company. [15 marks] b. Now assume that the bank could also have made a loan for the same amount and net profit of US$ 10,000 before other adjustments to a chemical manufacturing firm, and that the EC = 2.5% in this case. Compute the banks risk-adjusted rate of return on the loan to a chemical manufacturing. [25 marks] c. Which one of the two loans should the bank grant and why?