Consider at date To, a 6-month LIBOR standard swap contract with maturity 6 years. Suppose that the swap nominal amount is $1 million and the rate of the fixed leg is 4.5%. At date To, zero coupon-rates are as given in the table below: (a) (b) (e) (f) Maturity 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 ZC Rates (% p.a.) 2.1050% 2.6750% 3.0250% 3.2340% 3.5120% 3.6990% 3.8850% 3.9960% 4.1010% 4.1690% 4.2210% 4.2480% What is the price formula for this plain vanilla swap? Compute the discount factors corresponding to the zero-coupon rates in the table above. Give the price of this swap. What is the swap rate such that the price of this swap is zero? An investor has bought 100,000 5-year bonds with a 6.0% annual coupon rate and a face value of $1,000. The investor fears an increase in interest rates. Carefully explain how interest rate swaps can be used to protect the bond portfolio and determine how many swaps should be sold or bought for this transaction. Assume there is a parallel shift upwards in the zero-coupon yield curve of 0.3%. What is the investor's new position with and without the hedge?