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Isla Karr has today invested in a 180-day bank bill with a face value of $1 million, priced to yield 5.3 per cent per annum.

Isla Karr has today invested in a 180-day bank bill with a face value of $1 million, priced to yield 5.3 per cent per annum. Simultaneously she has sold a futures contract on a 90-day bank bill with a face value of $1 million. The futures contract will expire in 90 days time from today. The futures price is 94.55. Isla intends to settle the futures contract by delivery. Ignoring any effects from the mark-to-market rule, what is the yield (simple interest, in per cent per annum) Isla will achieve on her investment?

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4.10%

3.12%

5.08%

3.62%

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