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I. Suppose that you, as an international pension fund manager, are in charge of the management of equities whose current market value is 200 million denominated in euro (EUR). As part of the firm's asset allocation strategy, you plan to buy an equivalent amount of equities denominated in Chile Peso (CLP) in 30 days. More importantly, you wants to eliminate the risk that the CLP will appreciate relative to the EUR during this 30-day period. CLP/USD USD/EUR Maturity Bid Ask Bid Ask Spot 851.80 860.89 1.1299 1.1304 30-day 848.80 853.03 1.1306 1.1389 1. (10 points) Describe the currency transaction that you should undertake to eliminate currency risk over the 30-day period. 2. (20 points) Compute the current values of your equity portfolio in CLP. (Hint: First, you need to know the spot cross bid rate between CLP and EUR (i.e., CLP/EUR). 3. (20 points) Compute the value of equity portfolio at the time of execution of the forward contracts in CLP. (Hint: First, you need to know the 30-day forward cross bid rate between CLP and EUR (i.e., CLP/EUR)