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Please do all parts as per Chegg guidelines do all four. Do not copy and paste from Chegg. The answers are wrong here. Please just

Please do all parts as per Chegg guidelines do all four. Do not copy and paste from Chegg. The answers are wrong here. Please just give the correct choice thanks.

Part 1.

A New Zealand based company is looking to enter into an FX forward contract to hedge its exposure to an USD 80 million contract, which will be paid in two years time. The current NZD/USD spot rate is 0.5701. The simple interest rate for NZD deposit is 1.0%, and the interest rate for USD deposit is 1.50%. Calculate the NZD/USD forward rate.

Hint: Use the forward rate formula.

0.5646

0.5757

0.5779

0.5673

Part 2.

Given the following bid offer spot rates and forward points, quote the forward rates.

USD/JPY Spot: 110.87-110.93

Forward Points: 13-10

110.97-111.06

110.77-110.80

111.00-111.03

110.74-110.83

Part 3.

A client is looking to buy forward CHF $60 million with USD on January 7, 2021. Calculate the USD/CHF forward rate given the following data.

Dates

Day Count

Transaction Date

June 5, 2020

N/A

Spot Value Date

June 7, 2020

N/A

Forward Value Date

January 7, 2021

214

6 Months Forward

December 6, 2020

182

12 Months Forward

June 7, 2021

365

Rates

USD/CHF Spot

0.9837-47

6-Month Forward Points

78.00-88.00

12-Month Forward Points

132.10-148.10

0.9924

0.9936

0.9927

0.9919

Part 4.

A European client that was due to paying JPY 20 million held a forward contract to hedge a JPY 20 million contract, which has been delayed by one year. The client decided to enter into an FX swap to roll forward the position.

The EUR/JPY rate on the original FX forward expiry date was 119.30. The forward rate in one year is 119.10. The interest rate in Europe is 0.50% while the interest rate in Japan is 0.25%. Calculate the total benefit or cost of this FX swap.

- 138.30

- 137.59

137.59

138.30

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