Question 2.

A hedge fund is currently engaged in a plain vanilla interest rate swap with a company named BlueTrade. Under the terms of the swap, the hedge fund receives six-month LIBOR and pay 6 percent per annum on a principle of $100 million for four years. Payments are made every 6 months at rear. Assume that the interest rates start to soar after one year and BlueTrade defaults on the fourth payment date when the LIBOR rate is 8 percent for all maturities (with semi-annual compounding). The 6-months LIBOR rate 6-months ago is 7.5 percent. What is the loss or profit to the hedge fund?