Question 4 (total of 12 marks): Amy has some Australian and Bangladeshi assets and liabilities as follows:

• AUD 800,000 Australian house asset.
• AUD 600,000 mortgage loan liability.
• AUD 35,000 owing on her credit card.
• BDT 40,000,000 Bangladeshi apartment asset thats owned outright with no mortgage. Note the apartment is denominated in Bangladeshi Taka (BDT), not Australian Dollars (AUD).
• The current exchange rate is 80 BDT per USD.
• The current exchange rate is 0.732 USD per AUD.

Provide answers as decimals rounded to 6 decimal places. For example, if your answer is 0.23456789, write it as 0.234568.

Question 4a (2 marks): What is Amys net wealth? State your answer in AUD. Dont include the AUD currency or $ sign, just write the number.

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Question 4b (2 marks): What is the weight of the asset class real estate in Amys net wealth?

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Question 4c (2 marks): What is the weight of the asset class debt in Amys net wealth? Remember that all things that have characteristics of debt should be included in the asset class debt.

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Question 4d (2 marks): What new BDT per AUD exchange rate would cause Amys net wealth to be AUD700,000? Assume that the shares remain the same value in BDT.

State your final answer in BDT per AUD. For example, if you thought the answer was 70 BDT per AUD, write 70, without the currency symbols. Give your answer as a decimal thats correct to 6 decimal places. So, for example if your answer is 70.23456789, write it as 70.234568.

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Question 4e (2 marks): The investor currently has her AUD 6,000 spare cash invested in 2% pa term deposits in an Australian bank in AUD.

She notices that Bangladeshi banks pay 3% pa term deposit rates on BDT.

Both Australian and Bangladeshi banks have floating exchange rates and no capital controls.

She is considering converting her AUD6,000 to BDT now, investing in BDT term deposits, and then converting the BDT back to AUD in one year.

Calculate the 1 year forward BDT per AUD cross rate assuming that the principal of cross-currency interest rate parity holds.

State your final answer in BDT per AUD. For example, if you thought the answer was 60 BDT per AUD, write 60. Give your answer as a decimal thats correct to 6 decimal places. So, for example if your answer is 60.23456789, write it as 60.234568.

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Question 4f (2 marks): Whats the NPV of converting the AUD6,000 into BDT, investing it at a Bangladeshi banks term deposit rate and converting back to AUD in one year? Assume that cross currency interest rate parity holds.

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