Scenario 2: 3 Considering the calculations.you have done so far, you need to attend.to.a number of import and. export -transactions.for goods that companies.in the United States expressed interest in. . > The first transaction is for the import of good-quality wines from France, since.a retail-liquor trading. chain customer-in the United States, for who you have been doing imports over the past five years. has a very large order this time. .The producer in France informed you.that the current cost of the. wine that you want to import is-(2,500,000. The wine.in France.can be-shipped.to the United States. immediately.but you have three-months to conduct .payment. . > The second transaction is for the export of 3d printers manufactured in the-U.S.A. The-country. where it will be exported to is Britain. The payment off2,500,000.for the export to Britain will.be. received twelve months from now. . > You consider different transaction hedges, namely forwards, options and money market hedges. > You are provided with the following quotes from your bank, which is an international bank with. branches in all the countries: > Forward.rates: > Currencies - Spot - 3.month .(90. 6-month-(180. 9-month .(270. 12-month-(360 days) - days) - days) - days) - S/E - 1.30009 1.30611 1.31217 1.31825 1.32436 S/C - 1.14134 1.14743 1.15354 1.15969 1.16587 Bank.applies.360.day-count convention.to all currencies.(for this assignment .apply 360.days.in.all. calculations). > Annual borrowing and investment rates for your company:> Country . 3.month .rates - 6-months rates - 9.month .rates - 12.month-rates - Borrow - Invest Borrow - Invest Borrow - Invest - Borrow - Invest - United States - 2.687%% 2.5549% 2.713% 2.580% 2.740% 2.607% 2.766% 2.633% Britain. 0.786% 0.747% 0.794% 0.755% 0.801% 0.762% 0.809% 0.770% Europe - 0.505% 0.480% 0.510% 0.485% 0.515% 1.490% 0.520 0.495% Bank.applies.360-day-count convention.to all currencies. -Explanation.-e.g. 3 month-borrowing .rate. on-5. .2.687%%. .This is the annual borrowing rate for 3 months. If you only borrow for.3.months.the. interest rate is actually.2.6879%/4.#-0.67175% -(always round.to.5. decimals when you.do.calculations]. Furthermore, note that these are the rates at which your company borrows and invests. .The rates are not borrowing and investment rates from a bank.perspective. > Option.prices: > Currencies 3-month options - 6-month options - Call option - Put option - Call option - Put option - Strike - Premium. Strike - Premium. Strike - Premium. Strike - Premium. in S - inS - in S - in S - S/E - $1.29962 $0.00383 $1.31268 $0.00383 $1.30564 $0.00381 $1 31876. $0.00381 S/C - $1.14400 50.00174 $1.15088 SO.OOL74 $1.150 09 90.00173 $1.15702 50.00052Bank applies.360.day-count convention .to all currencies. (Students also have to apply.360. days in all. calculations). Option .premium calculations should include time.value.calculations. based on.US. $ annual borrowing interest rates for applicable time periods.e.g. 3 month.$ option. premium.is subject to.2.687%/4 interest rate.)+ a. Calculate the cost of money market hedges for the imports from France.(Complete Table.3 on the. separate answer.sheet)+ b. Determine the option types .that you will consider based on the exchange rate. quotes. provided by. your bank. Remember we will.long or short the base currencies (in this case study. the currencies. that are not $) and the FV of premium cost is based on the borrowing cost of $. for the time period of. the option. For example if it is a.3 month option, then the interest rate that should be applied.is. United States .3 month borrowing rate of 2.687%/4 = 0.67175%). Calculate the total cost of using. options as hedging instrument for the imports from France (Complete. Table.4 on the separate. answer sheet). + C. Compare the forward .quotes, money-market hedges and options with each other to determine. the best exchange rate.hedges for France (Complete. Table.5 on the separate answer .sheet). + d. Calculate the exchange rates that will apply if the money-market hedges are used for the exports. to Britain (Complete.Table.6 on the separate answer .sheet)+ e. Compare the forward.quotes and money market hedges with each other to determine the best exchange rate.hedges for Britain (Complete.Table.7 on the separate answer.sheet). + f. Assume you entered into the forward hedge for the import from France. Two months.have passed. since you entered into the hedge. Interest rates are the same as.before. The.spot exchange rate of the $/C.is now.1.14720. Calculate the value of your forward. position. Please use.a.360.day-count. convention, since the bank also used a.360.day-count convention with the forward.quotes provided to you. Also.remember for interest rates use risk free.rates provided -under scenario.1. Show.your. calculation in table 8 on the separate answer .sheet. +You are the manager of a-U.S. company.situated in Los Angeles and manages the import/export division of the company. The company.distributes (resells) a variety of consumer products imported. to the U.S.A.from France and also exports goods manufactured in the U.S.A. to.Britain. .+ Therefore, your company is very much dependent on the impact of current and future exchange. rates on the performance of the company. + Scenario.1:+ You have to estimate the expected exchange rates one year from now.between your home.currency and the other currencies of the major other countries that you deal with in terms of.both imports. and .exports. .The reason is that increases in the values of other currencies.compared to the.U.S. Dollar.may impact your imports negatively, whilst it may on the other hand, be good for exports. To do this estimate, you obtain the following spot exchange rate information:+ .E/S+ 0.76918+7 C/S+ 0.87616+ You also obtain the following rates that you regard as similar to the annual. risk free rates applying in the countries: + U.S.A. + 2.660%+ Britain + 0.778% + France + 0.500% + Your focus is presently.to estimate the 12 month forward.rates in order to consider the impact that it will have on the import and export sales of the company. Calculate the forward rates of the $.in. terms of all the currencies by using simple interest rate.parity e.g. 10% annual .interest rate . = 10/2.= 5% for six months. .Do not apply effective annual interest rate compounding. Show all.your. workings in table.1 on the separate answer sheet.by using the correct formula provided in your. formula sheet.+ Provide an indication about what will happen to the value of the US$.based on the forward. exchange rate calculations.by calculating the expected.discount/premium of it for each of the. currencies in.Table.2 on the separate answer sheet. Also show.whether the impact will be positive. [P) or -negative.(N) for imports and exports. For example:+ Exchange % Discount/Premium+ Import+ Export + rate + E/S+ Workings by you ... + Positive + Negative + =1.93%.premium+