Question: You have just started work as a trader for a hedge fund, Leopard Capital. Congratulations on your new job! Your job is to profit from

You have just started work as a trader for a hedge fund, Leopard Capital. Congratulations on your new job! Your job is to profit from possible arbitrages in the currency markets. You have the following information today from a large international bank actively quoted rates in the financial markets. The spot exchange rate for the number of Japanese Yen (YEN) per Euro (EUR) is 126.75--126.83(bid-ask). The Japanese LIBOR interest-rate applicable from today to 6 months from now is 1.95%-2.00% per annum (this is the bid-ask so, for example, 1.95% is the rate at which YEN can be deposited at the bank and 2.00% is the rate at which YEN can be borrowed from the bank). The EUR LIBOR interest-rate applicable from today to 6 months from now is 4.31%-4.36% per annum. The six month forward exchange rate for the number of YEN per EUR is 125.54--125.61(this is the bid-ask). Is there an arbitrage? If you are allowed by your boss at the hedge fund to borrow 823 mio YEN (this is the risk capital), how much arbitrage profit (i.e., guaranteed risk-free profit) can you make? "mio" means million. Give your answer in YEN to the nearest YEN. Assume 6 months is exactly 0.5 years. If there is no arbitrage, enter zero. As always, do your calculations in excel and do NOT round until the very end. Don't forget that the risk capital is to be treated as a loan and you have to pay back the loan with interest at the (correct) borrowing rate.

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