You work for firm PremiumM situated in Singapore, and your boss has become concerned about the current economic environment, especially how it is related to the different types of exposure that your firm may face in the near future. You are asked to provide a report, which evaluates your firms exposure, the risk management implications for your firm, and possible hedging strategies for the next 6 months. You are also required to provide a recommendation for what your firm should do. Information about Firm PremiumM: 1. Firm PremiumM is a machinery manufacturer located in Singapore. 2. The firm imports parts to Singapore from foreign suppliers in Japan, South Korea and Germany. 3. The firm exports machines to Australia, the United States, Germany and Norway. 4. The firm has a payment of 60,000,000 JPY due in 1 months and a payment of 50,000,000JPY due in 6 months to their Supplier in Japan, a payment of 6,000,000 USD due in 3 months to their Supplier in South Korea, and three payments of 2,000,000 EUR to their Supplier in Germany due in 1 month, 3 months and in 6 months, respectively. 5. The firm is due to receive 5,000,000 AUD and 5,000,000 SGD from their customer in Australia in 3 months, 6,000,000 USD from their customer in US in 3 months, 6,000,000 EUR from their customer in Germany in 6 months and 60,000,000 NOK from their customer in Norway in 3 months. 6. The firm is concerned about the impacts of the high inflation rate not only in Singapore but also globally on their business. 7. The firm is also concerned about the impacts of a series of interest rate rises globally on the firm. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. List the future spot exchange rates that directly affect your firm and form a forecast for each of these exchange rates. You need to briefly analyse the factors affecting these exchange rates and then form your forecasts. 2. Discuss and evaluate the types of exposure your firm may face as well as the other main concerns for your firm. In your discussion, you should consider the effects of the current economic environment on the foreign exchange market and the competitiveness of the products produced in Singapore, and relate this to how this may impact the firm. Particularly, you need to discuss the potential impacts of high inflation and interest rate hikes on the firms business. 3. Please design hedging strategies for the firm. You need to explain why your chosen hedging strategies are better than the other strategies by evaluating the hedging outcomes what will the outcomes be if exposures are hedged using your hedging strategies and what will the outcomes be if exposures are not hedged or using other hedging strategies. Please also discuss the impacts of hedging currency exposure on the firms cost of capital and firm value. 4. You need to consider the interlinkages between local, national and global dynamics when conducting your analysis. 5. You need to navigate the digital landscape and use appropriate digital tools, for example, EIKON, to find relevant information and data to complete the tasks. You need to provide the sources of data used in your report.