The yield curves on the dollar and yen are flat at 7 percent and 3 percent per

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The yield curves on the dollar and yen are flat at 7 percent and 3 percent per year, respectively. An investment banker is considering issuing a dollar/yen dual-currency bond for Y150 million. This bond would pay the coupons in yen, and the principal would be repaid in dollars. The bond will make a principal payment of $1.36 million in two years, with interest paid in years 1 and 2. The spot exchange rate is Yl 10.29 per $.
a. What should the coupon rate be if the bond is issued at fair market conditions-that is, if the issue price is equal to its theoretical market value?
b. If the actual coupon rate is 6 percent, compute the percentage price.
Coupon
A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...
Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...
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Global Investments

ISBN: 978-0321527707

6th edition

Authors: Bruno Solnik, Dennis McLeavey

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