Ch. 34: International Financial Management Problem 1

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Ch.

34: International Financial Management


Problem 1

Spot rate, Pound/Dollar 1.5763 0.6344


90-day forward rate 1.5436 0.6478
Forward dollar premium:
[(1.5763 - 1.5436)/1.5436]/(360/90) 8.5%
Forward pound discount:
[(0.6478 - 0.6344)/0.6344]/(360/90) 8.5%

Problem 2

60-day forward rate, INR/$ 40.85


Current spot, INR/$ 38.95
Forward INR premium: [{(40.85/38.95) - 1}/(360/60)] 29.3%

Problem 3

1-year INR interest rate 15%


1-year $ interest rate 10%
Spot rate, INR/$ 39.80
Forward rate, INR/$: [(1.15/1.10) x 39.80] 41.61

Invest in India for 1Yr at 15% 10,000,000


Receive after one year 11,500,000

Borrow $ at current spot rate: [10,000,000/39.8] 251,256


Invest in US for one year : [251,256 x 1.10] 276,382
and obtain INR: [276,382 x 41.61] 11,500,000

Problem 4

Expected inflation in France 5%


Expected inflation in Italy 7%
1-year interest rate in France 8.00%
1-year interest rate in Italy: [8% x (1.07/1.05)] 8.15%

Problem 5

1-year forward rate, B/$ 46.75


Expected baht inflation rate 9%
Expected $ inflation rate 4%
Current spot rate, B/$: [46.75 x (1.04/1.09)] 44.61

Problem 6

Expected INR inflation rate 5%


Current spot rate, Won/INR 1.2345
1-year forward rate, Won/INR 1.2567
Expected Won inflation rate: [{(1.2567/1.2345) x 1.05} - 1] 6.9%
Problem 7

Yen/FF exchange rate 105.2


INR/FF exchange rate 6.5
Yen/INR exchange rate: [105.2/6.5] 16.185
Problem 8

3 month $ (million) receivable by Thai Co. 5.00


Current spot rate, B/$ 43.75
3-month forward rate, B/$ 45.35
Spot rate at the time money is received 44.10
Total amount, no coverage, B million: [5 x 44.10] 220.5
Total amount, partial coverage, B million:
[0.6 x 5 x 45.35 + 0.4 x 5 x 44.1 224.25
Total amount, full cover, B million: [5 x 45.35] 226.75
Cost of forward contract, full cover:
[(45.35 - 44.10)/44.10](360/90) 11.34%

Problem 9

Thailand India Expected


Risk-premium 7.25% 7.25% Year NCF (baht)
Risk-free interest rate 12% 10% 0 -25.00
Expected inflation rate 8% 1 4.00
Opportunity cost of capital 19.38% 17.25% 2 4.32
Current exchange rate 1.105 0.905 3 4.67
Investment (baht, million) 25 4 5.04
Project life (years) 12 5 5.44
Annual real cash flows (baht, million) 4 6 5.88
7 6.35
8 6.86
9 7.40
10 8.00
11 8.64
12 9.33
NPV
IRR
PVF @ PV Spot rate NCF PVF @ PV
19.38% (baht) INR/baht (INR) 17.25% (INR)
1.000 -25.00 0.9050 -22.63 1.000 -22.63
0.838 3.35 0.8888 3.56 0.853 3.03
0.702 3.03 0.8730 3.77 0.727 2.74
0.588 2.74 0.8574 4.00 0.620 2.48
0.492 2.48 0.8421 4.24 0.529 2.25
0.412 2.24 0.8270 4.50 0.451 2.03
0.345 2.03 0.8123 4.77 0.385 1.84
0.289 1.84 0.7978 5.06 0.328 1.66
0.242 1.66 0.7835 5.37 0.280 1.50
0.203 1.50 0.7695 5.70 0.239 1.36
0.170 1.36 0.7558 6.04 0.204 1.23
0.142 1.23 0.7423 6.41 0.174 1.11
0.119 1.11 0.7290 6.80 0.148 1.01
-0.42 -0.38
19.0% 16.9%

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