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FM – L2 – Q100 – Hedging with futures, Hedging with options

Firestone Ltd plans to borrow $5M and hedge interest rate risk using futures and options, calculating effective borrowing rates.

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Firestone Ltd, a Nigerian company, needs to borrow in US dollars to fund its US operations, but the chief financial officer is concerned that interest rates may be volatile given the current US political and economic environment.
It is now March and Firestone intends to borrow $5 million for a period of three months commencing in September.
Futures and options quotes for 3-month US secured overnight financing rate (SOFRA) are given below. Assume that Firestone can borrow at the three-month SOFRA rate.

3 month SOFRA futures price – contract size = $1,000,000

June	September
93.55	93.28

Traded options on 3-month SOFRA futures – contract size = $1,000,000 (premiums quoted are annual rates)

Strike	June (Calls)	September (Calls)	June (Puts)	September (Puts)
93.25	0.437	0.543	0.083	0.187
93.50	0.276	0.387	0.168	0.282
93.75	0.163	0.263	0.302	0.407

Required:
a) Discuss the relevant considerations to be considered when deciding between futures and options to hedge the company’s interest rate risk. (5 marks)
b) Assume that in September 3 month SOFRA is 7% and at that point in time September futures are quoted at 93.96.

Calculate the effective borrowing rate using a futures hedge
Calculate the effective borrowing rate when hedging with options using each of the three available strike prices

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Topic: Futures and hedging with futures

FM – L2 – Q99 – Hedging with futures

Recommend futures/options to hedge interest rate risk for a company's loan, tender bid, and deposit scenarios.

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Three-month euro interest rate futures are available on a derivative exchange. Available delivery months for the future are March, June, September, and December, and the contract size for the future is €1,000,000.

Provide a justified recommendation for the most appropriate futures or options transaction in order to hedge interest rate risk in the following situations:

a) A company, Starlight Ltd, is taking out a loan of €3 million for 6 months from June to fund working capital for a new venture.

b) A company, BrightFuture Ltd, has tendered for a large government project. If it is the successful bidder, it will need to borrow €12 million for three months starting in September to cover initial costs.

c) It is June, a company, Horizon Enterprises, has €7 million on deposit with a bank for one year at 3-month money market rates. The company has become concerned about the possibility that money market interest rates may fall dramatically.

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Topic: Futures and hedging with futures

FM – L2 – Q95 – Currency Risk Management

UK company hedges €2,110,000 net euro payment using forward contract, money market hedge, and currency futures; compare costs.

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It is now the end of July. A UK company, Zenith Enterprises, expects the following receipts and payments in euros at the end of the month in three months’ time (at the end of October):

| Receipts | €540,000 |
| Payments | €2,650,000 |

The company is concerned about the exposure to a risk of a movement in the sterling/euro exchange rate, and it has decided to hedge the exposure.
It is considering three methods of hedging the exposure:
(a) with a forward exchange contract
(b) using a money market hedge
(c) using currency futures.

Relevant data is as follows:

FX rates, €/£1
Spot	1.4537	1.4542
3 months forward	1.4443	1.4448

3-month interest rates	Borrow	Invest
Sterling (UK)	6.2%	5.6%
Euro	3.8%	3.4%

Currency futures: €/£1
Contract size is €100,000 per contract
December futures price: 0.6929

Required:
Demonstrate with relevant calculations how Zenith Enterprises can hedge its exposure to foreign exchange risk using:
(a) a forward exchange contract (3 marks)
(b) a money market hedge (4 marks)
(c) currency futures (3 marks)
Recommend which method of hedging would be preferable in this situation.

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Firestone Ltd plans to borrow $5M and hedge interest rate risk using futures and options, calculating effective borrowing rates.

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Recommend futures/options to hedge interest rate risk for a company's loan, tender bid, and deposit scenarios.

FM – L2 – Q95 – Currency Risk Management

UK company hedges €2,110,000 net euro payment using forward contract, money market hedge, and currency futures; compare costs.

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