Delta Fund, a South African-based investment fund, which has USD 400 million invested in a USD...

 

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Delta Fund, a South African-based investment fund, which has USD 400 million invested in a USD Property Fund and EUR500M invested in Euro Fund. Sanlam Fund home currency is the South African rand (ZAR). On 1 July 2015, Delta decides to fully hedge the fund's currency risk for the next two months. Data are presented in Exhibit 1. Exhibit 1 Spot rate (ZAR/USD) Spot rate (ZAR/EUR) Foreign Exchange Rates 1 July 2015 September dollar futures contract (size = USD 100,000) (ZAR/USD) September Euro futures contract (size = EUR 100,000) (ZAR/EUR) 11.59 15.58 11.57 15.67 i) State the futures positions that Sanlam Fund should take on 1 July 2015, to hedge the fund's currency risk. Calculate the number of contracts needed to hedge. Show your calculations. Delta Fund, a South African-based investment fund, which has USD 400 million invested in a USD Property Fund and EUR500M invested in Euro Fund. Sanlam Fund home currency is the South African rand (ZAR). On 1 July 2015, Delta decides to fully hedge the fund's currency risk for the next two months. Data are presented in Exhibit 1. Exhibit 1 Spot rate (ZAR/USD) Spot rate (ZAR/EUR) Foreign Exchange Rates 1 July 2015 September dollar futures contract (size = USD 100,000) (ZAR/USD) September Euro futures contract (size = EUR 100,000) (ZAR/EUR) 11.59 15.58 11.57 15.67 i) State the futures positions that Sanlam Fund should take on 1 July 2015, to hedge the fund's currency risk. Calculate the number of contracts needed to hedge. Show your calculations.

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