Buyer Limited design to sign an interest rate swap agreement to pay a floating rate and receive
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Buyer Limited design to sign an interest rate swap agreement to pay a floating rate and receive a fixed rate. The swap contract can help Buyer Limited to convert $100 million, 4.6% fixed interest rate bond into a floating rate payment. The floating rate is indexed to the six-month LIBOR minus 0.52%.
(a) Explain why Buyer Limited use a swap agreement rather than issue a floating-rate bond?
(b) Determine the net cash flow to Buyer Limiter when the LIBOR is 5% at the interest payment settlement date.
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Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management
ISBN: 978-1305104969
10th edition
Authors: Don M. Chance
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