Europa plc is a UK-based import-export company. It is now 15 May and the following transaction has

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Europa plc is a UK-based import-export company. It is now 15 May and the following transaction has been agreed: The sale of pine furniture worth $1,250,000 to the USA receivable on 15 August.
$/£ FX rates
Spot..........................................1.6480-1.6490
Two months' forward..................-88−76 (premium)
Three months' forward.............-130−124 (premium)
Three-month money market interest rates
....................................................£10%−8%
......................................................$8%−6%
Required
(a) Hedge Europa's risk exposure on the forward market.
(b) Hedge Europa's risk exposure on the money market.
(c) Which is the more favourable hedge from Europa's point of view?
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Corporate Finance and Investment decisions and strategies

ISBN: 978-1292064062

8th edition

Authors: Richard Pike, Bill Neale, Philip Linsley

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