Question: (15 points) Triangular Arbitrage w/ bid-ask spreads Continue to assume that you are a large money center bank and you have 3,000,000 South Korean Won.

  1. (15 points) Triangular Arbitrage w/ bid-ask spreads Continue to assume that you are a large money center bank and you have 3,000,000 South Korean Won. The following banks make the following quotes:

Bank

Location of Bank

Exchange rate quotes

Bank BNP Paribas

Paris, France

137.1472 yen/euro 137.1463 yen/euro

The Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ

Tokyo, Japan

10.1251 won/yen 10.1247 won/yen

Korea Exchange Bank

Seoul, Korea

1386.57 won/euro 1386.42 won/euro

Determine a way to make a profit. Using complete sentences, describe the actions you would take to make this profit, stating the amounts of currency you would exchange in each step and through what institution you make that exchange. Also, clearly state the profit you make and be clear what currency that profit is in.

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