Question: Inter Globe Aviation Limited Managing its Euro payable exposure Inter Globe Aviation Limited placed an order to buy 1 0 0 aircrafts from Airbus Industries

Inter Globe Aviation Limited Managing its Euro payable exposure
Inter Globe Aviation Limited placed an order to buy 100 aircrafts from Airbus Industries Limited. The payment will be made in instalments of which 500 million Euros is payable one year from now.
Spot rate: 1=70.95/70.98
1 year forward rate: 1=74.43/74.50
1 year future rate: 1=74.25/74.45
1 year Euro interest rate: 0.5%-1%
1 year Indian Rupee interest rate: 6.5%-7.5%
1 year call option at a strike price of 1=74.50 is trading at a premium of 1.5
1 year put option at a strike price of 1=72.50 is trading at a premium of 0.8
What is the hedged value of Inter Globe Aviation Limiteds payables using the forward market hedge and the money market hedge?
What is the hedged value of Inter Globe Aviation Limiteds payables using the future contract?
What alternatives are available to Inter Globe Aviation Limited to use currency options to hedge its payables? Which option hedging strategy would you recommend?
At what exchange rate is the cost of the option is just equal to the cost of the forward market hedge?
How can Inter Globe Aviation Limited construct a currency collar?
Assuming a neutral zone of 68-74/ and a base rate of 71/, show in detail how the two companies can share the risk. Also show the effects if the spot rate after 1 year move beyond the upper and lower boundaries of the neutral zone (say 66 and 76).
Which of the hedging alternatives analyzed above would you recommend to Inter Globe Aviation Limited? Why?

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