Mr. Noble is extremely bullish about the prospects for commodity prices, he estimates that over the...

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Mr. Noble is extremely bullish about the prospects for commodity prices, he estimates that over the next 3 years they will rise by an average of 12% each year. In an attempt to profit from this view Mr. Noble has taken out a 3-year maturity loan of $1m secured on his property at a fixed interest rate of 1.5% per annum. Though Mr. Noble can afford to pay the interest out of his other income he will be reliant upon the proceeds of his investment to repay the capital. Mr. Noble's private banker has proposed a 3-year 100% capital-protected structured note that pays 35% of the appreciation in Gold at the end of the 3-year period. However, Mr. Noble does not find this structure attractive because of the low participation rate. a. Assuming that you work for a rival bank, propose 3 significantly different structured notes that would allow Mr. Noble to improve the participation rate under the above constraints. Support your answer with graphs and/or payoff formulas. (60 marks) b. Which of these 3 notes would you recommend and why? Take into account different elements including participation, downside risk, upside potential, etc. (20 marks) c. The chart below shows the performance of 3 different commodity indices over the last 2 years. Briefly discuss what might have caused the relative performance dispersion between these 3 indices. 260 240 220 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Depor Aap-20 Sep-20 Od-20 Commodity Index Performance Nov-20 Dec-20 -S&P GSCI Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr 21 May-21 Jun-21 Jul-21 Aug-21 Sep-21 -CRB Index -Dow Jones UBS Od-21 Nov 21 Dec-21 22-24 Mr. Noble is extremely bullish about the prospects for commodity prices, he estimates that over the next 3 years they will rise by an average of 12% each year. In an attempt to profit from this view Mr. Noble has taken out a 3-year maturity loan of $1m secured on his property at a fixed interest rate of 1.5% per annum. Though Mr. Noble can afford to pay the interest out of his other income he will be reliant upon the proceeds of his investment to repay the capital. Mr. Noble's private banker has proposed a 3-year 100% capital-protected structured note that pays 35% of the appreciation in Gold at the end of the 3-year period. However, Mr. Noble does not find this structure attractive because of the low participation rate. a. Assuming that you work for a rival bank, propose 3 significantly different structured notes that would allow Mr. Noble to improve the participation rate under the above constraints. Support your answer with graphs and/or payoff formulas. (60 marks) b. Which of these 3 notes would you recommend and why? Take into account different elements including participation, downside risk, upside potential, etc. (20 marks) c. The chart below shows the performance of 3 different commodity indices over the last 2 years. Briefly discuss what might have caused the relative performance dispersion between these 3 indices. 260 240 220 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Depor Aap-20 Sep-20 Od-20 Commodity Index Performance Nov-20 Dec-20 -S&P GSCI Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr 21 May-21 Jun-21 Jul-21 Aug-21 Sep-21 -CRB Index -Dow Jones UBS Od-21 Nov 21 Dec-21 22-24

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a Three alternative structured notes that could improve Mr Nobles participation rate are Bull call spread with a knockout barrier This structured note involves buying a call option with a strike price ... View the full answer