Question: Q 2 : You work for a hedge fund and your job is to profit from possible arbitrages. You have the following information today from

Q2: You work for a hedge fund and your job is to profit from possible arbitrages. You have the following information today from a large international bank active in the financial markets. The spot exchange rate for the number of South African Rand (SAR) per British pound (GBP) is 25.202--25.382(bid-ask). The South African LIBOR interest-rate applicable from today to 6 months from now is \(9.70\%-9.90\%\) per annum (this is the bid-ask so, for example, \(9.70\%\) is the rate at which SAR can be deposited at the bank). The British LIBOR interest-rate applicable from today to 6 months from now is 3.15\%-3.27\% per annum. The six month forward exchange rate for the number of SAR per GBP is \(25.666--25.864\)(this is the bid-ask). Is there an arbitrage? If you are allowed by your boss at the hedge fund to borrow 44 mio GBP (this is the risk capital and you have to treat this as a loan and repay this risk capital with interest -- mio means million), how much arbitrage profit (i.e., guaranteed risk-free profit) can you make? Give your answer in GBP to the nearest GBP. Assume six months is exactly 0.5 years. If there is no arbitrage, enter zero. Hint: Do not round until the end or (even better) do your calculation in Excel.
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