Suppose you are a British venture capitalist holding a major stake in an e-commerce start-up in Silicon
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Suppose you are a British venture capitalist holding a major stake in an e-commerce start-up
in Silicon Valley. As a British resident, you are concerned with the pound value of your U.S.
equity position. As an economist, you estimate 3 scenarios for the future, as described in the table below:
Scenario
Probability Forecast exchange rate (/$) Forecast asset value (in $)
1 0.2 0.7485 $1,000,000
2 0.4 0.7470 $700,000
3 0.4 0.7451 $500,000
(a) Estimate your exposure to the exchange risk.[6 MARKS]
(b)How would you hedge this exposure? Suppose the forward rate is 0.7460 /$. Calculate the GBP value of the hedged portfolio under each of the scenarios above[4 MARKS]
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