Question: This task involves using Financial Risk Analysis skills, encouraging you to identify what is appropriate to present in finance.. Information: You have been asked to

This task involves using Financial Risk Analysis skills, encouraging you to identify what is appropriate to present in finance.. Information:

You have been asked to provide analysis for and advice to an Australian-based, high net worth client, who is considering the purchase of a fixed-term investment portfolio (FIP) issued by an Australian Bank. Your client wishes to be advised on the financial risks to which they would be exposed in association with the purchase.

You have the following information on this investment, as well as other information on key financial variables:

  • You should assume the end of June 2024 as 'now/today' for the purpose of undertaking your calculations
  • The FIP consists of three portions: Security A, B, and C. The maturity is one year for all securities
  • The payoff for security A is AUD10,000 + RASX200T x AUD10,000
  • RASX200T represents the rate ofreturn of the ASX 200Indexfrom now until the maturity of the FIP
  • The payoff for Security B is HKD60,000
  • The payoff of security C is AUD20,000 - (GOLDT/GOLD0) x AUD10,000
  • GOLDTrepresents thevalue of gold in AUDat maturity of the FIP andGOLD0 thevalue of gold in AUDat inception of the FIP (i.e., the end of June 2024)
  • Your client is funding this purchase partially with a U.S. based debt facility. At the end of one year, your client needs to pay USD5,000
  • You have been provided with time series data in the form of gold prices in AUD, the relevant exchange rates, and the value of the ASX 200 Index (see the spreadsheet provided with the ( Management Case Data below ...
Date GOLD USDAUD HKDAUD ASX200 Notes:
30-Jun-14 13.436 0.9379 0.1368 5395.747 HKDAUD AUD amount for 1 HKD
31-Jul-14 13.345 0.9363 0.1388 5632.914 USDAUD USD amount for 1 AUD
31-Aug-14 13.22 0.9328 0.1381 5625.895 ASX200 The index value of the top 200 Australian Company
30-Sep-14 13.338 0.8707 0.1473 5292.812 GOLD Gold Price in AUD
31-Oct-14 13.015 0.8774 0.1467 5526.602
30-Nov-14 13.372 0.8498 0.1514 5313
31-Dec-14 14.028 0.8123 0.1576 5411.018
31-Jan-15 15.5 0.7762 0.166 5588.321
28-Feb-15 14.83 0.7804 0.1647 5928.767
31-Mar-15 14.826 0.7581 0.1689 5891.505
30-Apr-15 14.42 0.7896 0.1635 5789.983
31-May-15 14.826 0.7649 0.1686 5777.16
30-Jun-15 14.665 0.7685 0.1677 5459.01
31-Jul-15 14.171 0.7276 0.1757 5699.164
31-Aug-15 15.132 0.7118 0.1819 5206.976
30-Sep-15 15.35 0.6988 0.1837 5021.629
31-Oct-15 15.5 0.7117 0.181 5239.439
30-Nov-15 14.026 0.7228 0.1781 5166.518
31-Dec-15 13.878 0.7266 0.1772 5295.859
31-Jan-16 15.295 0.7053 0.1812 5005.524
29-Feb-16 16.449 0.7132 0.18 4880.926
31-Mar-16 15.31 0.765 0.1677 5082.785
30-Apr-16 15.5 0.7587 0.1691 5252.217
31-May-16 15.946 0.7213 0.1776 5378.56
30-Jun-16 16.9 0.7424 0.1734 5233.375
31-Jul-16 16.894 0.7591 0.1696 5562.358
31-Aug-16 16.646 0.751 0.1716 5433.033
30-Sep-16 16.649 0.7649 0.1685 5435.921
31-Oct-16 15.956 0.7592 0.1696 5317.732
30-Nov-16 15.13 0.7386 0.1744 5440.472
31-Dec-16 15.228 0.7202 0.1781 5665.791
31-Jan-17 15.073 0.7578 0.1698 5620.911
28-Feb-17 15.528 0.7666 0.1676 5712.221
31-Mar-17 15.45 0.7636 0.1687 5864.905
30-Apr-17 16.118 0.748 0.172 5924.064
31-May-17 16.1 0.7432 0.1724 5724.572
30-Jun-17 15.366 0.7681 0.167 5721.494
31-Jul-17 15.07 0.7997 0.1603 5720.591
31-Aug-17 15.66 0.7948 0.1611 5714.522
30-Sep-17 15.539 0.8 0.1632 5681.61
31-Oct-17 15.75 0.8049 0.1673 5909.017
30-Nov-17 16.036 0.8049 0.1686 5969.892
31-Dec-17 15.736 0.8049 0.1635 6065.129
31-Jan-18 15.7 0.8049 0.1577 6037.683
28-Feb-18 15.957 0.7778 0.164 6015.959
31-Mar-18 16.37 0.7675 0.1657 5759.365
30-Apr-18 16.5 0.753 0.1688 5982.732
31-May-18 16.281 0.7567 0.1684 6011.883
30-Jun-18 16.005 0.7397 0.1725 6194.633
31-Jul-18 15.537 0.7438 0.1714 6280.201
31-Aug-18 15.685 0.718 0.1762 6319.498
30-Sep-18 15.482 0.7224 0.1767 6207.561
31-Oct-18 16.198 0.7075 0.1799 5830.307
30-Nov-18 15.795 0.7305 0.175 5667.157
31-Dec-18 17.05 0.7045 0.1814 5646.369
31-Jan-19 17.117 0.7267 0.1748 5864.654
28-Feb-19 17.394 0.7095 0.1791 6168.992
31-Mar-19 17.122 0.7109 0.1793 6180.731
30-Apr-19 17.174 0.7052 0.1811 6325.466
31-May-19 17.585 0.6943 0.1841 6396.852
30-Jun-19 19 0.7023 0.1824 6618.772
31-Jul-19 19.599 0.6844 0.1853 6812.56
31-Aug-19 21.432 0.6731 0.1894 6604.215
30-Sep-19 20.826 0.6755 0.1891 6688.348
31-Oct-19 20.32 0.6891 0.1852 6663.374
30-Nov-19 20.242 0.6767 0.1888 6845.996
31-Dec-19 20.407 0.7027 0.1826 6684.075
31-Jan-20 21.955 0.67 0.1925 7017.222
29-Feb-20 23.662 0.6524 0.1993 6441.21
31-Mar-20 24.572 0.6142 0.2108 5076.827
30-Apr-20 24.58 0.6523 0.1971 5522.353
31-May-20 24.221 0.666 0.1944 5755.69
30-Jun-20 24.23 0.6898 0.1874 5897.882
31-Jul-20 25.67 0.7147 0.18 5927.781
31-Aug-20 25.098 0.7389 0.1744 6060.462
30-Sep-20 24.872 0.7162 0.1801 5815.941
31-Oct-20 24.899 0.7029 0.1836 5927.58
30-Nov-20 22.408 0.7355 0.1751 6517.807
31-Dec-20 23 0.7696 0.1671 6587.096
31-Jan-21 22.526 0.7641 0.1681 6607.357
28-Feb-21 21.081 0.7711 0.1665 6673.268
31-Mar-21 20.654 0.76 0.1689 6790.666
30-Apr-21 21.255 0.7705 0.1667 7025.817
31-May-21 23.053 0.7738 0.1664 7161.627
30-Jun-21 21.873 0.7496 0.1715 7313.023
31-Jul-21 23.099 0.7335 0.175 7392.624
31-Aug-21 23.123 0.7321 0.176 7534.9
30-Sep-21 22.394 0.7232 0.1779 7332.159
31-Oct-21 22.154 0.7526 0.1712 7323.737
30-Nov-21 23.39 0.712 0.1808 7255.97
31-Dec-21 23.37 0.7277 0.1765 7444.642
31-Jan-22 23.753 0.7074 0.1819 6971.632
28-Feb-22 24.794 0.7264 0.1764 7049.125
31-Mar-22 23.924 0.7489 0.1701 7499.588
30-Apr-22 24.817 0.7084 0.1792 7435.013
31-May-22 24.01 0.7177 0.1777 7211.172
30-Jun-22 24.5 0.6907 0.1853 6568.064
31-Jul-22 23.39 0.6997 0.1826 6945.15
31-Aug-22 23.23 0.6847 0.1858 6986.757
30-Sep-22 23.84 0.6409 0.1981 6474.198
31-Oct-22 23.8 0.6395 0.1992 6863.459
30-Nov-22 24.31 0.6794 0.1913 7284.173
31-Dec-22 24.89 0.6814 0.1889 7038.689
31-Jan-23 25.31 0.7056 0.1811 7476.661
28-Feb-23 25.02 0.6737 0.1889 7258.399
31-Mar-23 27.33 0.6686 0.1902 7177.755
30-Apr-23 27.8 0.6619 0.1928 7309.152
31-May-23 28.03 0.6498 0.1974 7091.311
30-Jun-23 26.62 0.6667 0.1917 7203.299
31-Jul-23 27.07 0.6721 0.1903 7410.424
31-Aug-23 27.76 0.6478 0.1969 7305.269
30-Sep-23 26.73 0.6442 0.1978 7048.637
31-Oct-23 29.05 0.6345 0.2019 6780.678
30-Nov-23 28.44 0.6612 0.1931 7087.334
31-Dec-23 27.96 0.6818 0.1877 7590.818
31-Jan-24 28.6 0.6599 0.1935 7680.718
29-Feb-24 28.81 0.6497 0.1962 7698.699
31-Mar-24 31.02 0.6522 0.1959 7896.858
30-Apr-24 32.86 0.6485 0.1968 7664.075
31-May-24 32.56 0.6646 0.1922 7701.739
30-Jun-24 32.39 0.6672 0.1918 7767.47
Source iress.com Sep 2024

The Task

Give a detailed explanation and anyalsis in which you address the following:

1. Identify the financial risks to which your client would have exposure if invested in this FIP. You should tabulate the different financial risks to which an investor would be exposed if they bought the FIP and the sources of each financial risk.

(10 marks)

2. Your client is especially concerned about extreme adverse movements associated with the payoff of this investment portfolio. Provide your estimates associated with the payoff at maturity of the FIP given the underlying risk factor(s).

(Hint 1: the potential loss(es) can be calculated in relation to the amount you would receive if the FIP could be cashed out now (ignore time value). You should consider both likely payoffs and the probabilities of these payoffs. The loss(es) should be based on the risk characteristics of the underlying risk factor(s). You should not limit your estimates to only one loss scenario. Loss scenarios can be based on one risk factor or a combination of risk factors.)

(Hint 2: you should consider measures such as value-at-risk (VaR) to assist you in determining the loss(es). Any attempts to further assess the extreme risk will be rewarded.)

(Hint 3: it is not optimal to give all metrics equal weight in your discussion and interpretation. You should form an understanding of which ones are more important /counter intuitive/unexpected than others. Keep in mind that the ultimate goal is to assess the riskiness of this product. Any discussion should serve the goal.)

(50 marks)

3. Your client is concerned about the default risk of the issuer. How would you assess the credit risk of this FIP?

(Hint 1: You should tailor your credit assessment process to the issuer: the Australian Bank. You can use an existing Australian Bank as an example to orient your discussion.)

(Hint 2: You should discuss in detail, without calculations, the credit risk assessment process. Describe what method(s) might be employed, using which dataset(s) and, if available, how you would go about collecting this data.)

(20 marks)

notes: suggest what supporting materials such as tables, figures, references, and appendices, and support this and help explain parts 1-3 with excel file. Graphically explain what you did

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