Consider a US firm sells a gas turbine generator to a British firm; in March 201x for British pound BP 1,000,000. Payment is due
three months later in June 201x. The firm’s cost of capital is 12%. The following quotes are current in the market:1. spot rate: $1.764 per British pound2. 3-month forward rate: $1.754 per British pound3. 3-month interest rate for borrowing in U.K.: 2.5% Per quarter4. UK 3-month investment rate: 2.0% /quarter5. US 3-month borrowing rate: 2.0% /quarter6. US 3-month investment rate: 1.5% per quarter7. June put option in the over the counter market for British pound 1,000,000; strike price $1.71 (out-of-the money): 1% premium8. June put option on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange: a. British pound BP 31,250 per contract at strike price of $1.75 costb. 2.5 cents per pound premium, and brokerage cost $50 per contract9. the firm’s foreign exchange advisory service forecasts that the spot rate in three months will be $1.76 per pound.Show all your calculations of cost of the following alternatives:(i) Unhedged Position; (ii) Money Market Hedge; (iii) Forward market hedge; and (iv) Options Hedge;(Show your work. This means that No work is No credits)
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