Today’s date is 1st September 2009.
TIR Plc is a UK based company with a subsidiary in the United States. The company’s treasury is expecting a $1.4m receipt from the subsidiary in three months time on 1st December 2009. Usually the company manages its currency risk by using forward exchange contracts but the treasurer is considering using currency futures.
1.
a) explain how forward contracts and currency futures could be used by TIR Plc. Your explanation should include the construction of appropriate hedges using the above data.
2.
a) Discuss the merits of using forward contract and financial futures to hedge currency risk.
3.
a) If on 1st December exchange rates and currency futures have moved to
Spot rate
:
$1.7324 - $1.7328
Currency Futures:
December $/£ Contract
$1.7305
Evaluate the forward and the futures hedges constructed in part
. (Your evaluation should include both numerical and a written evaluation.)
4.
a) If the treasurer had forecast that:
I. Interest rates in the UK relative to US were expected to rise, or
II. Inflation in the UK was expected to fall.
How would this information affect the decision to hedge?
(Your discussion should make reference to the underlying theory on exchange rate movements)
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