Exercise 1: Consider an Australian financial institution with a trading position of 1’000’000 EUR. The current exchange rate is AUD 1.6 / EUR.
a) Calculate the value of the position in AUD.
b) The volatility of the exchange rate is AUD 0.1 / EUR. Calculate
the volatility in percent of the exchange rate.
c) Calculate the extreme adverse change in the foreign exchange rate for α = 1% in percent and in AUD x / EUR.
d) Calculate the daily earnings at risk for the foreign exchange rate exposure. e) Calculate the 5-day earnings at risk for the foreign exchange rate exposure.
a. Value of position in AUD = Value in EUR * Exchange rate per EUR = 1,000,000 * 1.6 = 1,600,000
b. Volatility in percentage = (0.1 *100) / 1.6 = 6.25%
c. Extreme change in rate if alpha = 1% , is 1% and exchange rate 1% * 1.6 = 0.016
d & e.. Need more information like movement in exchange rate per to calculate
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PROBLEM №1
What is a forward price of an index JKL given the following
information?
Date of pricing: November 15, 2019
Time till expiration: four months / Contract expires on March
15, 2020
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Continuously compounded dividend yield: 2.3%
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What is the value of the forward contract (specified in
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