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D14Q2(a) SWAP

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  • March 8, 2017 at 10:13 am #376526
    amna
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    can i know how the increase and decrease in interest rate is incorporated to the swap?

    also can i know how in the answer they had calculated

    Keshi Co’s effective borrowing rate(after swap) and

    the percentage Keshi Co pays?

    March 8, 2017 at 10:54 am #376540
    John Moffat
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    The increase and decrease is irrelevant if they swap because the swap means that they end up paying fixed interest, whatever happens to the floating interest rate.

    If K borrows fixed at 5.5% and the other borrows floating at L+0.3%, then the total comes to L + 5.8%

    If K borrows floating at L+0.4 and the other borrows fixed at L+4.6% then the total comes to L + 5%

    So what they should do is the second option and swap i.e. pay each others interest. Between then they will save 0.8% of which K will get 70% which is 0.56% saving.

    Without the swap Keshi pays fixed interest of 5.5%.
    With the swap they save 0.56% and so end up paying 5.5 – 0.56 = 4.94%. In addition they have to pay 0.1% to the bank which gives a final total of 4.94 + 0.1 = 5.04%.

    The free lecture on swaps will help you.

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