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Interest rate future

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA AFM Advanced Financial Management Forums › Interest rate future

  • This topic has 4 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 13 years ago by flourish.
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  • April 12, 2012 at 2:28 pm #52142
    utn9
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    Dear Sir,

    If a question gives many future prices, for instance, it is 1st Apr 2012, the company wants to borrow the loan in 4 months time, but the questions has Future prices for June 2012, Sep 2012.

    Now the question is which Future price (whether June or Sep) to be chosen in order to compute the Profit/Loss.

    April 17, 2012 at 10:17 am #96136
    Anonymous
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    I do believe the furture price immediately on maturity of the loan. Giving near the expected cost of the change in the interest rate.

    April 17, 2012 at 2:00 pm #96137
    John Moffat
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    June and September future refer to the latest date on which you can close off the future (finish the deal).

    So if you deal on a June future then you must finish the deal by the last day of June.

    You choose the future that finishes soonest after the date the loan starts. (So for example, if the loan is to start on 1 August you would choose a September future)

    With regard to calculating the profit or loss on the deal, you take the difference between the price of the future today (now) and the price on the day the loan starts (which is the day on which you will finish the futures deal).

    May 6, 2012 at 11:58 pm #96139
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    Thank you sir

    May 8, 2012 at 6:14 pm #96140
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    Don’t forget the issue of basis risk here. In the case where the loan matures @ a different date to that of the contract month. So, try to understand basis risk @ unt9

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