(8 marks) Consider two hypothetical companies, X and Y. Companies X and Y have been...

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  1. (8 marks) Consider two hypothetical companies, X and Y. Companies X and Y have been offered the following rates per annum on a $10 million 5-year investment.

Company X

Company Y

Floating

LIBOR+0.5%

LIBOR+1%

Fixed

8%

9.2%

Company X prefers a floating-rate loan for the investment; company Y prefers a fixed-rate loan. To reduce financing costs, X borrows at a fixed rate, while Y borrows at a floating rate.

Design a swap that will net a bank, acting as intermediary, 0.2% per annum and will appear equally attractive to X and Y.

Why is such an arrangement possible?

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