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Nyasaka plc has borrowing of GBP100 million on which it pays three-month LIBOR
+2 per cent. Mr Tuntufye Mwaigomole, The Senior treasurers view is that interest
rates will rise before the next rate fixing on 1st June. She decides to hedge the
position with futures contracts.
The date now is now 11th March; the price of June futures is given in the FT extract
(the exchange has a total spread of 0.04 on the rate quoted in the FT) and the current
three-month LIBOR is also given in the FT extract below.
Futures information
The contract size is 500,000
The tick size is 12.50
The initial margin is 500.
i. Draw the risk profile of the company.
ii. Set up the hedge on the 11th March using the appropriate terminology.
iii. Illustrate the entries in the margin account for the first two days of trading from
the following information:
Closing futures price on 12th March: 98.35
Closing futures price on 13th March: 98.30At 1st June the following information is available:
The futures contract stands at 98.60.
Three months LIBOR is 1.3 per cent.
Illustrate the cash flows in the money market and the futures market, clearly
setting out the effective return.price at settlement date is 98.36

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