INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
13TH EDITION ACTUAL EXAM UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Currency derivatives are used by MNCs to?
Answer: 1) speculate on future exchange rate movements
2) hedge exposure to exchange rate risk
◉ What is a forward contract?
Answer: It is an agreement between a corporation and a financial
institution:
1) to exchange a specified amount of currency,
2) at a specified exchange rate (*forward rate*),
3) on a specific date in the future
◉ How do MNCs use forward contracts?
Answer: *hedge* their imports by locking in the rate at which they
can obtain the currency
, ◉ the *Bid/Ask Spread* is wider for...
Answer: less liquid currencies
◉ When can an *offsetting trade* occur?
Answer: Bank may negotiate an offsetting trade if an MNC enters
into a forward sale and a forward purchase with the same bank.
◉ Non-deliverable forward contracts (NDFs) can be used for
Answer: emerging market currencies where no currency delivery
takes place at settlement, instead one party makes a payment to the
other party.
◉ *Arbitrage* can occur when
Answer: the forward rate is the same as the spot rate.
◉ Premium or Discount on the forward rate equation is?
Answer: F = S(1 + p)
p is the forward premium, or the percentage by which the forward
rate exceeds the spot rate
◉ Movements in the Forward Rate over time -
13TH EDITION ACTUAL EXAM UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Currency derivatives are used by MNCs to?
Answer: 1) speculate on future exchange rate movements
2) hedge exposure to exchange rate risk
◉ What is a forward contract?
Answer: It is an agreement between a corporation and a financial
institution:
1) to exchange a specified amount of currency,
2) at a specified exchange rate (*forward rate*),
3) on a specific date in the future
◉ How do MNCs use forward contracts?
Answer: *hedge* their imports by locking in the rate at which they
can obtain the currency
, ◉ the *Bid/Ask Spread* is wider for...
Answer: less liquid currencies
◉ When can an *offsetting trade* occur?
Answer: Bank may negotiate an offsetting trade if an MNC enters
into a forward sale and a forward purchase with the same bank.
◉ Non-deliverable forward contracts (NDFs) can be used for
Answer: emerging market currencies where no currency delivery
takes place at settlement, instead one party makes a payment to the
other party.
◉ *Arbitrage* can occur when
Answer: the forward rate is the same as the spot rate.
◉ Premium or Discount on the forward rate equation is?
Answer: F = S(1 + p)
p is the forward premium, or the percentage by which the forward
rate exceeds the spot rate
◉ Movements in the Forward Rate over time -