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International Financial Management 2nd Edition by Geert Bekaert ,Robert Hodrick

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0132162760
book International Financial Management 2nd Edition by Geert Bekaert ,Robert Hodrick cover

International Financial Management 2nd Edition by Geert Bekaert ,Robert Hodrick

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0132162760
Exercise 1
Suppose Sony issues $100,000,000 of 5-year dollar bonds. Nomura will handle the bond issue for a fee of 1.875%. Sony's bonds will be priced at par if they carry a coupon of 8.5%. As the swap trader for Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFJ), you have been quoting the following rates on 5-year swaps:
U.S. Dollars: 8.00% bid and 8.10% offered against the 6-month dollar LIBOR
Japanese Yen: 4.50% bid and 4.60% offered against the 6-month dollar LIBOR
Sony would like to do the dollar bond issue, but it prefers to have fixed-rate yen debt. If MUFJ gets the proceeds of the dollar bond issue, giving Sony an equivalent amount of yen, and MUFJ agrees to make the dollar interest payments associated with Sony's dollar bonds, what yen interest payments should MUFJ charge Sony What is Sony's allin cost in yen The current spot exchange rate is ¥98.50/$.
Explanation
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