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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA - SEMESTER–IV • EXAMINATION – SUMMER • 2014
Subject Code: 840202 Date: 13-05-2015
Subject Name: International Finance (IF)
Time: 10.30 am - 13.30 pm Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
OR
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Q.4 (a) Explain the benefit from FDI to the host and the home countries. 07
(b) Assume the following information: 07
90-day U.S. interest rate = 4%
90-day Malaysian interest rate = 3%
90-day forward rate of Malaysian ringgit = $.400
Spot rate of Malaysian ringgit = $.404
Assume that the Santa Barbara Co. in the United States will need 300,000
ringgit in 90 days. It wishes to hedge this payables position. Would it be better
off using a forward hedge or a money market hedge? Substantiate your answer
with estimated costs for each type of hedge.
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