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问题如下:
Following
analysis of Indian economic fundamentals, C&M’s currency team expects
continued stability in interest rate and inflation rate differentials between
the United States and India. C&M’s currency team strongly believes the US
dollar will appreciate relative to the Indian rupee.
C&M would like
to exploit the perceived alpha opportunity using forward contracts on the
USD10,000,000 Bhatt portfolio.
Recommend the trading strategy
C&M should implement. Justify your
response.
选项:
解释:
Correct Answer:
Given C&M’s
research conclusion and the IPS constraints, the currency team should
under-hedge Bhatt’s portfolio by selling the US dollar forward against the
Indian rupee in a forward contract (or contracts) at no less than a 75% hedge
ratio of the portfolio’s USD10,000,000 market value. By under-hedging the
portfolio relative to the “neutral” (100% hedge ratio) benchmark, the team
seeks to add incremental value on the basis of its view that the US dollar will
appreciate against the Indian rupee while maintaining compliance with the IPS.
Since the Indian
rupee is assumed to depreciate against the US dollar, a 100% hedge ratio would
largely eliminate any alpha opportunity. However, a hedge ratio greater than
75% but less than 100% (as dictated by the plus or minus 25% versus neutral IPS
constraint) provides the opportunity to capture currency return in the expected
US dollar appreciation against the Indian rupee.
老师好,作为简答题我这样回答可以吗?
To capture alpha opertunities, with expectation that currency will appriciate, we should reduce hedge or increase the long position in the currency.(原理)
Given the strongly expectation of appreciation of USD and IPS with discretion of 25% deviation from neutral position of USD 10,000,000, under hedge strategy should be implemented.(i.e. To use forward contract of 7.5M USD to hedge the portfolio. 7.5M is from 10M*(100%-25%)=10M*75%=7.5M). (证据+结论)
So that if the USD really appreciate, then the 2.5M USD exposure left could help to add alpha value for Bhatt. (补充说明?)
1)想确认一下,关于结论,关键是回答出under hedge strategy,还是回答出To use forward contract of 7.5M USD to hedge the portfolio?(就是关于这个recommended strategy到底要写到多具体)
2.
1)我是否需要写出所用forward合约的notioanl amount是7.5M?
2)如果需要,是否需要写出7.5M是怎样来的?
3)如果要,计算过程里用7.5M简写可以吗?还是需要写成 7,500,000? (如果可以简写,感觉可以降低考试时写错小数位的机会)
3.最后关于alpha怎么来的这句话“So that if the USD really appreciate, then the 2.5M USD exposure left could help to add alpha value for Bhatt.” 我需要写吗? 还是只需要点出了to use forward contract under hedage就可以了?