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Cocoa-Mocha-Chai (CMC) Co is a large listed company based in Switzerland and uses Swiss Francs as its currency. It imports tea, coffee and cocoa from countries around the world, and sells its blended products to supermarkets and large retailers worldwide. The company has production facilities located in two European ports where raw materials are brought for processing, and from where finished products are shipped out. All raw material purchases are paid for in US dollars (US$), while all sales are invoiced in Swiss Francs (CHF).
Until recently CMC Co had no intention of hedging its foreign currency exposures, interest rate exposures or commodity price fluctuations, and stated this intent in its annual report. However, after consultations with senior and middle managers, the company’s new Board of Directors (BoD) has been reviewing its risk management and operations strategies.
The following two proposals have been put forward by the BoD for further consideration:
Proposal one
Setting up a treasury function to manage the foreign currency and interest rate exposures (but not commodity price fluctuations) using derivative products. The treasury function would be headed by the finance director. The purchasing director, who initiated the idea of having a treasury function, was of the opinion that this would enable her management team to make better decisions. The finance director also supported the idea as he felt this would increase his influence on the BoD and strengthen his case for an increase in his remuneration.
In order to assist in the further consideration of this proposal, the BoD wants you to use the following upcoming foreign currency and interest rate exposures to demonstrate how they would be managed by the treasury function:
(i) a payment of US$5,060,000 which is due in four months’ time; and
(ii) a four-year CHF60,000,000 loan taken out to part-fund the setting up of four branches (see proposal two below). Interest will be payable on the loan at a fixed annual rate of 2·2% or a floating annual rate based on the yield curve rate plus 0·40%. The loan’s principal amount will be repayable in full at the end of the fourth year.
Proposal two
This proposal suggested setting up four new branches in four different countries. Each branch would have its own production facilities and sales teams. As a consequence of this, one of the two European-based production facilities will be closed. Initial cost-benefit analysis indicated that this would reduce costs related to production, distribution and logistics, as these branches would be closer to the sources of raw materials and also to the customers. The operations and sales directors supported the proposal, as in addition to above, this would enable sales and marketing teams in the branches to respond to any changes in nearby markets more quickly. The branches would be controlled and staffed by the local population in those countries. However, some members of the BoD expressed concern that such a move would create agency issues between CMC Co’s central management and the management controlling the branches. They suggested mitigation strategies would need to be established to minimise these issues.
Response from the non-executive directors
When the proposals were put to the non-executive directors, they indicated that they were broadly supportive of the second proposal if the financial benefits outweigh the costs of setting up and running the four branches. However, they felt that they could not support the first proposal, as this would reduce shareholder value because the costs related to undertaking the proposal are likely to outweigh the benefits.
Additional information relating to proposal one
The current spot rate is US$1·0635 per CHF1. The current annual inflation rate in the USA is three times higher than Switzerland.
The following derivative products are available to CMC Co to manage the exposures of the US$ payment and the interest on the loan:
Exchange-traded currency futures
Contract size CHF125,000 price quotation: US$ per CHF1
It can be assumed that futures and option contracts expire at the end of the month and transaction costs related to these can be ignored.
Over-the-counter products
In addition to the exchange-traded products, Pecunia Bank is willing to offer the following over-the-counter derivative products to CMC Co:
(i) A forward rate between the US$ and the CHF of US$ 1·0677 per CHF1.
(ii) An interest rate swap contract with a counterparty, where the counterparty can borrow at an annual floating rate based on the yield curve rate plus 0·8% or an annual fixed rate of 3·8%. Pecunia Bank would charge a fee of 20 basis points each to act as the intermediary of the swap. Both parties will benefit equally from the swap contract.
Required:
(a) Advise CMC Co on an appropriate hedging strategy to manage the foreign exchange exposure of the US$ payment in four months’ time. Show all relevant calculations, including the number of contracts bought or sold in the exchange-traded derivative markets. (15 marks)
(b) Demonstrate how CMC Co could benefit from the swap offered by Pecunia Bank. (6 marks)
(c) As an alternative to paying the principal on the loan as one lump sum at the end of the fourth year, CMC Co could pay off the loan in equal annual amounts over the four years similar to an annuity. In this case, an annual interest rate of 2% would be payable, which is the same as the loan’s gross redemption yield (yield to maturity).
Required: Calculate the modified duration of the loan if it is repaid in equal amounts and explain how duration can be used to measure the sensitivity of the loan to changes in interest rates. (7 marks)
(d) Prepare a memorandum for the Board of Directors (BoD) of CMC Co which:
(i) Discusses proposal one in light of the concerns raised by the non-executive directors; and (9 marks)
(ii) Discusses the agency issues related to proposal two and how these can be mitigated. (9 marks)
Professional marks will be awarded in part (d) for the presentation, structure, logical flow and clarity of the memorandum. (4 marks)
1. Always Start the Negotiations. You must initiate the process. This is because whoever controls the start of the negotiations tends to control where they end. If you let the other party start negotiations, you will be constantly giving up control, often without even realizing it. For instance, when you ask someone what his project budget is, you are allowing him to start the negotiations. You will then spend your time chasing his number rather than finding the best solution. So, never let the other party control the negotiations.
2. Always Negotiate in Writing. The purpose of negotiations is to arrive at a formal written agreement, not tell a story or spend time talking. From the first moment you begin a proposal, you should create a document and take it to the client. It will include all the points of agreement and become real to the prospective customer. Negotiating first and then having to create a document adds unnecessary time to a transaction. But if you build your written agreement as you negotiate, you are prepared to ask for a signature the moment the decision to buy is made.
3. Always Stay Cool. The negotiation table can be loaded with agendas, egos and emotions. Great negotiators know how to stay cool, providing leadership and solutions, while the rest of the room becomes insanely invested in personal agendas and useless emotions. 27 Crying, getting angry and blowing off steam may make you feel good, but such behavior. will not benefit you while negotiating. When the rest of the room gets emotional, stay cool and use logic to negotiate and close.
1. If you let the other party start negotiations, you will be completely grasp the control, often without even realizing it.
2. So, never let both parties control the negotiations.
3. Negotiating first and then having to create a document doesn’t need necessary time to a transaction.
4. Great negotiators know how to stay cool, providing leadership and solutions, while the rest of the room becomes wild or helpless during the negotiation.
5. When the rest of the room gets out of control, stay cool and use logic to negotiate and close.
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Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods (1). time/times/period
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature (2). __/__
as a school subject are valid for^ study of television. (3).the ______
latest figures from the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service show that well over one million immigrants are now arriving in America every year. This is highest number of 1. _________
newcomers to the United States since the mass migration of Europeans in 2. _________
the turn of the century. The new immigrants no longer come main from 3. _________
Europe. According to the official government estimate, the greatest source of immigrants to America is now Asia, followed by Latin America. Forty-two percents of the new immigrants come from Asia 4. _________
while 39 percent come from Latin America. Only 13 percent of the recent immigration to America is now from Europe. Although the United States now accepts twice as many foreigners as all other nations combined, but Congress is. studying several proposals to limit 5. _________
immigration, include a new ceiling of about 450,000 immigrants a year. 6. _________
It is little clear that Congress will do about the problem of illegal 7. _________
immigrants. As estimated 500,000 to one million persons enter the United States illegally every year. Several congressmen have introduced legislation that would make it legal for employers to knowingly hire an 8. _________
illegal alien. A company would face a heavy fine if convicted of hiring a person with proper papers. Many business groups and civil rights leaders 9. _________
oppose this proposal because they fear it would lead. to wholesale discrimination in Hispanics and other recent immigrants. 10. _________
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C.is going to be discussed
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