Interest rate risk management (1) Part 4 - ACCA (AFM) lectures

[@ananthavenkat6104]

Greetings! I have a suggestion for selecting the options. The most beneficial option can be selected by calculating the theoretical interest for all the given put options and choose the best from it. In example 6, the options will have the following rates: 94.25 - 7.34% ; 94.50 - 7.11% ; 94.75 - 7.13%. It will be most beneficial to choose the option with exercise price 94.50.

[@oyinkansolawewe4281]

@ Anatha, yes you are right Thanks for the tip. Are you writing Dec diet?

[@opentuition]

You cannot say which is best because the premiums will be payable even if the option is not exercised. In the exam there are usually only two exercise prices these days and you are normally expected to show the calculations for both of them (and to then discuss).

[@Harry-hk1pg]

Thanks for the video. I have one question about the example 6, when estimating the future rate at 18 Sep, why we using LIBOR rate 6.5% rather than 7.9%? the company borrow at 1.4% higher than the LIBOR. I tried to use 6.4% and 7.9% to calculate, it leads me to a slightly different result.

[@opentuition]

Futures prices move with LIBOR not with individual company borrowing rates because they will all be different from each other.

[@Harry-hk1pg]

@@opentuition thanks for your reply 👍🏻