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Problem on HIBOR

Below are the three-month HIBOR and three-year EFN futures (that is, Exchange Fund Note) prices for the September 2010 contracts.

a) Find out the HIBOR in three-months for settling the future contract utilizing the quotation on August 16.

b) Assume an investor sold one contract of three-month HIBOR futures on August 16 and closed it out on the August 20. Compute the profit or loss of this investor.

c) Assume an investor bought one contract of three-year EFN futures on August 16 and closed it out on August 20. What would be the gain or loss of this investor?

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a) HIBOR in three months for settling the futures will be determined by multiplying the quoted price on AUG 16 with the minimum fluctuation and multiplying by 100.

The minimum fluctuation is calculated based on the contract price multiplied by the basis point for each quarter.

The contract size is HK$ 5000000 and the basis point is .0001
Hence minimum fluctuation will be HK$ 5000000x.0001x0.25= HK$125

Hence the HIBOR rate will be 99.670 x.0001x0.25=.00249175+ 99.67= 99.6725

b) Each contract will be $5000000. If he sells at 3 months HIBOR then the value would be 99.6725 (5000000x.0001x0.25) X 100 = $ 1245906.250

Further if he closes then on Aug 20, at 99.74 then the value would be 125x99.74x100=$1246750.000, he will gain $ 843.75

c) The size of each three year EFN futures is $1000000 with a coupon of 6 %. The investor has bought EFN for a value of $ 1000000 x114.31= $114310000 and he has closed this on Aug 20th at 114.38 giving him a value of $1000000x114.38=$ 114383000.

He has gained $ 73000 ( $114383000 – $114310000)

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