A british firm needs 4M Australian $. An Australian firm needs 2M BP. There FX r

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A british firm needs 4M Australian $. An Australian firm needs 2M BP. There FX rate is 2 A$/BP. The british firm has access to a 10% fixed interest rate and also a variable rate of LIBOR. The Australian firm has access to a fixed interest rate of 7% and also a variable rate of LIBOR. The british firms needs a fixed rate loan; the Australian firm needs a variable loan rate. Fill in the missing parts for interest rates to be swapped in a way that each party equally benefits from a swap deal: The Australian firm borrows at (BLANK) and lends it to the british firm at (BLANK) The british firm borrows at (BLANK) and lends it to the Australian firm at (BLANK) As a result, the effective interest rate to the british firm would be (BLANK) and to the australian firm would be (BLANK) Answer for BLANK

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Objective Fixed rate Variable rate British firm Fixed 10% LIBOR Australian firm Floating 7% LIBOR Net differentof 3% to be shared between British firm and australian firm in this case Australian firm borrow LIBOR & lend it to the British firm at 7% British firm borrow at 10% &len it to Australian firm at LIBOR Effective interest of british firm is 4 Mx7%=.28m Effective interest of Australian firm is 2 Mx10%=.2m

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