Reference no: EM133492035
Case: The board of a company (Firm A) has agreed to pursue a new project and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) speaks with several banks and determines that it may borrow:
Floating at BBSW + 3.65%pa
Fixed rate debt at 11.45%pa
The CFO of a mid-sized corporate (Firm B) speaks with their banker and learns that it may borrow:
Floating at BBSW + 4.15%pa
Fixed rate debt at 13.15%pa
Government debt is trading at 4.85%pa
Both CFO's happen to approach the same investment bank, you, to explore funding options. You recommend that each party enter into a swap with your bank. Note: a prerequisite of your bank entering into swap transactions is the bank makes a minimum of 0.075% profit on each leg.
Required
Question 1: Determine the swap strategy that maximises the benefit of the swap for each party, including your investment bank.
Specify the swap cashflows
Question 2: Calculate the borrowing costs and the benefit to each party from entering into the swap.