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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Introduction
In the increased competitive world, the objective of reduction in cost and maximization of
wealth cannot be overlooked / undermined, even if business is done across the borders.
Geography is transformed into history in the web enabled commercial world. But the
requirement of being efficient will not be lost at any point of transformation. Expert
knowledge in international financial management is a sine quo non to the successful
running of business, as knowledge is always power. Let us make a small beginning.
Direct Quote
Direct quotation is the one where so many units of local currency are given in terms of
one unit of foreign currency. Example 1$=Rs.46. Compare a domestic situation wherein
One kilo of Brinjal is priced for Rs.12.50. Foreign currency is akin to a commodity say, 1
kilogram of Brinjal - both have price.
Indirect Quote
Indirect quotation is the one where so many units of foreign currency are given in terms
of one unit or fixed number of units of local currency. Example Rs100=$2.1739. For
Rs.100 how many kilograms of Brinjal can be procured? The answer is 8 Kilograms of
Brinjal. {Rs.100/12.50}
Presently Direct quotes are in vogue except in England where indirect quotes are used.
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Two way quotes

Markets, as anybody understands the place where vendors quote the price of the
commodity and the buyer bargains before a deal is struck. Wherein in the following
markets, participants would both buy as well as sell. Remember, every TV news channel
gives time slots for the three important items. They are gold market, share market and
foreign exchange market. A user in these markets can buy as well sell the product.
Hence the dealer who is more organized in the market quote prices, one for buying and
the other for selling. The buying price is referred to as bid rate and the selling price is
referred to as offer rate or ask rate. The dealers buying rate is the rate used for
buying foreign currency from the customers (for the customers it is the selling rate). The
dealers selling rate is the rate used for selling foreign currency to the customers (for the
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The bid rate will be normally lower than the offer rate. The difference between the two is
referred to as spread. The spread is also expressed in terms of percentage on the offer
rate. That is spread/offer rate * 100.
Inverting quotes
Direct quotes can be converted to indirect quotes and vice versa is also possible. Two-
way quotes can also be expressed exactly in the opposite way by inverse operation. That
is 1/offer rate of a direct quote becomes bid rate of an indirect quote. Similarly 1/bid
rate of a direct quote bec omes offer rate of an indirect quote. This inverse operation
helps to find cross rates where quotation is not available between two currencies. That
is when INR/FFr is not available, we shall use INR/$, $/L and L/FFr. This may involve use
of 2 or more quotations.
Arbitrage
Arbitrage involves buying and selling a same currency in two different markets for gain.
It is a speculative action on the part of the authorized dealers. In a well-informed
market, it is not at all possible. Though academic interest is shown by many authors on
this subject, it cannot be ruled out totally.
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Spot Rate
The rate used by the authorized dealers in immediately settling the transactions.
Practically not more than two days will take to complete the transactions when dealt on
spot rate. TT (Telegraphic Transfer) rate is the rate prevailing on the date of the dealing
of transactions. However TT rates are used widely by the bankers/authorized dealers
interse.
Forward Rate
It is possible to buy/sell currencies for transaction (delivery) at an agreed future dates
usually 1 month, 3 months or 6 months later from the date of the transaction. This rate
is referred to as Forward Rate. It is a sort of a binding between the authorized dealer
and the customer for taking/giving delivery of a foreign currency on a future date. Such
forward rates are quoted either on outright basis or with the help of swap points. The
decimal expression (normally 4 decimal expression is a standard form) is called swap
points.
Premium and Discount

Finding as which currency is at premium and discount requires careful understanding.
Take INR spot at 46.62 against 1$, 6 months forward quote is 47.60 against 1 $. It is
very easy to say that INR is at discount and $ at premium, because higher local currency
is being matched against the same quantity of foreign currency in the forward market.
Any commodity paid at a greater rate in the future is considered as quoted at premium
and vice versa is also true. The direct quote expression can be restated on indirect quote
basis as spot 1 INR =$0.0215 {1/46.62) and 6 months forward as $0.0210 (1/47.60). It
is very easy to understand that INR is at discount.
If the swap points are in the ascending scale (low-high), the quotation is at premium or
else {descending – (high-low)} at discount. To arrive at forward rates, Premium (swap)
points are to be added to the spot rate and discount (swap) points are to be subtracted
from the spot rate. The premium/discount are expressed in terms of annualized
percentage. The formula is (Forward rate-Spot rate)/Spot rate *12/n * 100. (Where n
stands for the number of months).


Interest Rate Parity

There are many theories on, what influences the forward rate (premium/discount). It is
believed that interest rate of two countries influences the forward rate and swap points.
Interest rate parity illustrates why a particular currency might be at a forward
discount/premium. It is also important to note that a currency is at a forward premium
whenever domestic interest rate is higher than foreign interest rate. Discounts prevail if
domestic interest rate is lower than foreign interest rate.
A firm should be indifferent about investing at home or investing abroad if the home
interest rate equals the foreign interest rate plus the annualized forward exchange
premium/discount on the foreign currency.
Similarly the firm should invest at home when the domestic interest rate exceeds the
sum of the foreign interest rate plus the foreign exchange premium/discount, and it
should invest abroad when the domestic rate is less than this sum. It is understood that
mere comparison of interest is not sufficient. Hence one should compare the interest
rates differentials with the forward premium/discount rates to find where investments
should be made for gain. Chances are many for speculators cashing on the interest rate
differentials, for gain. This is technically referred to as covered interest arbitrage.
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This discussion brings a rule for arbitrage as follows: - First Rule
If interest rate differential (IRD) is greater than the premium/discount (annualized)

rates, then invest in the currency bearing higher rate of interest and converse is also
true.
If interest rate differential (IRD) is lower than the premium/discount (annualized) rates,
then invest in the currency bearing lower rate of interest.

This discussion brings yet another rule for arbitrage as follows:- Second Rule
Domestic rate < Foreign rate + or- Forward Premium/Discount rates invest in foreign
country. (We have teacher and taught relation ship and no business man like approach.)
Domestic rate > Foreign rate +or- Forward Premium/Discount rates invest in domestic
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A refined approach to covered interest arbitrage is attempted in the following manner.

Instead of summing or reducing the premium/discount in annualized percentage with the
annual interest rates of the economies, they are to be multiplied with adjusted
premium/discount factors. For example if the forward dollar is at premium of 5%, then it
shall be taken as 105% on the interest rate of US. If the dollar is at discount in the
forward by 5%, then the interest rate of US shall be multiplied by 95%
Purchasing Power Parity

Forward rates are also believed to be influenced by the law of one price. This law says
that a commodity will be priced the same regardless of the country in which it is
purchased/sold. Based on the purchasing power of the consume rs in the countries, the
exchange rates are influenced. The purchasing power is once again dependent on the
inflation rate plaguing the countries. (To know more about us visit KalpeshClasses.com)
Expectation Theory
Forward rate and expected future spot rate are two different things to be understood.
Forward rate is the rate negotiated for the delivery to be made / taken on a future date
for a present transaction. Future spot rate is the actual rate prevailing on the agreed
future date. An equilibrium is achieved only when the forward (premium/discount) points
equal to the expected change in the future spot rate. However it generally overshoots
one way or the other.
Fisher’s Inflation and Real Interest rate Theory

Relative inflation rates also affect interest rates. The interest rate of one country is
largely dependent on the inflation rates. Hence countries suffering higher inflation would
experience higher interest rates and vice versa is also true. If two countries experience
same inflation rates would experience same interest rates. This in union with Fisher
effect would mean that the difference in money rate of interest would be equal to the
expected difference in inflation rates. One shall use the same procedure to find the real
rate of interest as were used in capital budgeting problems.
(1+Money rate)= (1+Real rate) (1+inflation rate)

FORMULAE
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Spread = Offer Rate – Bid Rate
Spread in % = Offer Rate – Bid Rate
Offer Rate
DIRECT QUOTE
Forward Premium/ Forward Rate – Spot Rate x 365 x 100
Discount =
(in annualised %) Spot Rate n
INDIRECT QUOTE
Forward Premium/ Forward Rate – Spot Rate x 365 x 100
Discount =
(in annualised %) Forward rate n
Hedging Techniques
Hedging To Hedge Payables To Hedge Receivables
Technique
1. Futures Purchase a currency futures Sell a currency futures contract (or
hedge contract (or contracts) contracts) representing the currency
representing the currency and and amount related to the receivables.
amount related to the
payables.
2. Forward Negotiate a forward contract to Negotiate a forward contract to sell the
hedge purchase the amount of foreign amount of foreign currency that will be
currency needed to cover the received as a result of the receivables.
payables.
3. Money Borrow local currency and Borrow the currency denominating the
market convert to currency receivables, convert it to the local
hedge denominating payables. Invest currency, convert it to the local
these funds until they are currency, and invest it. Then pay off
needed to cover the payables. the loan with cash inflows from the
receivables.
4. Currency Purchase a currency call option Purchase a currency put option (or
option hedge (or options) representing the options representing the currency and
currency and amount related to amount related to the receivables.
the payables.

ROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Question No: 1 Identify quotes
Following are the quotes given by Banker at Mumbai. Identify the quote as Direct or
Indirect quote. Also compute the Direct for Indirect Quote and Vice-versa.
Quote – Direct / Quote the

Indirect Opposite Rate
1) 1$ = Rs.48.94
2) 1£ = Rs.71.04
3) 1 INR = Euro 0.0225
4) 100 Indo Rupiah = Rs.0.53
5) 1 HK$ = Rs.6.28
6) 1 INR = NZ$0.0449
7) 1 Aus$ = Rs.26.72
8) 100 SKw = Rs.3.83
9) 1 INR = C$0.0319
Question No: 2 Spread

From the following find out Bid – Rate and offer – Rate. Also find out the spread. Express
the spread in %.
Bid - Offer Spread Spread

Rate – Rate %
a) INR/$ 48.72 – 48.94
b) INR/Euro 44.44 – 44.67
c) INR/100 ¥ 38.01 – 38.14
d) INR/£ 71.00 – 71.12
e) INR/HK$ 6.14 – 6.32
f) INR/sFr 4.52 – 4.78
g) INR/Aus$ 26.41 – 26.72
h) INR/100 SKw = 3.71 – 3.83
i) INR/Sing$ 26.94 – 27.09
Question No: 3 Expression of spread in %

Find out the indirect quote for items referred in Question: 2. Also find out the spread &
Express the spread in %.
Indirect Bid – Offer – Spread Spread

Quote Rate Rate in %.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
Question No: 4 General application

In which country the following quotation is picked.
a) Euro/£ 1.6011
b) $ / £ 1.4516
c) ¥ / $ 128.3167
d) A$ / Can$ 1.1733
e) HK$ / ¥ 6.0732
f) Thb / NZ$ 19.5165
g) Id R / A$ 5058.6899
h) $ / IdR 0.0108
i) ¥ / INR 2.6219
Question No: 5 Cross rate quotes

Find out the cross rates from the following:
¥/$ = a) $/£ = 1.5240 ¥/£ = 235.20
T/£ = b) Euro/£ = 2.5150 Euro/T = 205.80
$/£ = c) sFr/£ = 4.3510 $/sFr = 0.4450
Can$/$ = d) $/Euro = 0.36 Euro/Can$ = 0.30
Euro/£ = e) $/£ = 1.5537 - 59 Euro/$ = 0.1982 -
92
£/sFr = f) $/£ = 2.0015 – 30 $/sFr = 0.6965 – 70
S$/HK$ = g) HK$/INR = 0.1656 – 70 INR/S$ = 23.9000 –
30
£/S$ = h) INR/£ = 65.2200 – 35 INR/S$ = 23.9000 –
30
¥/$ = i) $/Euro = 0.9042 – 9066 Euro/¥=0.8572 –
0.8596
Question No: 6 General Application

Assuming you are the calling bank and the following rates are quoted for U.S.$ against
SFR
Day 1 1.6962/78
2 1.6990/70.5
3 1.7027/42
a. On which day is it cheaper to buy U.S.$/ w.r.t. SFR

b. How many U.S.$ do you need to buy 1000 SFR on Day 1
c. What is the spread on Day 2
d. If you exchanged $2500 for SFR 4256.75 on which day did you exchange
Question No: 7 Premium/ Discount - Forwards

Find out the Forward Quotation (FQ) from the following Spot Rate and the Swap Points
and indicate the Premium / Discount. Also express Premium / Discount (%).
Spot 1 m P/D 3 m P/D 6 m P/D
a) FFr / $ 5.2321/40 25/20 40/32 21/20
b) INR / £ 65.2200/35 40/30 50/35 55/42
c) INR / S$ 23.9000/30 30/25 40/60 45/65
d) HK$ / INR 0.1656/70 11/14 14/19 27/20
1 Months 3 Months 6 Months

Bid Offer Bid Offer Bid Offer
a) FFr / $
b) INR / £
c) INR / S$
d) HK$ / INR
Question NO.8 Premium/ Discount – Forwards – Indirect Quote
In the above problem compute the opposite quote. Also find out the forward rate and
discount or premium in annualized % .
Question No: 9 Application of Interest rate parity
The following table shows interest rates for the US$ and FFr. The spot exchange rate
7.05 FFr per dollar. Complete the missing figures:
(All the percentage rates are annualized)
3 months 6 months 12 months
Dollar Interest rate 11.5% 12.25% ?
Franc interest rate 19.5% ? 20%
Forward Franc per dollar ? ? 7.5200
Forward Dollar Premium % ? 6.72% ?
Question: 10 Interest Rate Parity
Following is the data pertaining to Spot rate, Forward Rate and Money market rates.
Compute the missing values if the covered interest parity holds good:
S.No Spot Rs./$ 3m For Interest $ Interest INR

1 33.50 33.8 ? 6
2 33.70 33.4 6 ?
3 33.50 ? 4 6
4 ? 33.8 4 8
Question No: 11 PP application and Expectation

a) Suppose over a period of 2 years, the US price index moves from 110 to 135 and the
Japanese price index moves from 105 to 112. The spot exchange rate is
1$=124.1545. What would be spot rate after 2 years from now?
b) A customer in Germany buys an item for 335 DM. He makes enquiry in France for
that item by the same time. The quotation is FFr.100. What is spot rate of FFr. In
Germany?
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Question: 12 Inflation factor in Forward quote
You have the following information:
London New York

Spot exchange rate $1.6/ 0.625/$
One-year treasury bill rate 5.00% 6.00%
Expected inflation rate 2.00% Unknown
Assuming parity conditions hold:
a) Estimate inflation in the US next year

b) Estimate today’s one-year forward exchange rate between pounds and dollars.

Question: 13 Forward Quotes-Swap points
Today is April 19. You see the following quotes given by the banker:
INR/USD Spot: 48.8560/48.8562

Spot-April : 200/300
Spot-May : 500/700
Spot-June : 1100/1500
Spot-July : 1900/2500
Find the rate for buying USD delivery July 19.
Question No: 14 Impact of Appreciation/Depreciation

(a) Suppose that 1 French franc could be purchased in the foreign exchange market for
20 US cents today. If the franc appreciated 10 percent tomorrow against the dollar,
how many francs would a dollar buy tomorrow?
(b) Fleur du lac, a French co., has shipped goods to an American importer under a letter
of credit arrangement, which calls for payment at the end of 90 days. The invoice is
for $ 1,24,000. Presently the exchange rate is 5.70 French francs to the $ if the
French franc were to strengthen by 5% by the end of 90 days what would be the
transactions gain or loss in French francs? If it were to weaken by 5% what would
happen? Make calculations in francs per $.
Question No: 15 Common currency quotations
In 2000 a Transistor cost $22.84 in New York, S$69 in Singapore, and 3240 rubles in
Moscow.
(i) If the law of one price held, what was the exchange rate between US dollars
and Singapore dollar? Between US dollars and rubles?
(ii) The actual exchange rates in 2000 were S$6.13 = US$1 and 250 rubles =
US$1. Where would you prefer to buy your Transistor?

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Question No: 16 Cost of strike

On December 27, 2002 a customer requested a bank to remit DG 2,50,000 to Holland in
payment of import of diamonds under an irrevocable LC. However due to bank strikes,
the bank could effect the remittance only on January 3, 2003. The market rates were as
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December 27 January 3
Bombay $ / 100 Rs.: 3.10 – 3.15 3.07 – 3.12
London $/Pound: 1.7250 / 60 1.7175 / 85
DG / pound 3.9575 / 90 3.9380 / 90
The bank wishes to retain an exchange margin of 0.125%. How much does the customer
stand to gain or lose due to the delay?
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Question No: 17 Settlement through Forward – Exporter/

Importer.
a. An exporter had entered into a forward sale of Swiss Franc 10000 @ Rs.21.50.
On the date of expiry the spot rate is Rs.20.76-20.82. State the amount to be
credited to the account of the exporter.
b. An importer had entered into forward purchase of a foreign currency 1000 for 2
months on 1s t March at 34.66. On 1s t May, the contract was put through on
retirement of bill. The spot rate by then is 34.31-34.56. Calculate the amount to
be debited in the account of the importer.
Question No: 18 Forward- Partial and Full Cover

A Thai Company is expecting to receive US$ 5 million from its customer in the US after
three months. The current spot exchange is Baht 43.75/ US $ and 90-day forward rate
is Baht 45.35/US $. What will be the consequences if the Thai firm (a) does not cover its
exposure, (b) covers 60 percent and keeps 40 percent exposure uncovered, and (c)
covers 100 percent of its exposure by entering into a forward contract? Suppose the
spot exchange rate at the time the Thai company receives payment is Baht 44.10/US$.
What is the cost of the forward contract (partial and full)?
Question No: 19 Forward Cover

P.T.Usha Athletic Shoe company sells to a wholesaler in Germany. The purchase price of
a shipment is 50,000 deutschemarks with terms of 90 days. Upon payment, P.T.Usha will
convert the Dm to dollars. The present spot rate for DM per dollar is 1.71, whereas the
90-day forward rate is 1.70.
a) If P.T.Usha were to hedge its foreign exchange risk, what would it do? What are
the transactions necessary?
b) Is the deutschemark at a premium or at a discount?
c) What is the implied differential in interest rates between the two countries?(Use
interest-rate parity assumptions).
Question No: 20 Substitution of Different Forward Rates.

Suppose a month ago your company entered into a 3m forward contract to purchase US
$1,00,000 against Rupee at the then 3m forward rate of Rs.33. the two month forward
rate is 34.50 now. The Banker wants to replace the contract rate of 33.00 by the current
forward rate for the same maturity. Rupee interest rate is 18%.
(a) Does the change in the terms of contract warrant payment by one party to another?
From whom to who? How much.
Will both parties be indifferent if required payment, if any, is effected?
Question No: 21 Early Delivery- Importer

The company had agreed on 20th February that it will buy on 20th April from the banker
USD 10,000 at Rs.44.57. On 20th March, the company approaches the bank to buy USD
10,000 under the forward contract earlier entered into. The rates prevailing in the market
on this date are:
Spot Rs.44.4725/4800
April Rs.44.2550/2625
Ignoring interest and find out the amount that would be paid/received by the
company on early delivery?
Question No: 22 Early Delivery-Exporter

A company entered into an agreement with its banker on 15th March, for a forward sale
contract for DEM 4,000 delivery 1s t July, at the rate of Rs.28.14 per Mark. On 15th April,
the company requested the bank to sell the bill for DEM 4,000 under this contract.
Calculate the amount payable/receivable to the company assuming the following rates on
15th April:
Spot DEM 1 = Rs.28.1025/1075
Delivery July 28.6475/6550
Ignore interest and the penal provisions under FEDAI rules.
Question: 23 Early Early Delivery - Importer
An Indian company enters into a forward agreement with a Bank on 17th January 2002 for
purchasing 1 lac US Dollars. As on that date the forex situation was as follows:
Spot INR/$ : 46.5400/5450

31st Jan 2002: 775/825
28th Feb 2002: 2350/2425
30th Mar 2002: 4000/4100
On 15th February 2002, the company comes to know that it has to make early payment for his
on 28th Feb 2002 and not on 30th March 2002. The current rates on 15th February 2002
transaction date are:
Spot INR/$: 46.5025/5075

28th Feb 2002: 650/700
30th Mar 2002: 2225/2275
27th Apr 2002: 3900/4000
What are the charges payable by the company?
Question: 24 Early Early Delivery - Exporter
selling 1.75 lac US Dollars. As on that date the forex situation was as follows:
Spot INR/$ : 46.5400/5450

31st Jan 2002: 775/825
28th Feb 2002: 2350/2425

30th Mar 2002: 4000/4100
On 15th February 2002, the company comes to know that it has to receive early remittance on
28th Feb 2002 and not on 30th March 2002. The current rates on 15th February 2002
Spot INR/$: 46.5025/5075

28th Feb 2002: 650/700
30th Mar 2002: 2225/2275
27th Apr 2002: 3900/4000
What are the charges receivable/payable by the company?

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Question: 25 Early Extension - Importer
purchasing 1 lac US Dollars. As on that date the forex situation was as follows:
Spot USD/INR: 46.5400/5450
31st Jan 2002: 775/825
28th Feb 2002: 2350/2425
30th Mar 2002: 4000/4100
On 15th February 2002, the company comes to know that it has to settle its payable on 30th
March 2001 and not on 28th February 2002. The current rates on 15th February 2001
Spot INR/$: 46.5025/5075

28th Feb 2002: 650/700
30th Mar 2002: 2225/2275
27th Apr 2002: 3900/4000
What are the charges payable by the company?
Question No: 26 Early Extension - Exporter

On 15th March, K Ltd entered into a forward sale contract for US dollars 5,000 with its
banker at the rate of Rs.45.05 delivery due on 15th June. On 5th May, the company

requests the bank to postpone the date to 15th July. Calculate the extension charges
payable to the banker assuming the following rates in the market on 5th May.
Spot USD 1 = Rs.45.00/02
Spot/June mid 45.04/06
Spot/July mid 45.04/10
Spot/Aug mid 45.1/14
Question No: 27 Due date extension - Importer

An importer bought USD 1,00,000 3 months forward on December 29 at a contract rate of
Rs.44.50, delivery March 31. On March 29, the importer requests the bank to extend the
contract to April 29. (For any inquiry or admission to kalpesh classes dial 2382 0676)
On March 29 the market rates are:

INR/USD Spot: 44.80/45.05 1-month swap: 10/12.
Calculate the charges payable / receivable to the banker.
Question No: 28 Due date extension - Exporter
Gayle Company Ltd had booked a forward sale contract for USD 2,00,000 at Rs.45.22 a
bill for collection. However, on the maturity date the company requested to extend
contract by one month:
Assuming the on-going market rates for US dollars are as under:
Spot USD 1 = Rs.45.1925/2575
One month forward 600/700
Two months forward 900/1,000
Three months forward 1,200/1,300
What will be the extension charges payable/receivable by the company

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Question: 29 Early cancellation - Importer
On September 15 the Rs./$ rates were 41.15/41.40 spot and 82/95 3 month swap
points. A firm booked a 3 month forward purchase contract for $1,50,000. on November
15 it wished to cancel the contract. At that time, the spot rate was 41.90/42.10 and one
month swap rate was 20/30. How much is collectable / payable by customer.
Question No:30 Early Cancellation - Exporter

A customer with whom the bank had entered into a 3 months’ forward purchase contract
for Sw.Fcs. 10,000 at the rate of Rs.27.25 comes to the bank after two months and
requests cancellation of the contract. On this date, the rates and prevailing are:
Spot Sw.Fcs 1 = Rs.27.30 – 27.35
1 month forward 27.45 – 27. 52
What is the loss/gain to the customer on cancellation?

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Question No: 31 Due date Cancellation - Importer

On 15th January a company booked a forward purchase contract for French Francs
250000 from a banker, delivery 15th February at Rs.6.95. On the due date the customer
requests cancellation of the contract.
Assuming French Francs were quoted in the London foreign exchange market as under:
Spot USD 1 = FFR 5.0200/0300
One month 305/325
Two month 710/760
And the US dollars were quoted in the local exchange market as under on the date of
cancellation:
Spot USD 1 = Rs.44.7900/7975
Spot/March 30/35
Spot/April 60/65
What will be the charges payable by the company, if any or otherwise?



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Question No: 32 Due date Cancellation - Exporter

FX Ltd had booked a forward sale contract for Deutsche Mark 50,000 delivery 20th
November at Rs.23.05. The company on the due date requested cancellation of forward
exchange contract.
Assuming Deutsche Marks were quoted in the Frankfurt market as under:
Spot USD 1 = DEM 1.5150/5170
One month forward 125/115
Two month forward 280/270
And the US dollars were quoted in the local market as under:
Spot USD 1 = Rs.44.6125/6200
Spot / December 34/36
What will be the cancellation charges, if any, payable or receivable by FX Ltd?
Question No: 33 Capital Budgeting – Overseas.

A ltd., and India based MNC is evaluating an overseas investment proposal. It is
considering a project building a plant in United Kingdom. The proposal would initially cost
50 million pounds and is expected to generate the following cash flows, over its 4 years
life.
Years 1 2 3 4
Cash flow in million(£) 20 30 20 10
The current spot rate => 1£ = Rs.70, Risk free rate in India is 10%, in United Kingdom is
6%.(We have teacher and taught relation ship and no business man like approach.)
The companies cost of capital is 20%. Will the project be undertaken?

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Question No: 34 Capital Budgeting – Overseas.

B Ltd. has a project requiring an outlay of $200 million. Following are the cash flows over
its 5years life.
Years 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flows in million($) 50 70 90 105 80
Spot rate 1$ = Rs.46. Interest rate in India = 11%., in the risk free rate in US = 6%.
The companies cost of capital = 18%. Should the project be accepted?
Question No: 35 Capital Budgeting – Overseas – Two Way

Approach
An American firm is evaluating an investment proposal in Holland. The project cost is 1.5
million NLG (Netherlands guiders). The interest rate in Holland and USA are respectively
6% and 5%. The spot rate in NLG = 0.5$. Cost of capital in USA = 16% and the NLG
discount rate is 17.1%. The Cash flows for the 5years project are as follows.
Years 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow (in ‘000) 400 450 510 575 650
Evaluate under both approaches and advise whether the project should be taken up.

Question No: 36 Capital Budgeting – Overseas – Two Way

Approach
An Indian firm is considering the possibility of building a plant to manufacture an
industrial chemical in Thailand. The cost of investment is estimated to be Baht 25million.
The life of the investment is expected to be 12 years. It is expected the annual net cash
flow in real terms will be Baht 4million. The current spot exchange rate is
Baht1.105/INR. The risk-free interest rate in Thailand an India is 12 percent and 10
percent, respectively. The expected inflation rate in Thailand is 8 percent. The Indian
firm considers the opportunity cost of capital to be 7.25 percent above the risk-free rate.
Should the Indian firm make investment in Thailand? Show NPV calculations in Indian
rupees using cash flows in (a) baht and (b) rupees.


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Question No: 37 Capital Budgeting

You have been engaged to evaluate an investment project overseas in a country called
East Africa, which is a politically stable country. The project involves a initial cost of East
African dollar 2.5 crores (EA $) and it is expected to earn post tax cash flows as follows:
Year 1 2 3 4
Cash Flow in (EA $ lacs) 75 95 125 135
Further, the following information is available.

(a) The expected inflation rate is East Africa in 3% per year.
(b) Real interest rate of India as well East Africa is same and are expected to remain
same during the currency of project.
(c) Current spot rate is EA $ 2 per Re.1.
(d) Risk free rate of interest in East Africa is 7% and in India 9%.
(e) Required return from the project is 16%.
You may make suitable (generally acceptance) assumptions in order to evaluate the
project.
Question No: 38 Arbitrage

Find out Arbitrage Possibilities from the following. If so from where investment should
start. Assume there are no transaction cost.
Rs.55.5000 = £1 in London.
Rs.35.625 = $1 in Delhi.
$1.5820 = £1 in New York.
Question No: 39 Forward –Interest rate parity

Singapore dollar (SG $) and Indian Rupee rates are available to you as under
SPOT rates : 20.725 Rs./SG $
0.04825 SG $/Re.
90 day rates 20.687 Rs./SG $
0.04834 SG $/Re.
Singapore prime interest rate as on date is 9.5%.

Note: Use 365 day’s a year.
Required:
(i) Explain what is implied about the Indian interest rate.
(ii) Calculate and comment on Indian interest rate if the forward exchange rate was
0.04795 SG $/Rs.
(iii) Calculate and comment on the 90 days forward rate on Rs. SG $ if Indian interest
rate was 8%.
Question No: 40 Covered Interest Arbitrage-Single quote

Is covered interest arbitrage possible in the following situation? If so where to invest?
How much shall be the gain? (For any inquiry or admission to kalpesh classes dial 2382
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a) Spot Can$ 1.317/$. Forward 6 Months 1.2950 Can $/$: US$ - 10%: Can $ - 6%.
b) Spot 100 ¥ = Rs.35.002 Forward 6 Months Rs.35.9010: INR – 12%: Y -7%.
c) Spot 1$ = 5.9000 FFr Forward 6 Months FFr 6.0012: US$ - 3%: FFr – 6%
d) Spot Can $ 1.5140 /$. Forward 6 Months Can $1.5552 / $ Can 10% US 6%.
Question: 41 Covered Interest Arbitrage-

Single Quote
Consider the following data:

Exchange rate $ Interest rate Interest rate
Spot $ 1.5753/ - -
1m $ 1.5623/ 3 8.5
3m $ 1.5577/ 3.5 7.5
6m $ 1.5536/ 3.5 7
Find out the arbitrage possibilities for the various periods?
Question No: 42 Covered Interest arbitrage- Two way quote

Following are the rates quoted at Bombay for British pound:
BP/Rs. 52.60/70 Interest Rates India London
3 m Forward 20/70 3 months 8% 5%
6 m Forward 50/75 6 months 10% 8%
Verify whether there is any scope for covered interest arbitrage if you borrow rupees.
Questio n No: 43 Forward vs Money market hedge - Importer

The finance director of P Ltd., has been studying exchange rates and interest rates
relevant to India and USA. P Ltd. has purchased goods from the US Co. at a cost of $ 51
Lakhs payable in dollars in three months time. In order to maintain profit margins the
finance director wishes to adopt, if possible, a risk-free strategy that will ensure that the
cost of the goods to P Ltd. is no more than Rs.22 crores.
Exchange rates Rs / Dollar

Spot 40 – 42; 1 month forward 41–43, 3 months forward 42 – 45

Interest rates (available to P Ltd.)

India USA
Deposit Borrowing Deposit Borrowing
rate (%) rate (%) rate (%) rate (%)
1 Month 13.00 15.00 7.00 10.00
3 Month 13.00 16.00 8.00 11.00
Calculate whether it is possible for P Ltd. to achieve a cost directly associated with
transaction of no more than Rs.22 crores by means of a forward market hedge, or money
market hedge. Transactions costs may be ignored.
Question No: 44 Forward vs Money Market hedge with taxation

On March 1, 2003, the B Ltd. bought from a foreign firm electronic equipment that will
require the payment of LC 9,00,000 on May 31, 2003. The spot rate on March 1, 2003, is
LC 10 per dollar; the expected future spot rate is LC 8 per dollar; and the ninety-days
forward rate is LC 9 per dollar. The US interest rate is 12 percent, and the foreign
interest rate is 8 percent. The tax rate for both countries is 40 percent. The B Ltd. is
considering three alternatives to deal with the risk of exchange rate fluctuations.
a. To enter the forward market to buy LC 9,00,000 at the ninety – days forward
rate in effect on May 31, 2003.
b. To borrow an amount in dollars to buy the LC at the current spot rate. This
money is to be invested in government securities of the foreign country; with
the interest income, it will equal LC 9,00,000 on May 31, 2003.
c. To wait until May 31, 1999, and buy LCs at whatever spot rate prevails at that
time.
Which alternative should the B Ltd. follow in order to minimize its cost of meeting the
future payment in LCs? Explain.
Question No: 45 Foreign Currency – Underlying – Options

A German firm buys a call on $10,00,000 with a strike of DM1.60/$ and a premium of
DM 0.03/$. The interest opportunity cost is 6% p.a. and the maturity is 180 days.
(a) What is the break even maturity spot rate beyond which the firm makes a net
again?
(b) Suppose the six month forward rate at the time the option was bought was
DM1.62/$. What is the range of maturity spot rate for which the option would prove
to better than the forward cover? For what range of values would the forward cover
be better?
Question No: 46 IFM and Options

A French exporter to UK has 90 day sterling receivable. He purchases a put option of
2,50,000 at a strike of FFr8.0550/ at a premium of FFr0.20 per pound. The current
spot raises is FFr8.1000/ and the 90-day forward is 8.0750. The interest opportunity
cost for the firm is 9% p.a.

(a) Calculate the maximum FFr/ rate at the end of 90 days below which the firm will
make a net gain from the put.
(b) Calculate the range of maturity spot over which the option would be better than the
forward and vice-versa.

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Question No: 47 Forward, Money Market & Currency

Options.
Cutting Edge Ltd, London will have to make a payment of $3,64,897 in six month’s time.
It is currently 1 st October. The company is considering the various choices it has in
order to hedge its transaction exposure.
Exchange rates:
$ spot rate 1.5617 – 1.5773
Six- month $ forward rate 1.5455 – 1.5609
Money market rates:

Borrow(%) Deposit(%)
US 6 4.5
UK 7 5.5
Foreign currency option prices (1 unit is £12,500):
Exercise price Call option (March) Put option (March)
$1.70 $0.037 $0.096
By making the appropriate calculations decide which of the following hedging alternatives
is the most attractive to Cutting Edge Ltd:
(a) Forward market
(b) Cash (Money) market;
(c) Currency options.
Question No: 48 Forward, Money Market & Currency

Options.
LM Ltd. will need Great Britain Pound 2 lacs in 6 months. The spot rate of a pound is US
is $1.50. Six months forward rate is $1.47. Interest rates are as follows:
U.K in % US in %

6 months deposit rate 4.5 4.5

6 months borrowing rate 5 5
A call option on pound 6 months term at exercise price of $1.48 for a premium of $0.03.
Similarly Put option for the same term of $1.49 at a premium of $0.02
LM Ltd. Forecasts the future spot rate at 6 months as follows:
Possible Outcome Probability
$1.43 20%
$1.46 70%
$1.52 10%
A)Find out the best hedging alternative from the following:
a) Forward
b) Money Market
c) Option
B) Also check up the outflow when there is no hedge.

Supposing based on the above information, the company needs to collect 3 lacs pounds
in 6 months time, find out the best alternative.

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Question No: 49 Usage of Options in IFM

An American importer has a payable in Yen in six months time the market prices are as
follows:
US$/¥ Spot : 125.00
US$/¥ 6- months Forward : 122.30
6 month Yen call option, strike 122.30 : Premium 3.25%
6 month Yen call option, strike 120.00 : Premium 2.15%
6 month Yen put option, strike 126.00 : Premium 2.15%
6 month Yen put option, strike 127.50 : Premium 1.75%
The firm is evaluating the following hedging strategies:
(a) Forward purchase of yen

(b) Buy a 6-month call, strike 122.30

(c) Buy a 6- month call, strike 122.30 and simultaneously write a 6- month put, strike
127.50.
(d) Buy a 6-month call, strike 120.00, write a 6-month put, strike 126.00.
(e) Do not hedge.
Compare these alternatives, with the forward contract as the standard of
comparison. The option premia are in terms of % of the principal amount to be hedged.
Question No: 50 Usage of Options as a measure of hedging

Your Company has a 12 month payable of DM 1,00,000. the current Rs./DM spot rate is
Rs.20, rupee interest rate is 21% p.a. and DM interest rate is 10% p.a. you are
considering a forward hedge at the current forward rate of Rs.22. An Executive of
another company tells you that he recently bought a call on DM 1,00,000 at a strike price
of Rs.20 and is willing to sell it to you at the historic premium of Rs.1 per DM or
Rs.1,00,000 for the entire contract. The call matures at the same time as your payable
and is a European call. What should you do?
Question : 51 Hedging by Options
You are the financial controller of IBM Inc, New York. You plan to visit Geneva,
Switzerland, in three months to attend an international business conference. You expect
to incur a total cost of SFr 5,000 for lodging, meals, and transportation during your stay.
As of today, the spot exchange rate is $0.60/SF and the three- month forward rate is
$0.63/SF. You can buy the three month call option on SF with an exercise price of
$0.64/SF for the premium of $0.05 per SF. The three- month interest rate is 6 percent
per annum in the United States and 4 percent per annum in Switzerland.
(a) Calculate your expected dollar cost of buying SF5,000 if you choose to hedge by a
call option on SF.
(b) Calculate the future dollar cost of meeting this SF obligation if you decide to hedge
using a forward contract.
At what future spot exchange rate will you be indifferent between the forward and option
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Question: 52 Currency Options
A firm had participated in a bid on a foreign contract, involving supply of agri-products

worth Can $ 100 million receivable. The outcome of the bid is uncertain but CFO had
bought put option expiring 6 months coinciding with proceeds on the contract for Can $ 1
million.

Strike price Rs.30.75 per Can$
Situation Bid Maturity Rate Whether option will be exercised?

1 Successful > Exercise price
2 Successful < Exercise price
3 Failure > Exercise price
4 Failure < Exercise price
Assume Maturity Prices at Rs.30.10, Rs.31.40 and Rs.30.75.
(a) Explain the position of the company against 3 maturity spot prices in the event of
successful and unsuccessful bid. Ignore Premia.
(b) When Call option would be bought such as exporting/importing?
(c) Will that hold good for UK based company? Thoroughly discuss.
Question: 53 Currency futures
Today is March 24. Dow Chemical has shipped chemicals worth SFr 25 million to Ciba-Geigy.
Ciba will pay in 180 days on September 26. The market rates are:
S Fr/$ spot: 1.2564/72 180 day swap: 217/213

USD interest rate:
5.20/5.30 S Fr interest rate: 1.85/1.95
180-day call on SFr strike USD 0.80 per SFr: 2% premium
180-day call on SFr strike USD 0.80 per SFr:
1% premium.
September futures on SF are trading at USD 0.8093. Each futures contract is for SF 1,25,000
and the round-trip brokerage fee is USD 50 per contract.
Evaluate the various hedging alternatives available to Dow.
Question: 54 Leading and Lagging
An American firm has a 180-day payable of Aus$ 10,00,000 to an Australian supplier. The
market rates are:
Aus $ / $ spot: 1.3475 180 day forward 1.3347

US$ 180-day interest rate : 10% p.a
Aus $ 180-day interest rate : 8% p.a
The Australian authorities have imposed a restriction on Australian firms which prevents them
from borrowing in the Aus$ market. Similarly, non-residents cannot make money-market
investment in Australia. As a consequence, the domestic 180-day interest rate in Australia is

9.5% p.a. The American firm wants to evaluate the following four alternative hedging
strategies:
a. By Forward.
b. By Money market hedging.
c. By Leading.
d. By Leading with a forward.

Question No: 55 Interest Rate Swap

Two companies, A and B are considering entering to a swap agreement with each other.
Their corresponding borrowings rates are as follows:

Company Floating Rate Fixed Rate

A Libor 12%
B Libor + 0.3% 13.5%
Company A requires a floating rate loan of Rs.50 Lacs while Company B requires a fixed
rate loan for the same amount.
a) Which company has a comparative advantage in floating rate loans and which
company has a comparative advantage in fixed rate loans?
b) At what rate will Company A be able to obtain floating rate finance and Company
B be able to obtain fixed rate finance, if the two companies engage in a swap
agreement and the benefits of the swap are split equally between the two parties?
Ignore any bank charges.

Company ABC and XYZ have been offered the following rates per annum on a Rs. 200
Lacs five-year loan:
Fixed Rate Floating Rate
Company ABC 12.0 Libor + 0.1%
Company XYZ 13.4 Libor + 0.6%
Company ABC requires a floating-rate loan; company XYZ requires a fixed-rate loan.
Design a swap that will net a bank acting as intermediately 0.1 percent per annum and
be equally attractive the both companies.
Find out the advantageous interest rate for the two companies.
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)

ABC Ltd. is a financial institution which enjoys very good credit rating. It e
l nds at
floating rates and borrows at fixed rate and it has risk of floating rtes fall.
XYZ Ltd. is a manufacturing company enters into a fixed price contract to purchase
Machinery. It has higher funding costs, whether fixed or floating. It has risk of losses if
funded on a floating rate basis.
The relative borrowing costs of ABC Ltd. as XYZ Ltd. are as follows:
Name of the Company Fixed rate % Floating Rate %
BC Ltd. (Financial Institution) 8 LIBOR
XYZ Ltd. (Manufacturing Company) 10 LIBOR + 1
Differential borrowing cost 2 1
What is the savings for both the companies?
Question: 58 Hedging
BPCL requiring US$20,00,000 to settle by 90 days for the crude oil commitments. the
following rates are available.
Spot
INR / $ 48.95 – 49.00
90 days swap 15 – 20
US Interest rate % 5.00 – 5.25
Bank of Baroda, the chief banker for BPCL advise Yen Loan for settlement. Yen Loan is
available at 2.5% p.a. BPCL finds the exchange rate as follows:
Spot
¥/$ 123.50 – 124
90 days Swap 20 –10
What is the borrowing currency for BPCL Ltd. BOD of BPCL expresses that the bottom line
would be affected very much on assuming any fluctuation risk what so ever.

CAPITAL BUDGETING
SALIENT FEATURES:
- Involves Huge Cash Outlays.

- Irreversible Decisions.
- Wrong Decisions leads to Liquidation.
- Matching of Cash Flows would be involved.
MAXIMS:
1. Consider only Cash Flows; Ignore Accounting Profits.

2. Consider only on Incremental basis; Ignore Average Calculation.
3. Consider all Incidental effect; Include Opportunity cost.
4. Beware of Allocated cost; Ignore Sunk Cost.
5. Separate Investing Decision and Financing Decisions.
6. No Taxation – No Depreciation.
7. Consider Working Capital Requirements.
8. Be consistent with Inflation.
9. All Cash flows are assumed to accrue at the end of the year.

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TOOLS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING
NON-DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW
Pay ARR NPV IRR PI EAC or DISC PB

Back EAB
a) Expression Years % Rs. % Points Rs. Years
DISCCO
EAC= -------------
Avg. Return
AF
----------------------- x 100
Avg. Investment
DISCCI
Recovery DISCCI EAB=------------- DISPB=Recovery
(or) DISCCI -
b) Formula Time Interpolation ---------------- AF time based
DISCCO
of Investment DISCCO on DISCCI
Annual Return
(or)
-------------------------- x 100
Initial Investment
NPV
-------
AF
c) Acceptance Shortest Highest Highest (+ve) Highest Highest EAC - Lowest Shortest
Criteria EAB - Highest
Capital
rationing i.e. Mutually
Non-mutually exclusive project
exclusive project with disparity Cost of capital
Cost of capital Cost of capital
d) Applicability No disparity --- with disparity ignore size given and asked
Is not given is not given
Ignore life disparity for time BEP
disparity and and consider
consider size life disparity
disparity
AF: Annuity Factor DISCCI: Discounted Cash Inflow DISCCO: Discounted Cash Outflow EAC: Equated
Annual Cost PI: Profitability Index
EAB: Equated Annual Benefits NPV: Net Present Value ARR: Annual Rate of Return IRR: Internal Rate of
Return PB: Pay Back
Accounting Rate of Return
Average Rate of Return

C.A.FINAL – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Page Number : 38
Question No: 1 Basics on Capital Budgeting

(a) Find out future value of cash flows. Assume interest cost @10% for the following
Amount No. of years Compounding factor Future value of cash flows
1000 7
2500 4
3250 6
4800 5
5600 8
(b) Find out the Present value of future cash flows. Assume 10% discount rate.
Amount No. of years Annuity factor Present value of cash flows
1000 7
2500 4
3250 6
4800 5
5600 8
(b) Find out the Present value of future cash flows. Assume 10% discount rate.
Year end CF (Rs) PVF PV of CF PVF @12% PV of CF
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total
(c) Find out the future cash flows if Cost of capital and inflation rate are respectively 10%
and 12% for Rs.1000 for a term of 5 years.
(f) Find out the missing figures from the following
Situation Real cost Inflation rate Money rate
1 10 5 ?
2 8 ? 17.72
3 ? 5 12.35

Question No: 2 Ascertainment of Cash flow

(a) Find out the cash flow for investing decision.
Sales 400 5000 2250
Cost (270) 2750 1000
PBIT 130 2250 1250
I 30 675 250
PBT 100 1575 1000
Tax 40 575 300
PAT 60 1000 700
Cash flow
(b) Find out the cash flow for investing decision.
Profit before depreciation 400 160 90

Depreciation (100) 60 15
PBT 300 100 75
Tax (120) 30 25
PAT 180 70 50
Cash flow
Question No:3
Situation Mutually Life Size Tool to
exclusive be
selected
1 Yes Yes Yes
2 Yes Yes No
3 Yes No Yes
4 No Yes Yes
5 No No Yes
6 Yes No No
7 No Yes No
8 No No No
Question No: 4 Basics on Capital Budgeting

One project of a company is doing poorly and is being considered for replacement. Three
mutually exclusive projects A,B & C have been proposed. The projects are proposed to
require Rs.200000 each and have an estimated life of 5,4,3 years respectively and have no
salvage value. The company’s required rate of return is 10%. The anticipated cash inflows
after taxes for the three projects are as follows:
Year A B C
1 50000 80000 100000
2 50000 80000 100000
3 50000 80000 10000
4 50000 30000 --
5 190000 -- --
a) Rank each project applying the methods of Pay-back, average rate of return, net
present value, internal rate of return and profitability index.
b) What would be the profitability index if the IRR equaled the required rate of investment?
What is the significance of a profitability index less than one?
c) Recommend the project to be adopted and give reasons.

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Question No: 5 Capital Rationing

A company with a 12% cost of funds and limited investment funds of Rs.4 Lacs is evaluating
the desirability of several investment proposals
Project Initial Investment Life . Year end cash flows
(Rs. In Lacs) in years (Rs.in 000s)
A 3 2 187.6
B 2 5 66.0
C 2 3 100.0
D 1 9 20.0
E 3 10 66.0
a. Rank the projects according to the profitability index and NPV methods
b. Determine the optimal investment package
c. What projects should be selected, if the company has Rs.5 Lacs as the size of its capital
budget.
d. Determine the investment package in the above situations, assuming that the projects
are divisible.
Question No: 6 Cashflow Analysis

Following cash flow details are available for project A and B. Having an initial outlay of
Rs.5.4crs. and 4.7crores respectively.
Years Project A Project B
PAT Depn Interest PAT Depn. Interest
0 (540) - - (470) - -
1 185 50 60 100 45 50
2 110 50 50 105 45 40
3 195 50 40 135 45 30
4 225 50 30 125 45 20
5 175 50 20 175 45 10
Tax rate = 30% cost of capital = 20% only one of the two project can be chosen. Identify
which is to be chosen based on (a) NPV, (b) IRR, (c) PI / (benefit cost ratio).

Question No: 7 Permutation of projects

The Anson Company is evaluating three investment situations:
(1) produce a new line of aluminum skillets, (2) expand its existing cooker line to include
several new sizes, and (3) develop a new higher-quality line of cookers. If only the project
in question is undertaken, the expected present values and the amounts of investment
Investment Present value of
Project Required Future cash flows
1 Rs.200,000 Rs.290,000
2 115,000 185,000
3 270,000 400,000
If projects 1 and 2 are jointly undertaken, there will be no economies; the investments
required and present values will simply be the sum of the parts. With projects 1 and 3,
economies are possible in investment because one of the machines acquired can be used in
both production processes. The total investment required for projects 1 and 3 combined is
Rs.440,000. If projects 2 and 3 are undertaken, there are economies to be achieved in
marketing and producing the projects but not in investment. The expected present value of
future cash flows for projects 2 and 3 is Rs.620,000. If all three projects are undertaken
simultaneously, the economies noted will still hold. However, a Rs.125,000 extension on
the plant will be necessary, as space is not available for all three projects. Which project or
projects should be chosen?
Question No: 8 Capital rationing
Venture Ltd. has Rs.30 Lacs available for investment in capital projects. It has the option of
making investment in projects 1,2,3 and 4. Each project are entirely independent and have
an equal life of 5 years. the expected present value of cash flow from the projects are as
follows:
Projects Initial Outlay (Rs.) Present value of Cash Flow
1 8,00,000 10,00,000
2 15,00,000 19,00,000
3 7,00,000 11,40,000
4 13,00,000 20,00,000
Which of the above investment should be undertaken. Assume that the cost of capital is
12% and risk free interest rate is 10% per annum.
Given compounded sum of Re.1 at 10% in 5 years is Rs.1.611 and discount factor of Re.1 at
12% rate for 5 years is 0.567.
Question No: 9 Rudimentary on Capital Budgeting
a. Following are the data on a capital project being evaluated by the management of X Ltd.
Project M
Annual cost saving Rs.40,000
Useful life 4 years
IRR 15%
Profitability Index 1.064
NPV ?
Cost of Capital ?
Cost of Project ?
Payback ?
Salvage value 0
Find the missing values considering the following table of discount factor only:
Discount Factor 15% 14% 13% 12%
1 Year 0.869 0.877 0.885 0.893
2 Years 0.756 0.769 0.783 0.797
3 Years 0.658 0.675 0.693 0.712
4 Years 0.572 0.592 0.613 0.636
2.855 2.913 2.974 3.038
b. S Ltd. has Rs.10,00,000 allocated for capital budgeting purposes. The following
proposals and associated profitability indexes have been determined:
Project Amount (Rs.) Profitability Index
1 3,00,000 1.22
2 1,50,000 0.95
3 3,50,000 1.20
4 4,50,000 1.18
5 2,00,000 1.20
6 4,00,000 1.05
Which of the above investments should be undertaken? Assume that projects are indivisible
and there is no alternative use of the money allocated for capital budgeting.
Question No: 10 Life disparity

Pioneer Chemicals is evaluating two alternative systems for waste disposal, System A and
Systems B which have lives of 6 years and 4 years respectively. The initial outlay and
operating costs for the two systems are expected to be as follows:
System A System B
Initial outlay Rs 4 million Rs 3 million
Annual operating costs Rs 1.2 million Rs 1 million
If the discount rate is 13 %, which system should Pioneer choose? Ignore the salvage
value.
Question No: 11 Life Disparity

A new polishing machine is required. The polishing machine forms a part of the production
process and most products manufactured required polishing at various stages in their
production. A polishing facility is expected to be required for as long as the factory remains
in operation and no closure can be anticipated.
Details of the two machines under consideration are:
Machine A B
Initial Cost Rs.50,000 Rs.90,000
Life-Years 4 7
Salvage value at end of
4 years Rs.5000 -
7 years - Rs.7000
Annual running costs Rs.10000 Rs.8000

Both machines fulfil the same function and have equal capacities. The appropriate discount
rate is 10%. Taxation may be ignored.
Required: Determine which machine should be purchased. Specify any assumptions made.
To what amount would the initial cost of Machine A be required to alter in order that the two
machines were then of equal financial attractiveness?
Question No: 12 Disparity in Life

Your advise is sought for choice between two options under consideration
(a) Purchase of a petrol truck
(b) Purchase of a battery truck
The comparative purchase and operating cost data are given below:
Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Petrol Truck (Rs.000s) 150 24 34 29 31 -
Battery Truck (Rs.000s) 250 12 12 12 12 12
Assume an investment incentive of 100% initial depreciation, and a 50% incidence of
corporate tax. No depreciation is allowed in the subsequent years. Taxes are paid
promptly. A return of 10% after tax is required. Would it be advisable to buy petrol or
battery powered truck.

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Question No: 13 Replacement cycle

Photolysis Ltd uses a 10% discount rate for project appraisal. It is considering purchasing a
machine which, when it comes to the end of its economic life, is expected to be replaced by
an identical machine and so on, continuously. The machine has a maximum life of three
years but, as its productivity declines with age, it could be replaced after either just one of
two years. the financial details are as follows (all figures in Rs.’000).
Years 0 1 2 3
Outlay -1000
Revenues +900 +800 +700
Costs -400 -350 -350
Scrap value +650 +400 +150
What is the appropriate replacement cycle?
Question No: 14 Repair or Replace
S Engineering Company is considering replacing or repairing a particular machine, which has
just broken down. Last year this machine costed Rs.20,000 to run and maintain. These
costs have been increasing in real terms in recent years with the age of the machine. A
further useful life of 5 years is expected, if immediate repair of Rs.19,000 are carried out. If
the machine is nor repaired it can be sold immediately to realize about Rs.5,000 (Ignore
loss/gain on such disposal).
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)
Alternatively, the company can buy a new machine for Rs.49,000 with an expected life of 10
years with no salvage value after providing depreciation on straight lift basis. In this case,
running and maintenance costs will reduce to Rs.14,000 each year and are not expected to
increase much in real terms for a few years at least. S Engineering Company regard a
normal return of 10% p.a. after tax as a minimum requirement on any new investment.
Considering capital budgeting techniques, which alternatively will you choose? Take
corporate tax rate of 50% and assume that depreciation on straight line basis will be
accepted for tax purposes also.
Given: Cumulative present value of Re.1 p.a. at 10% for 5 years Rs.3.791, 10 years
Rs.6.145.
Question No: 15 Replace now or later

Demeter Ltd. owns a machine of type DK which could be used in production for two more
years at most. The machine originally cost Rs.45,000 five years ago. Its realizable value is
currently Rs.8,000 (because a special opportunity for sale has arisen), but it would be zero
at all subsequent times. If the machine were to be used for two more years, it would
require a major overhaul a a cost of Rs.9,000 at the end of one year.
A new model of the machine is now being marketed. It costs Rs.40,000 and has a
maximum life of ten years, provided that special maintenance is undertaken at a cost of
Rs.10,000 after five years, and at a cost of Rs.20,000 after eight years. The new model
would have no realizable value at any time. Assume that no other new model are expected
to become available in the foreseeable future, and that no changes are expected in cost or
demand for output of the machine. Demeter’s cost of capital is 15% per annum.
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Prepare calculations to show whether Demeter’s existing machine should be replaced now,
or after one or two years.
Question No: 16 Term- Perpetuity

A company is considering a new project requiring an outlay of Rs.1Lac. The firm’s existing
cost of capital is 10% for its market value of Rs.10 lacs. The new project under
consideration would place the firm into a new higher risk category, requiring a revised cost
of capital at 11%.
1) What is the new project’s minimum required rate of return?.
Incase, the expected annual incremental cash flow due to the new project (perpetuity) is
Rs.30000.Should the company accept the project?
Question No: 17 Comparison of NPV and IRR analysis

Consider the two projects described below:
Year 0 1 2 3 4
Project X (Rs. 000s) -110 31 40 50 70
Project Y (Rs.000s) -110 71 40 40 20
Calculate the NPV and IRR under the assumption that the reinvestment rate of intermediary
funds is (i) 14% and (ii) 20%, when the cost of capital is 10% . How to resolve conflicts in
NPV and IRR analysis?
Question No: 18 Replacement

Excel operations Ltd. is proposing to replace its fully depreciated machine by a new one
costing Rs.1.5 Lacs. The current market value of the old machine is Rs.0.20 Lacs. The
salvage value after 6 years is zero. The salvage value of the new machine after 6 years is
expected to be Rs.16000. With the use of the new machine, sales are expected to increase
by Rs.20000 per annum and operating expenses to decrease by Rs.12000 per annum. If
the company follows a 30% WDV depreciation policy, has a marginal cost of capital of 12%
and attracts a marginal tax rate of 30%, should the company replace the old machine?

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Question No: 19 Product manufactures viability

A Cosmetic company is considering introducing a new lotion, which is useful both in winters
and summers. The manufacturing equipment will cost Rs.560000. the expected life of the
equipment is 8 years. The company is thinking of selling the lotion in a single standard pack
of 50 grams at Rs. 12 each pack. It is estimated that variable cost per pack would be Rs.6
and annual fixed cost, Rs.420000. Fixed cost includes (straight-line) depreciation of Rs.
70,000 and allocated overheads of Rs.30000. The company expects to sell 1 lakh packs of
lotion each year. Assume that the tax paid is 45% and straight-line depreciation is allowed
for tax purposes. The opportunity cost of capital is 12%. Should the company manufacture
the lotion? Also calculate the time -adjusted break-even point.

Question No: 20 Buy or Make

A company is considering the possibility of manufacturing a particular component which at
present is being bought from outside. The manufacture of the component would call for an
investment of Rs. 7,50,000 in a new machine besides an additional investment of Rs.
50,000 in working capital. The life of the machine would be 10 years with a salvage value
of Rs. 50,000. The estimated savings (after incremental depreciation but before tax) would
be Rs 1,80,000 per annum. The income tax rate is 50%. The company’s required rate of
return is 10%. Depreciation is provided on straight-line system. Should the company make
this investment? Working should part of your answer.
Question No: 21 Modify old or Replace

Aditya Mills has a number of machines that were used to make a product that the firm has
phased out of its operations. An existing machine was originally purchased 6 years ago for
Rs.5 Lacs. It is depreciated on SLM with remaining life of 4 years. No salvage value is
expected at the end of 4 years from now. However it can currently be sold for Rs.1.5 Lacs.
The machine can also be modified to produce another product at a cost of Rs.2 Lacs. The
modification will not affect the useful life or the salvage value. After modification SLM would
continue. If the present machine is not modified, it shall buy a new machine at a cost of
Rs.4.4 Lacs (no salvage value), which shall be written off during the useful life of 4 years
under SLM. The production in charge estimates that the new machine would save cash
operating cost by Rs.25000 per annum. The cost of capital is 15% and the corporate tax is
55%. Advice the company whether the new machine should be bought or the old one
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Question No: 22 Install machine to process further or sell

Before process
An iron ore company is considering investing in a new processing facility. The company
extracts ore from an open pit mine. During a year, 1 Lac tones of ore is extracted. If the
output from the extraction process is sold immediately upon removal of dirt, rocks and
other impurities, a price of Rs.1000 per ton of ore can be obtained. The company has
estimated that its extraction costs amount to 70% of the net realizable value of the ore. As
an alternative to selling all the ore at Rs.1000 per ton, it is possible to process further 25%
of the output. The additional cash cost of further processing would be Rs.100 per ton. The
processed ore would yield 80% final output, and can be sold at Rs.1600 per ton. For
additional processing the company would have to install equipment costing Rs.100 lacs.
The equipment is expected to have a useful life of 5 years, with no salvage value. The
company follows SLM of depreciation. Additional working capital requirement is estimated
at Rs.10 Lacs. The company’s cut-off rate for such investments is 15%. Corporate tax rate
is 50%. Should be the company install the equipment for further processing of the iron-
ore?

Question No: 23 Make or Buy

X & Co currently manufacture all components of its final product, but B & Co., has offered to
provide one of the main sub-assemblies needed by X at what appears to be a very
attractive price. However X is hesitant in buying from B because quite a lot of its own
special purpose equipment will become redundant and have to be sold at a considerable
loss. The following is the summary of the available information:
a) B will supply the sub-assembly in any quantity needed as Rs.90 per unit. The
forecasted value of demand is 10000 units per annum for the next 6 years.
b) The current manufacturing costs of X & Co to produce 10000 sub-assemblies per
year is as follows:
Items Rs. in lacs
Materials 2
Direct Labour 4
Variable Overheads 2
Fixed Overheads (including depreciation) 4.5
Total 12.5
It is expected that the material prices will rise by 25%, and labour rates by 10%
after 3 years. Overhead rates are not expected to increase.
c) In case of purchases from outside all variable manufacturing costs can be avoided.
Of the fixed overheads Rs.50000 cannot be avoided as it relates to the inside plant
administration costs(all paid in cash) that were being allocated to the sub-
assemblies. Depreciation charges on the special purpose equipment used only to
manufacture sub-assemblies are Rs.4 Lacs. The current book value of the
equipment is Rs.24 Lacs and would be depreciated on SLM. It can currently be sold
for Rs.4 Lacs. The equipment would have no resale value after 6 years.
d) The c ompany is subjected to 50% tax. The minimum required rate of return is 15%.
Using NPV analysis, determine whether it would be profitable to switch over from making
sub-assemblies to buying the same from outside. Assume that the firm has a substantial
taxable income.
Question No: 24 Total vs Incremental Approach with

Opportunity Cost
A manufacturer of automobile parts acquired a special purpose-shaping machine for
automatically producing a particular part. The machine has been used for 1 year. It will
have no useful economic life after 3 years. The machine is being depreciated on SLM basis
for income -tax purposes. It cost Rs.88000 has a current disposal price of Rs.29000, and
has a terminal disposal price of Rs.6000. However, a terminal disposal price of zero was
assumed in computing SLM depreciation for tax purposes.
A new machine has become available is far more efficient that the present machine. It
would cost Rs.63000, would cut annual cash-operating costs from Rs.60000 to Rs.40000
and would have zero terminal disposal price at the end of its useful life of 3 years. SLM
depreciation would be used for tax purposes. The applicable income tax is 30%. The after-
tax required rate of return is 14%.
Required:
Using the net present value method, show whether the new machine should be purchased
(a) under a project approach and (b) under a differential approach.


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Question No: 25 Multiple Alternatives

A toy manufacturing company is considering replacing an existing piece of equipment with
one of the two new, more sophisticated machines. The old machine was purchased 3 years
ago at a cost of Rs.70000. The machine originally had a projected life of 7 years and was to
be depreciating SLM to zero salvage value. The two new pieces of equipment being
considered are Machine X and Machine Y. Machine X would cost Rs.80000 to purchase, and
Rs.20000 to install. Due to the expansion in operation, the management estimates the net
working capital requirements of Machine X at Rs.10000. It has a 4-year life with no salvage
value. It will be depreciated on SLM. Machine Y would be requiring working capital of
Rs.20000 and capital cost of Rs.140000 including installation cost. The useful life is also
estimated at 4 years with no salvage value.
The firm is taxed at 55% on normal gains and 30% on capital gains. Assume Cost of capital
to be 10%, which machine, if either, should the company acquire? The projected profits
before depreciation shall be Rs.25000, 50000 & 90000 respectively for the remaining 4
years to come. What would be your answer if the company has under consideration only
the proposal to buy Machine X?
Question No: 26 Convert Machine into Versatile

A company manufactures four products A, B, C and D, which are marked in tubs. Of its
total of 25 machines, ten are suitable for manufacturing all four products whilst the
remaining 15 are unsuitable for products A and D.
Each machine is in production for 48 weeks per year and each is used on a given product in
terms of full weeks and not in fractions of weeks. The company has no question in
obtaining adequate supplies of labour and raw materials.
Marketing policy is that all four products should be sold, and the minimum annual
production is 500 tubs of each. Fixed costs are budgeted at std.820,000 for the year.
Information on production, market price and direct costs is given below:
A B C D
Production (tubs per machine per week) 14 4 3 6
(Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.)
Market price (per tub) 390 390 450 570
Direct Costs:
Process 1: Direct Materials (per week) 238 108 96 156
Process 1 Direct Labour (per week) 448 304 186 264
Process 2 Direct Material (per tub) 10 10 10 10
Process 2: Direct Labour (per tub) 80 72 100 120
Transport (per tub) 130 130 100 240
Because the demand for product A and D is increasing, the company is considering
converting into all-product machines those which, at present, are unsuitable for products A
and D. The cost quoted for this work is Rs.70,000 per machine. The company expects a
12% return over a three year period for this type of expenditure.
Market research indicated that the company’s expected sales over the next 3 years for
products A and D would be 7000 tubs and 2100 tubs per annum respectively.

a. Find out the optimum production to maximise the profit.

b. Find out the number of machines to be converted into versatile machine.
c. What is the minimum increase in the demand of A to justify the conversion of one
additional machine from b above?
uestion No: 27 Relevant Costing with inflation

Wymark Electronics Ltd. has been offered a fixed price contract to manufacture 12
specialised robotic work stations at Rs.1,02,732 each. Four work stations would be made
and sold each year and the contract would run for 3 years from 1 July 2001. The following
estimates have been made for the contract.
Equipment: Special equipment will have to bought and paid for on 1s t July 2001. The
minimum amount required for the contract costs Rs.1,50,000 and this could be resold on
30th June 2000 for Rs.50,000. Ideally, Wymark wishes to keep initial investment as low as
possible but work studies show that additional equipment would reduce semi-skilled labour
costs by 1% for each additional Rs.1000 of equipment. Equipment, cover and above the
minimum, can only be purchased in increments of rs.1000 has no resale value and must be
paid for on 1s t July 2001.
Labour: Each of the work stations will require 2000 hours of skilled labour and 4000 hours
of semi-skilled labour with the current rates of Rs.6 and Rs.4 per hour respectively. During
the first year it is expected that skilled labour will be in short supply and that skilled labour
for the contract will have to be redeployed from existing work where there is a contribution
of Rs.8 per hour, net of labour costs. If the contract is accepted an existing technical
manager who is to be retrenched shall be deployed on a permanent basis at Rs.18000 p.a.
and his redundancy terms were to have been a Rs.30,000 lump sum payable on 1s t July
2001 and a pension of Rs.4000 p.a.
Overheads: Overheads are absorbed at the rate of Rs.20 per skilled labour hour as follows:
Fixed Overheads Rs.13
Variable Overheads Rs.7
Wages salaries and overheads are expected to increase at 10% p.a. compound.
Materials
Material Quantity per Current Original Current Current
work station stock cost per purchase realizable
units units unit price per value per
unit unit
X 20 170 600 850 650
Y 15 60 500 550 200
Material X is used regularly by Wymark for its existing production but Y is used rarely and if
not used for the new contract would have to be disposed of immediately. In addition to the
two materials mentioned the work stations each require 10 microchip circuits which would
have to be bought in. not price is yet available but Wymark is confident that it will be able
to obtain a price that will be fixed for the duration of the contract. Replacement pric es and
current realizable values of X and Y are expected to increase at the rate of 15% p.a.
compound.
Wymark has a cost of capital of 16% in money terms and it can be assumed that all
payments and revenues price on the last day of the year to which they relate unless
otherwise stated. Price changes are deemed to take place annually at midnight on 30th June

and because of its wish to enter this market, Wymark is prepared to accept this contract on
breakeven basis.
You are required to
(a) Calculate the maximum price per circuit that Wymark should be pay assuming
that the circuits are purchased in three batches, payment is made at the end of
each year and minimum amount of equipment is purchased.
(b) Calculate the minimum amount of additional equipment which should be
purchased assuming that it is discovered that the microchip circuits cannot be
bought at less than Rs.1200 each.

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Question No: 28 Block of Assets depreciation and its impact

in Capital Cost
Excel ltd. manufactures a special chemical for sale at Rs.30 per kg. The variable cost of
manufacture is Rs.15 per kg. Fixed cost excluding depreciation is Rs.2.5 Lacs. Excel Ltd. is
currently operating at 50% capacity. It produce a maximum of 100000 kgs at full capacity.
The production manager suggests that if the existing machines are fully replaced, the
company can achieve maximum capacity in the next five years gradually increasing the
production by 10% per year. The finance manager estimated that for each 10% increase in
capacity, the additional increase in fixed cost will be Rs.50,000. The existing machines with
a current book value of Rs.10 Lacs can be disposed of for Rs.5 Lacs. The vice president
(finance) is willing to replace the existing machines provided the NPV on replacement is
about Rs.4,53,000 at 15% cost of capital after tax.
You are required to compute the total value of machines necessary for replacement. (To
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For your exercises you may assume the following:
a) The company follows the block assets concept and all the assets are in the same
block. Depreciation will be straight line basis and the same basis is allowed for tax
purposes.
b) There will be no salvage value for the machines newly purchased. The entire cost of
the assets will be depreciated over five year period.
c) Tax rate is at 40%.
d) Cash inflows will arise at the end of the year.
e) Replacement outflow will be at the beginning of the year
(Year 0)
Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Discount factor at 15% 1.00 0.87 0.76 0.66 0.57 0.49

On the basis of data given above, the managing director feels that the replacement, if
carried out, would at latest yield post tax return of 15% in the three years provided the
capacity build up is 60%, 80% and 100% respectively. Do you agree?
Question No: 29 Benefit/Cost Ratio.

Traffic lights control the flow of traffic across and between two busy highways A and B. It is
estimated that 50% of the traffic on each highway is delayed. The average loss of time per
car delayed is 1 minute on highway A and 1.2 minutes on highway B. the traffic on A
average 5000 cars a day and on B 4000. 20% of the cars are trucks and commercial
vehicles, the rest are private. Whether on business or pleasure the occupants time has to
be viewed as valuable. The cost of time for commercial vehicles is estimated at Rs.5 an
hour and private at Rs.2 per private cars. Two fatal accidents due to failure to obey traffic
signals occurred in the last 4 years and the insurance settlements were Rs.50,000 for each
accident. Forty non-fatal accidents averaging a claim of Rs.1,500 occurred in the same
period. These accidents resulted from traffic light violations and will be eliminated by an
overpass.
This overpass is designed to replace the intersection and will add a quarter of mild to the
distance of 15% of the total traffic. The overpass will cost Rs.7.5 Lacs and the extra
maintenance will be Rs.2500 a year. The incremental operating cost for commercial
vehicles will be 25 paise a mile and for non-commercial 6 paise a mile.
The cost of operating the traffic lights in Rs.6000 a year and a police man spends 2 hours a
day at the crossing and the cost is apportioned at Rs.3 per hour. No policeman will be
needed at the overpass.
The expected economic life of overpass is 25 years with a salvage value of zero. The cost of
capital is 7% (the corresponding capital recovery factory is 0.0858). compute the benefit
cost ratio.
Question No: 30 Comprehensive- use of relevant cost

ABC Ltd Ltd. is considering the manufacture of a new product. The accountant has
prepared the following estimate of profit in the first year of manufacture.
Rs. Rs.
Sales: 9000 units at Rs.32 288,000
Cost of goods sold:
Labour: 40000 hours at Rs.2 80000
Materials and other variable costs 65000
Depreciation 45000
Fixed costs 40000
230000
Less: Stock at year end 23000 207,000
Net Profit 81,000
The product is expected to have a life of 4 years. annual sales volume is expected to be
constant over that period at 9000 units production, which was estimated at 10000 units in
the first year then be only 9000 units in years 2 and 3 and 8000 units in the year 4.
Debtors at the end of each year would be 20% of sales during previous year; creditors

would be 10% of materials and other variable cost. If the sales differed from the forecast
level, stocks would be adjusted in proportion.
Depreciation relates to machinery which would be purchased especially for the manufacture
of the new product and is calculated on the straight-line basis assuming that the machinery
would last for four year and have no terminal scrap value. Fixed costs are included at Rs.1
per labour hour, the absorption rate currently used by the company: actual expenditure on
fixed costs would not alter. ABC supply of labour is limited. The managers believe that
enough products which generate cash contribution of Rs.1.50 per labour hour are available
to absorb the productive capacity.
There is a high level of confidence concerning the accuracy of all the above estimates except
the annual sales volume. ABC’s cost of capital is 20% per annum. You may assume that
operating cash flows and annually in arrear. No changes in the prices of inputs or outputs
are expected over the next 4 years.
You are required to:
(a) Prepare calculations to show whether manufacture of the new product is worthwhile.
(b) Calculate the minimum annual sales volume at which manufacture would be
worthwhile
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)
Question No: 31 Sensitivity Analysis in Capital Budgeting

Butcher Ltd. is considering whether to set up a division in order to manufacture a new
product, the Azam. The following statement has been prepared, showing the projected
“profitability” per unit of the new product:

Rs. Rs.
Selling Price 22.00
Material (3Kg @ Rs.1.50 per Kg) 4.50
Labour (2 hours @ Rs.2.50 per hour) 5.00
Overheads 11.50 21.00
Profit per unit 1.00
A feasibility study, recently undertaken at a cost of Rs.50000, suggests that a selling pric e
of Rs.22 per unit should be set. At this price, it is expected that 10000 units would be sold
each year. Demand for the product is expected to cease after 5 years. Direct Labour and
materials costs would be incurred only for the duration of the product life.
Overheads per unit have been calculated as follows:
Rs.
Variable overheads 2.50
Rent (see note a below) 0.80
Managers’ Salary (See note b) 0.70
Depreciation (See note c) 5.00
Head Office cost (see note d) 2.50
11.50
Notes:
a) Azam would be ma nufactured in a factory rented specially for the purpose. Annual
rental would be Rs.8000 payable only for as long as the factory was occupied.
b) A manager would be employed to supervise production of Azams at a salary of Rs.7000
per annum. The manager is at present employed by the company but is due to retire in
the near future on an annual pension of Rs.2000. If he continued to be employed his
pension would not be paid during the period of employment. His subsequent pension
rights would not be affected.
c) Manufacture of the Azam would require a specialized machine costing Rs.250000. The
machine would be capable of producing Azam for an indefinite period, although due to
its specialized nature it would not have any resale or scrap value when the production of
Azam ceased. It is the policy of Butcher Ltd. to provide depreciation on all fixed assets
using the straight line method. The annual charge of Rs.50000 for the new machine is
based on a life of 5 years, equal to the period during which Azams are expected to be
produced.
d) Butcher Ltd. allocates it head office fixed costs to all products at the of Rs.1.25 per
direct labour hour. Total head office fixed costs would not be affected by the
introduction of the Azam to the company’s range of products.
The required return of Butcher Ltd. for all new projects is estimated at 5% per annum in
real terms, and you may assume that all costs and prices given above will remain constant
in real terms. All cash flows would arise at the end of each year, with exception of the cost
of the machine would be payable of all the estimates given above, with the exception of
those relating to product life, annual sales volume and material cost per Azam.
Required:
(a) Prepare NPV calculations, based on the estimates provided, to show whether Butcher
Ltd. should proceed with manufacture of the Azam.

(b) Prepare a statement showing how sensitive the NPV of manufacturing Azams is to
errors of estimation in each of the three factors: Product Life, annual sales volume
and material cost per Azam.
uestion No: 32 Main player or keep reserve

Hypothetical Ltd. anticipates an increased in demand for one of its major product lines, and
is thus interested in expanding its production capacity. It presently operates one model, M-
100, and is considering two alternatives.
Alternative I: Acquire an additional model M-100 to operate in tandem with the existing
one.
Alternative II: Acquire the newly–introduced model, M-500 which has double the output
capacity of a M-100, but keep the old M-100 for emergencies, since tests have shown that
the M-500 is a very sensitive machine.
The following information has been developed for the two alternatives.
M-100 M-500
Acquisition cost Rs.5,00,000 Rs.8,00,000
Operating costs per unit
Material 4 8
Labour 8 3
Overhead 2 1
Annual operating fixed costs per 50,000 50,000

machine(excluding depreciation)
Resale value after 10 years Nil Nil
The existing model, M-100, was purchased 4 years ago for Rs.4,00,000. If operated it will
have to be replaced six years from now at an estimated cost of Rs.6,00,000. The machine
which will replace the existing model, will have a market value of Rs.3,00,000 after 4 years.
If the M-500 is acquired, it will cost Rs.20,000 per year to maintain the existing M-100 on
standby status.
However, if M-100 is kept as a standby, it will not need to be replaced at the end of 6 years.
The company believes that a 15% cost of capital rate is appropriate for this decision. The
company follows straight line method of depreciation.
Forecast sales at Rs.20 per unit over the next 10 years are as follows:
Years 1-2 3-6 7-10
Units (in 000s) 45 50 70
The corporate tax rate is 50%. Advise the company as regards the alternative it should opt
for.

Capital budgeting under uncertainty
Question No: 1 Application of Probability Distribution

Assume that discount rate is 10 percent and the cash flow are as follows:
Period (i) Mean (Mi) Standard Deviation
σi)
(σ
0 -1600 Rs.400
1 1500 Rs.500
2 1000 Rs.600
Note: Mi is reached by taking an average of the various probable estimates of Cash flow for
a particular year.
(a) Compute the mean of the present value distribution.

(b) Compute the standard deviation of the present value distribution.
Question No: 2 R. A. D Approach

A firm is considering a proposal to buy a machine for Rs.30,000. The expected Cash Flow
after taxes from the Machine for a period of 3 consecutive years are Rs.20,000 each. After
the expiry of the useful life of the machine, the seller has guaranteed its repurchase at
Rs.2,000. The firms cost of capital is 10% and the risk adjusting discount rate is 18%.
Should the Company accept the proposal?
Question No: 3 C. E. Approach

A Company is examining 2 mutually exclusive investment proposals. The management of
the company uses certainty equivalence to evaluate new investment proposals. From the
following information pertaining to these projects, advice the company as to which project
should be taken up.
Proposal
Investment A Investment B
Cash Flow CE Cash Flow CE

Year
0 (25,000) 1 (25,000) 1
1 15,000 0.8 9,000 0.9
2 15,000 0.7 18,000 0.8
3 15,000 0.6 12,000 0.7
4 15,000 0.5 16,000 0.4
The firm’s cost of capital is 12% and risk free borrowing rate is 6%.


(Normal)
A Local Department is considering the renovation of its department. The renovation will
cost the firm Rs.10 Lacs. Its incremental cash flow is very sensitive to the economic
conditions as estimated below:
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)
Event Probability Incremental Cash

of Event Flow (Rs. in Lacs)
A – Super Economic Boom 0.1 8
B - Mild Economic Expansion 0.2 5
C – Normal Economic 0.4 4
Expansion
D – Mild Recession 0.2 3
E – Severe Recession 0.1 2
The firm thinks that the probability distribution of possible incre mental cash flow exists for
each of the 4 years during which the department will be functioning. The firms cost of
capital is 10%.
(i) What is the expected annual incremental Cash Flow?
(ii) What is the Project’s expected NPV?
(iii) If the project’s Standard Deviation is Rs.1.80 Lacs, What is the Project’s risk/rupee
of expected return?
(iv) What is the probability that the project will have a negative NPV?

Standard Deviation of the project is Rs.9343. NPV value is calc ulated at Rs.23,206. What is
the probability that the project earns (i) less than 0 NPV; (ii) greater than 0; (iii) atleast
equivalent to mean; (iv) 10% below mean; and (v) 10% above the mean.

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Question No: 6 Application of Probability in Capital Budgeting

Toy Entertainment designs and manufacturer toys. Past experience indicates that the
product life of a toy is 3 years. Promotional advertising produces an increase in sales in the
early years but there is a substantial sales decline in the final year of a toy’s life. Consumer
demand for new toys placed in the market terms to fall into 3 classes. About 30% of the
new toys sell well above expectation. 60% as anticipated and 10% have below acceptance.
A new toy has been developed. The followings sales projections were made by carefully
evaluating the consumer demand.
Estimated Sales (in Lacs)
State of I Year II Year III Year
Demand Probability
Above average 0.30 12 25 6
Average 0.60 7 17 4
Below Average 0.10 2 9 1.5
Variable costs are estimated at 30% of the selling price. Special machinery must be
purchased at Rs.8.60 Lacs. The company has been trying unsuccessfully for several years
to rent out a vacant portion (where the plant was installed)at Rs.50,000 p.a. Fixed
Expenses excluding depreciation are estimated at Rs.50,000 p.a. The machinery will be
depreciated under straight line method with an estimated salvage value of Rs.1.10 Lacs at
the end of the 3rd year.
Advertisement and Promotional charges will be incurred uniformly as follows: Rs.1,00,000 –
1st Year: Rs.1,50,000 – 2nd Year: Rs.50,000 – 3rd Year. The company is subject to a
corporation tax of 50%. The cost of capital is 10%. Prepare a schedule computing the
probable sales of this new toy in each of the 3 years. Also determine the NPV of the
proposal.
Question No: 7 Risk Analysis

A company is considering a proposal to buy one of the two machines to manufacture a new
product. Each of these machines requires an investment of Rs.50,000 and expected to
provide benefits over a period of 12 years. the firm has made pessimistic, most likely, and

optimistic estimates of the returns associated with each of these alternatives. These
estimates are as follows:
Machine A (Rs.) Machine B (Rs.)
Cost 50,000 50,000
Cash Flow estimates
Pessimistic 8,000 0
Most likely 12,000 10,000
Optimistic 16,000 20,000
Assuming 14% cost of capital, which project do you consider more risky, and why?
Question No: 8 Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting

A company has spent Rs.75,000 on research in developing a new product. The product will
be marketable if it promises a risk-adjusted rate of return (applicable to such projects) of at
least 25% after taxes. For the purposes of financial analysis, the following information has
been collected.
1. The estimated life of the product is 3 years.
2. Projected sales are as follows:
Year Sales Revenue
1 15,00,000
2 25,00,000
3 6,00,000
Variable cost to manufacture and sell the product are estimated at 60% of the selling
price.
3. the present cash fixed costs will be increased by Rs.10,000 to cover insurance, and
maintenance of new equipment.
4. advertising of the new product will be incurred uniformly, and will total Rs.1,25,000 in
the first year, and Rs.75,000 and Rs.60,000 in years 2 and 3 respectively.
5. New machinery will have to be purchased at an estimated cost of Rs.9,60,000. The
machinery will be depreciated at the rate of 33.33% on the basis of written down value
method of depreciation. The salvage value is estimated at Rs.1,00,000.
6. The new machinery will be installed in a factory area now occupied by equipment that
can no longer be used; viz. scrap equipment. The company has already arranged for
removal of the old equipment at a cost of Rs.10,000.
7. the new product will be stored in a company owned warehouse in portion that is vacant
now. The company has been trying unsuccessfully to rent this space at Rs.25,000 per
year. Several offers have been rejected, the highest rent offer being Rs.15,000 per
year, payable uniformly over the year under a three year lease.
8. The firm pays 50% tax on its income. It is assumed that these taxes will be paid
uniformly as income is earned.
9. Present values of Re.1 at a 25% discount rate are as follows:
Year Re.1 received at the Re.1 received uniformly

end of year over the year
1 0.80 0.88
2 0.64 0.69
3 0.51 0.54
Evaluate the financial implications of the proposal, assuming that the operating cash flows
occur uniformly throughout the period of the project’s life.
Question No: 9 Abandonment decision

ABC Corporation is ordering a special-purpose piece of machinery costing Rs.9,000 with a
life of 2 years, after which there is no expected salvage value. The possible incremental net
cash flows are
YEAR 1 YEAR 2
Cash Flow Probability Cash Flow Conditional
Probability
Rs.6,000 0.3 Rs.2,000 0.3
3,000 0.5
4,000 0.2
4,000 0.3
7,000 0.4 5,000 0.4
6,000 0.3
6,000 0.2
8,000 0.3 7,000 0.5
8,000 0.3
The company’s required rate of return for this investment is 8 percent.
a) Calculate the mean of the probability distribution of possible net present values.
b) Suppose now that the possibility of abandonment exists and that the abandonment
value of the project at the end of year 1 is Rs.4,500. Calculate the new mean NPV,
assuming the company abandons the project if it is worthwhile to do so. Compare your
calculations with those in part a. What are the implications?
Question No: 10 Project acceptance

The Pretty Company is considering a new location. If it constructs an office and 100 cages,
the cost will be Rs.100,000 and the project is likely to produce net cash flows of Rs.17,000
per year for 15 years, after which the leasehold on the land expires and there will be no
residual value. The company’s required return is 18 percent. If the location proves
favorable, Pretty will be able to expand by another 100 cages at the end of 4 years. The
cost per cage would be Rs.200. With the new cages, incremental net cash flows of
Rs.17,000 per year for years 5 through 15 would be expected. The company believes there
is a 50-50 change that the location will prove to be a favorable one.
a. Is the initial project acceptable?
b. What is the value of the option? The worth of the project with the option? Is it
acceptable?
Question No: 11 Capital budgeting under uncertainty

A company is trying to decide whether to invest in a new project. Two mutually exclusive
projects are available, each requiring an investment of Rs.3,00,000. Project A is expected
to generate cash inflows of Rs.2,00,000 per year in the next 2 years. it is estimated that
the cash inflows associated with project B would either be Rs.1,80,000 is received in the
first year, the cash inflow for the second year is likely to be Rs.1,50,000 (probability of 0.3),
Rs.1,80,000 (probability of 0.4) and Rs.2,00,000 (probability of 0.3). In case of first year
cash inflow is Rs.2,20,000, the second year’s likely cash inflow would be Rs.1,80,000 and
Rs.2,70,000 (each with 0.3 probability), and Rs.2,20,000 (Probability 0.4). The firm uses a
14% minimum required rate of return for deciding whether to invest in projects comparable
in risk to the ones under consideration.
a) Calculate the risk adjusted expected NPV for project A and B.
b) Identify the best and the worst possible outcomes for project B.
c) Which of the projects, if any, would you recommend? Why?

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Question No: 12 Decision Tree under Capital Budgeting

Big oil company is wondering whether to drill for oil in high sea. The prospectus are as
follows.
Depth of Total cost Cumulative Present value
oil well (Rs. in problem of of oil, if found
(feet) million) finding oil (Rs. in million)
1000 2 0.5 5
2000 2.5 0.6 4.5
3000 3 0.7 4
Draw a decision tree showing the successive drilling decision to be made by the company.
How should it be prepared to drill?
Question No: 13 Decision Tree approach in Capital budgeting
A firm has an investment proposal, requiring an outlay of Rs.40,000. The investment
proposal is expected to have 2 years economic life with no salvage value. In year 1 there is
a 0.4 probability that cash inflow after tax will be Rs.25,000 and 0.6 probability that cash
inflow after tax will be Rs.30,000. The probabilities assigned to cash inflow after tax for the
year II are as follows:
Cash Inflow Year I Rs.25,000 Rs.30,000
Cash Inflow Year II Probability Probability
Rs.12,000 0.2 Rs.20,000 0.4
Rs.16,000 0.3 Rs.25,000 0.5
Rs.22,000 0.5 Rs.30,000 0.1
The firm uses a 10% discount rate for this type of investment.
Required:
a) Construct a decision tree for the proposed investment project.
b) What net present value will be project yield if worst outcome is realized? What is the
probability of occurrence of this NPV?

c) What will be the best and the probability of that occurrence?

d) Will the project be accepted? (10% discount factor 1 year 0.909 and 2 year 0.826)
Capital Budgeting-Financing Decision
Question No: 1 Alternative source of Finance.
A co., has three alternative sources of funds available to finance a machine that costs
Rs.90,000.
Alternative 1 Lease the equipment: Annual lease payments Rs.36,000 useful life 3 years
term if lease three years, residual value nil, income tax rate 50% interest rate 10% on
declining balance.
Alternative 2 Buy on investments: Down payment Rs.20,000 balance in 3 equal annual
instalments, interest at 14% on declining balance. Useful life of the asset 3 years, with no
residual value.
Alternative 3 Borrow from banks: Repay principal at the end of 3rd year, interest to be paid
@15% p.a.
You are required to find out which alternative of financing the +acquisition of the machine is
the most desirable, assuming after tax cost of capital 10% and depreciation on straight line
method.
Question No: 2 Leasing

Beta Ltd. is considering the acquisition of a personal computer costing Rs.50,000. The
effective life of the computer is expected to be five years. The company plans to acquire the
same either by borrowing Rs.50,000 from its bankers at 15% interest per annum or by
lease. The company wishes to know the lease rentals to be paid annually which will match
the loan option. The following further information is provided to you:
(a) The principal amount of the loan will be paid in five annual equal instalments.
(b) Interest, lease rentals, principal repayment are to be paid on the last day of each year.
(c) The full cost of the computer will be written off over the effective life of computer on a
straight-line basis and the same will be allowed for tax purposes.
(d) The company’s effective tax rate is 40% and the after tax cost of capital is 9%.
(e) The computer will be sold for Rs.1,700 at the end of the 5the year. The commission on
such sales is 9% on the sale value and the same will be paid.
You are required:
To compute the annual lease rentals payable by Beta Ltd. which will result in indifference to
the loan option.
The relevant discount factors are as follows:
Year 1 2 3 4 5
Discount factor 0.92 0.84 0.77 0.71 0.65

A company wish to acquire an asset costing Rs.1,00,000. The company has an offer from a
ban to lend @ 18% repayable in 5 years end instalments. A leasing Company has also
submitted a proposal to the Company to acquire the asset on lease at a yearly rentals of
Rs.280 per Rs.1,000 of the assets value for 5 years payable at year end. The rate of
depreciation of the asset allowable for tax purposes is 20% on W.D.V. with no extra shift
allowance. The salvage value of the asset at the end of 5 years period is estimated to be
Rs.1,000. Whether the Company should accept the proposal of Bank or leasing company, if
the effective tax rate of the company is 50%.
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A company has received three proposals from leasing companies for the acquisition of an
asset on lease costing Rs.1,50,000.
Option I: The terms of offer envisaged payment of rentals for 96 months. During the first
72 months the lease rental were to be paid @ Rs.30 p.m. per Rs.1,000 and during the
remaining 24 months @ Rs.5 p.m. per Rs.1,000 on the expiry of lease period, the lessor has
offered to sale the assets at 5% of the original cost.
Optio n II: Another offer envisaged lease agreement for a period of 72 months during which
lease rentals were to be paid as follows:
Your lease rentals per Rs.1,000 p.m.
Years 1 2 3 4 5 6
(Rs.) 35 30 26 24 22 20
At end of lease period the asset is proposed to be abandoned.
Option III: Under this offer a lease agreement is proposed to be signed for a period of 60
months wherein a initial lease deposit to the extent of 15% will be made at the time of
signing of agreement. Lease rentals @ Rs.35 per Rs.1,000 per month will have to be paid
for period of 60 months on the expiry of leasing agreement, the assets shall be sold against
the initial deposit and the asset is expected to last for a further period of three years.
You are required to evaluate the proposals keeping in view the following parameters.
(i) Depreciation @ 25%

(ii) Discounting rate @ 15%

(iii) Tax rate applicable @ 40%
The monthly and yearly discounting factors @ 15% discount rate are as follows:
Year/months Monthly discounting factors Yearly discounting factors
1 0.923 0.869
2 0.795 0.756
3 0.685 0.658
4 0.590 0.572
5 0.509 0.497
6 0.438 0.432
7 0.377 0.376
8 0.325 0.327
9 0.280 0.284
10 0.241 0.247
11 0.208 0.215
12 0.179 0.187
Company X needs a machine which if purchased outright will cost Rs.10 laksh. A Hire
Purchase and Leasing Company has offered two alternatives as below:
Option A: Hire Purchase

Rs.2,50,000 will be payable on signing of the agreement. 3 annual instalments of
Rs.4,00,000 will be payable at the year starting from year 1. The ownership in the machine
will be transferred automatically at the end of the 3rd year. It is assumed that Company X
will be able to claim depreciation on straight line basis with zero salvage value.
Option : Lease
Rs.20,000 will be payable towards initial service fee upon signing of the agreement. Annual
lease rent of Rs.4,32,000 is payable at the end of each year starting from the first, for a
period of 3 years.
Company X’s tax rate is 35%.
Evaluate the two alternatives and advise the Company as to which one implies least cost.
Fair Finance Ltd. is a hire purchase and leasing company who have been approached by a
local small scale business interested in acquisition of a machine through leasing. The price
quoted by the manufacturer of the machine is Rs.3,00,000. 10% Sales tax is extra. The
proposed lessee desires to have a primary lease period of 5 years.
Fair Finance’s target rate of return on the transaction is 8% post-tax on the outlay. They
wish to fix annual lease rents which are to be payable in arrears at the end of each year.
Their effective Income -tax rate is 50%. The Income -tax rate of depreciation on the machine
is 25%.
Calculate the annual lease rent to be charged by Fair Finance Ltd.

A request has been received by Lotus Finance Ltd. who are engaged in leasing business, for
structuring a lease of a machine costing Rs.30 lakhs. The average post-tax cost of funds to
Lotus Finance (effective tax rate 50%) is 10%, but they wish to mark up this by 2% to
cover the effects of inflation.
Calculate the annual lease rent to be charged assuming that
(a) The lease period is to be 5 years;
(b) The rents will be payable on the first day of each year; and
(c) The machine will be fully depreciated in 5 years.

Kuber Leasing Ltd. is in the process of making out a proposal to lease a certain equipment
to an user-manufacturer. The cost of the equipment is expected to be Rs.10 lakhs and the
primary period of lease to be 10 years. Kuber Leasing is able to give you the following
additional information: (To know more about us visit KalpeshClasses.com)
(a) The machine can be depreciated fully over the 10 years on straight line basis (assume
this to be acceptable for IT purposes)
(b) The current effective tax rate for Kuber Leasing is 40% and they expect to go down to
30% from the beginning of the 6th year of the lease.
(c) (c) It is the normal objective of Kuber to make a 10% post-tax return in its lease
pricing.
(d) Lease management fee of 1% of the value of the asset is usually collected from the
lessees upon signing of the contract of lease, to cover the overhead costs related to
processing of the proposal.
(e) Annual lease rents are collected at the beginning of every year.
You are required to determine the equated annual rent to be charged for the proposal.

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Question No: 9 Fixation of Lease Rentals

Elite Builders a leading construction co., having approved by a foreign embassy to build for
them a block of 6 flats to be used as a guest houses. As per the terms of contract the
foreign embassy would provide Elite builders the plans and the land costing of Rs.25 Lacs.
Elite Builders would build the flats at their own cost and lease them out to foreign embassy
for rental chargeable on annual basis and at the end of 15 years the buildings shall be
transferred to the embassy for a nominal value of Rs.8 lacs. Elite builders estimates the
cost of construction as follows: (We have teacher and taught relation ship and no business
man like approach.)
Area per flat 1000 Sq Ft.
Construction cost Rs.400 Sq Ft.
Registration and Other charges 2.5 % of cost of construction.
Elite builders will also incur Rs.4 Lacs each in year 14 and 15 towards repairs. (For any
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Elite builders proposes to charges the lease rentals as follows:

Year Rental
1-5 Normal
6-10 120% of Normal
11-15 150% of normal
Elite builders present to rate averages at 50%. The full cost of construction and registration
will be written off 15 years and will be allowed for the proposes. You are required to
calculate the norma l lease rental/annum/flat.
Assumption:-
a) Minimum desired return 10%.
b) Rentals and repairs will arise on the last day of the year.
c) Construction & registration and other cost will be incurred at time”O”.
Question No.10 Loan Vs. Lease

XYZ Co. is planning to install a machine which becomes scrap in 3 years. It require an
investment of 180 lakhs and scrap realizes 18 lakhs. The company has following options:
(i) to take a loan @18% and buy that machine, or
(ii) Take it on lease @444/1000 payable annually for 3 years.
Depreciation is 40% WDV. Tax rate is 35%. Determine which option is better.
Question No: 11 Project IRR and Equity IRR
Project outlay = 200crores. Debt equity ratio = 3:1. Cost of debt before tax 15%.
Cash inflow each year = Rs.40crores. Life of the project = 15years, Salvage value of the
project is nil. Ignore taxation. Calculate project IRR and equity IRR on the assumption that
the debt is paid in 15years period in equal instalments i.e., EMI
Question No 12 Base cases NPV and Adjusted NPV
Growmore Fertilizers Limited is considering a capital project requiring an outlay of Rs 15
million. It is expected to generate a net cash inflow of Rs 3.75 million for 6 years. The
opportunity cost of capital is 18 per cent. Growmore Fertilizers can raise a term loan of Rs
10 million for the project. The term loan will carry an interest rate of 16 per cent and would
be repayable in 5 equal annual instalments, the first installment falling due at the end of the
second year.
The balance amount required for the project c an be raised by issuing equity. The issue cost
is expected to be 8 per cent. The tax rate for the company is 50 per cent.
(i) What is the base case NPV?
(ii) What is adjusted net present value?
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Cost of capital, Bond valuation and Dividend Policy

Question No: 1 Introduction
(a) A share has a current market value of Rs.96 last dividend was Rs.12. Calculate the cost
of Equity Capital.
(b) A share has a current market value of Rs.96 last dividend was Rs.12. If the expected
annual growth rate of dividend is 4%. Calculate the cost of Equity Capital.
(c) AB Ltd. has in issue 10% Debentures of a Nominal Value of Rs.100. The market price is
Rs.90 (ex-interest). Calculate the cost of Debentures if (i) Irredeemable: (ii) Redeemable
at par after 10 years.
(d) Some 8% Convertible Debentures have a market value of Rs.106. Very recently interest
was paid. The debentures will be convertible into Equity in 3 years time, at a rate of 4
shares per Rs.10 of Debentures. The shares are expected to have a market value of
Rs.3.50 at that time and all the Debenture Holders are expected to convert their
Debentures. What is the Cost of Capital to the company for the convertible Debentures?
Assume a corporate tax rate of 33% (including Surcharge)
Question No: 2 Intra period compounding

(a) What is the maturity of Rs.10000 @ 10% when compounded annually, semiannually,
quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily
(b) What is the equivalent continuous compounding for 10% p.a with semiannual
compounding?
(c) What is the quarterly interest commitment when the principal of Rs.10000 paid @ 8%
p.a. on continuous compounding basis
Question No: 3 Valuation of bond

Compute the value of a 5-year 7.4% coupon bond that pays interest annually assuming that
the appropriate discount rate is 5.6%.
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Question No: 4 Valuation of bond- differential discount rates

What is the value of a 5-year 5.8% coupon bond if the appropriate discount rate for
discounting each cash flow is as follows:
Year 1 2 3 4 5
Discount Rate in % 5.9 6.4 6.6 6.9 7.3
Question No: 5 Valuation of bond

What is the value of 5-year 7.4% coupon bond selling to yield 5.6% assuming the coupon
payments are made semiannually?
Question No: 6 YTM

Determine whether the yield to maturity of a 6.5% 20-year bond that pays interest
semiannually and is selling for Rs.9068 is 7.2%. 7.4%. or 7.8%.

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Question No: 7 Debenture Valuation

VHP company had sold Rs.1,000 12% perpetual debentures 10 years ago. Interest rates
have risen since then, so that debentures of this company are now selling at 15% yield
basis.
Determine the current indicated / expected market price of the debentures. Would you buy
the debentures for Rs.700?
Assume that the debentures of the company are selling at Rs.825. If the debentures have 8
years to run to maturity, compute the approximate effective yield an investor would earn on
his investment?.
Question No: 8 Introduction

(a) Humpty Dumpty Ltd. has issued 14% preference shares of the face value of Rs.100 each
to be redeemed after 10 years. Floatation cost is expected to be 4%. Determine the cost
of preference shares.
(b) Equity shares of Humpty Dumpty Ltd. are currently selling for Rs.125 per share. The
company expects to pay Rs.15 per share as dividend at the end of the coming year, and the
estimated growth rate is 6%. It is expected that new equity shares can be sold at Rs.123;
the company expects to incur Rs.3 per share as flotation cost. What is the cost of equity
capital?
Question No: 9 Convertible Loan

The 10% convertible loan stock of Agarkar Ltd. is quoted at Rs.142 per 100 nominal. The
earliest date for conversion is in four years time at the rate of 30 ordinary shares per

Rs.100 nominal loan stock. The share price is currently Rs.4.15. the annual interest on stock
has just being paid.
Required:
What is the average annual growth rate in the share price that is required for stock holders
to achieve an overall rate of return of 12% a year compound over next four years, including
the proceeds of conversion.
What is the implicit conversion premium on stock?
Question No: 10 YTM, Duration and volatility

The following data is available for a bond.
Face value Rs 1,000
Coupon (interest rate) 16 per cent payable annually
Years to maturity 6 years
Redemption value Rs 1,000
Current Market price Rs 964.5
What is the yield to maturity, duration, and volatility of this bond?

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Question No: 11 YTM, Duration and volatility

Consider two bonds, P and Q.
Bond P Bond Q
Face value 1,000 1,000
Coupon (interest rate) 16 per cent payable 12 per cent payable
annually annually
Years to maturity 8 5
Redemption value 1,000 1,000
Current market price Rs 918.5 Rs 761
What are the yields to maturity, durations, and volatilities of these bonds?
Question No:12
M/s. Agfa Industries is planning to issue a debentures series on the following terms:
Face Value Rs. 100
Term of maturity 10 Yrs.
Yearly coupon rate
Years
1-4 9%
5-8 10%
9-10 14%
The current market rate on similar debentures is 15 per cent per annum. The
Company proposes to price the issue in such a manner that it can yield 16 per cent
compounded rate of return to the investors. The Company also proposes to redeem the
debentures at 5 per cent premium on maturity. Determine the issue price of the debentures
Question No13 Cost benefit on redemption/replacement of

bond
Magnavision Electronics has Rs 300 million, 16 per cent bonds outstanding with a balance
maturity of 5 years. As interest rates have fallen, Maganvision can refund its bonds with a
Rs 300 million issue of 5 years bonds carrying a coupon rate of 14 per cent. The call
premium will be 5 per cent. The issue cost on the new bonds will be Rs 6 million. The
unamortised portion of the issue costs on the old bonds is Rs 5 million and these can be
written off no sooner the old bonds are called. Magnavision’s marginal tax rate is 35 per
cent. Analyse the bond refunding decision.
Question No: 14 Cost benefit on redemption/replacement of bond

Zenith Pharmaceuticals has a Rs 250 million, 17 per cent bond outstanding with 8 years
re maining to maturity. As interest rates have fallen, Zenith can refund its bond with a Rs
250 million issue of 8-year bonds carrying a coupon rate of 15 per cent. The call premium
will be 6 per cent. The issue costs on the new bonds will be Rs 10 million. The unamortised
portion of the issue costs on the old bonds is Rs 8 million and these can be written off no
sooner the old bonds are called. Zenith’s marginal tax rate is 40 per cent. Analyse the
bond refunding decision.
Question No: 15 Selection of better alternative

Down Ltd is unable to pay the interest on its debt capital, which consists of Rs.5,000,000 of
10% debenture stock. The debenture holders are entitled, under the terms of their trust
deed, to appoint a receiver, but the current financial position of company is so poor that the
enforced liquidation of the company would not realise more than a small fraction of the
amount owed to the debenture holders. The debenture holders are therefore willing to
consider alternative.
The company was suggested that either of two options might satisfy them. The debenture
holders would surrender their debentures, in exchange for:
(a) 15,000,000 ordinary shares under option 1;
(b) Rs.5,000,000 of non-interest-bearing convertible debentures under option 2. The
debentures would be convertible into ordinary shares in two years time at the rate of
200 shares per Rs.100 of stock. Alternatively, the debentures (which would not be
secured) would be repayable at par after two years.

Estimate of the net realisable value of company’s assets in two years time are as follows:
Probability 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1
NRV Rs.M 2 4 6 8
If the company does not go into liquidation, its value as a going concern after two years is
estimated to be 150% of the net realisable value of its assets, and the share price will
reflect this value.
Company would not be allowed to issued any additional shares, nor pay any dividend, for
the next two years. There are currently 10,000,000 shares in issue.
Which option would the debenture holders prefer, on the assumption that they choose the
one that maximises the expected value of their wealth?
Question No: 16 WACC

The Servex Company has the following capital structure on June 30th,1998:
Rs
Ordinary shares (2,00,000 shares) 40,00,000
10% Preference shares 10,00,000
14% debentures 30,00,000
80,00,000
The share of the company sells @Rs. 20, and it is expected that the company will pay next
year a dividend of Rs.2 per share which will grow @ 7% forever. Assume a 50% tax rate.
You are required to:
Compute a weighted average cost of capital based on the existing capital structure.
Question No:17 WACC – Book Value Basis and Market

Value Basis
A paper company has the following specific cost of capital along with the indicated book and
market value weights:
Type of Capital Cost Book value weights Market value weights
Equity 18% 0.50 0.58
Preference Shares 15% 0.20 0.17
Long-term debt 7% 0.30 0.25
1.00 1.00
Calculate the weighted cost of capital, using book and market value weights.
Calculate the weighted average cost of capital, using marginal weights, if the company
intended to raise the needed funds using 50% long-term debt, 35% preference shares and
15% retained earnings.
Question No: 18 Optimal Cost of Capital

While designing the most optimal capital structure for a company, the following estimates of
the cost of equity capital and debt (after tax) have been made at various levels of debt
equity mix:

S. No. Debt as % of total capital employed Cost of Debt % Cost of equity %

1. 0 5 16
2. 10 7 16
3. 20 8 16
4. 30 10 17
5. 40 10 18
6. 50 11 19
7. 60 12 20
You are required to determine the optimal debt equity mix for the company by calculating
composite cost of capital.
Question No: 19 Arbitrage – Levered to Unlevered

The two companies, Sadam and Bush, belong to the equivalent risk class. These two firms
are identical in every fashion except that Sadam Company is unlevered while company Bush
has 10% debentures of Rs.30 lakhs.
The other relevant information regarding their valuation and capitalisation rates are as
follows:
Sadam Bush
(Rs.) (Rs.)
Net operating income (EBIT) 750,000 750,000
Interest on Debt. (I) Nil 300,000
Earnings to equity holders (NI) 750,000 450,000
Equity-capitalisation rate(K) 0.15 0.20
Market value of equity (S) 5,000,000 2,250,000
Market value of Debt Nil 3,000,000
Total value of the firm 5,000,000 5,250,000
Implied overall capitalisation rate (K) 15.0 14.28%
Debt-equity ratio (B/S) 0 1.33
An Investor owns 10% equity shares of company Bush. Show the process and the amount
by which he could reduce his outlay through the use of leverage.
According to Modigliani and Miller, when will this arbitrage process come to an end?
Question No: 20 Arbitrage – Unlevered to Levered

The two companies Jaswant Ltd. and Yaswant Ltd. belong to the same risk class. They have
everything in common except that Yaswant Ltd. has 10% debentures of Rs.5 lakhs. The
valuation of the two firms is assumed to be as follows:
Jaswant Yaswant Ltd.
Ltd. (Rs.) (Rs.)
Net operating income (EBIT) 750,000 750,000
Interest on Debt. (I) Nil 50,000
Earnings to equity holders (NI) 750,000 700,000
Equity-capitalisation rate(K) 0.125 0.14
Market value of equity (S) 6,000,000 5,000,000
Market Value of debt (B) Nil 500,000
Total Market value of the firm (V) 6,000,000 5,500,000

Implied over-all capitalisation rate (K) 12.5% 13.63%
Debt-equity ratio (B/S) 0 0.1
An investor owns 10% equity shares of the over-valued firm. Determine his investment
cost of earning the same income so that he is at a break-even point? Will he gain by
investing in the undervalued firm?
Question No: 21 Arbitrage – Levered to Levered
Particulars U Ltd. L Ltd.

(a) Operating income 10,00,000 10,00,000
(b) Debenture interest - 3,00,000
(c) Equity earning 10,00,000 7,00,000
(d) Debt Capitalisation rate - 10%
(e) Equity Capitalisation rate 14% 18%
(f) Market value of debt - 30,00,000
(g) market value of equity 71,42,857 3888889
h) Total Market Value of the firm 71,42,857 6888889
i) Average cost of capital 14% 14.52%
You own Rs.1 lac worth in overvalued firm. What arbitrage will be resorted to?
Question No: 22 Invest or not – Application of DGM

You are considering the following three investments.
The first is a debenture (bond) that is selling in the market at Rs.1,100. The bond has
Rs.1,000 per value, pays interest at 14% per annum and is scheduled to mature in 15
years. For bonds of this risk class, you believe that a 15% rate of return is required.
The second investment that you are analysing is preferred stock having a par value of
Rs.100, that is currently selling for Rs.90 and pays an annual dividend of Rs.13. Your
required rate of return for this stock is 15%.
The third investment is an equity stock (Rs.10 per value) that recently paid a dividend of
Rs.2. The firm’s earnings per share have increased from Rs.3 to Rs.6 in 10 years. The
firm’s dividend per share also has the same growth rate for the indefinite future. The stock
is selling for Rs.20 and you think a reasonable required rate of return for the stock is 20%.
(Growth rate to be rounded off to the nearest whole number).
Calculate the value of each security based on your required rate of return. Clearly indicate
any assumptions you make.
Indicate whether these securities are over-priced or under-priced, depending on which state
whether you will buy the security or not.
If the anticipated growth rate for the equity stock changes to 12%, would your answers to
(a) and (b) above be different?
Question No: 23 DGM

Delphi Products Corporation currently pays a dividend of $2 per share and this dividend is
expected to grow at a 15% annual rate for 3 years, then at a 10% rate for the next 3 years,
after which it is expected to grow at a 5% rate for ever.
What value would you place on the stock if an 18% rate of return were required?
Would your valuation change if you expected to hold the stock only 3 years?
Question No: 24 Elementaries on Dividend Policy

Mr.R is thinking of investing in the equity shares of D Ltd. The face value of the shares is
Rs.10. He requires a return of 25% on his investment. D Ltd. declared dividend of Rs.5 per
share for the year 1998-99 and it is expected that the dividends of the company will grow at
the rate of 30% for the next five years and after that @20% forever. Compute the
maximum price at which Mr.R may buy the shares of the company. (To know more about
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Question No: 25 Application of DGM on Capital budgeting

A Ltd. is an all equity Financed Company. The current ma rket price of share is Rs.180. it has
just paid a dividend of Rs.15 per share and expected future growth in dividend is 12%.
Currently, it is evaluating a proposal requiring funds of Rs.20 lakhs, with annual inflows of
Rs.10 lakhs for 3 years. Find out the Net Present Value of the proposal, if (i) It is financed
from retained earnings; and (ii) It is financed by issuing fresh equity at market price with a
floatation cost of 5% of issue price.
Question No: 26 Cost of Capital – Growth Model

You are given the following information about two companies which are financed entirely by
equity capital:
Trendy Ltd. Jumbo Ltd.
(000’s) (000’s)
No. of ordinary shares of Rs. 1 (000) 150,000 500,000
Market value per share ex div 3.42 0.65
Current earnings 62,858 63,952
Current Dividend 6158 48130
Balance sheet value of capital 315,000 293,000
employed
Dividend 5 years ago 2473 37600
Estimate the cost of capital for both companies using growth

Describe giving your reasons any additional evidence to which would refer in order to
increase your confidence in the estimates of cost of capital in practice .
Question No: 27 DGM and its application in Cost of capital

A Company’s share is quoted in market at Rs.60 currently. A company pays a dividend of
Rs.5 per share and investors expect a growth rate of 12% per year. Compute:
(a) The company’s cost of equity capital.
(b) If anticipated growth rate is 13% p.a. calculate the indicated market price per share.
(c) If the company’s cost of capital is 18% and anticipated growth rate is 15% p.a.,
calculate the market price per share, if dividend of Rs.5 per share is to be maintained.

Question No: 28 Identify Growth rate

The risk free return is 10% and the risk premium is 5% with beta of a company is 1.6. The
company had declared the latest dividend @ Rs.3 (2000) whereas it had declared a dividend
of Rs.2.115 in the year 1994. The company’s earnings and the dividend experienced
constant growth. Find out the intrinsic value of the shares. Take into account the following
PV factor table value if useful.
Percentage of Cost of capital PV Values at the end of 6 years
5% 0.746
6% 0.705
7% 0.666
Question No: 29 Dividend Policy – Walter Approach

The earnings per share of a company are Rs.8 and the rate of capitalisation applicable to
the comp any is 10%. The company has before it an option of adopting a payout ratio of
25% or 50% or 75%. Using Walter’s formula of dividend payout compute the market value
of the company’s share if the productivity of retained earnings is (I) 15% (ii) 10% and (iii)
5%.
Explain fully what inferences can be drawn from the above exercise?
Question No: 30 Dividend Policy – Gordon Approach

The following information is available in respect of the rate of return on investments (r), the
capitalisation rate (k) and earnings per share (E) of Hypothetical Ltd.
r = (I) 12% (ii) 10% (iii) 8%; k = 10%; E = Rs.20
Determine the value of its shares, assuming the following:
Situation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Rentention Ratio (b) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
D/P ratio (1-b) 90 80 70 60 50 40 30

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Question No: 31 Dividend Policy – Walter Model

From the following informatio n supplied to you, determine the theoretical market value of
equity shares of a company as per Walter’s Model:
Earnings of the company Rs.500,000
Dividends paid Rs.300,000
Number of shares outstanding 100,000
Price earning ratio 8
Rate of return on investment 15%

Are you satisfied with the current dividend policy of the firm? If not, what should be the
optimal dividend payout ratio in this case?
Question No: 32 Application of Walter/Gordon formula

A company has a book value per share of Rs.137.80. its return on equity is 15% and it
follows a policy of retaining 60% of its earnings. If the Opportunity Cost of Capital is 18%,
what is the price of the share today?
Question No.33 Residual dividend model

Axel Telecommunications has a target capital structure which consists of 70% debt and
30% equity. Te company anticipates that its capital budget for the upcoming year will be
Rs.30,00,000. If Axel reports net income of Rs.20,00,000 and it follows a residual dividend
payout policy, what will be its dividend payout ratio?
Question No: 34 Walter/Gordon application

With the help of following figures calculate the market price of a share of a company by
using.
(i) Walter’s formula
(ii) Dividend growth model (Gorden’s formula)
Earnings per share (EPS) Rs.10
Dividend per share (DPS) Rs.6
Cost of capital (k) 20%
Internal rate of return on investment 25%
Retention Ratio 60%
uestion No: 35 Walter/Gordon application

Following are the details regarding three companies X Ltd., Y Ltd., and Z Ltd.
X Ltd. Y Ltd. Z Ltd.
Internal Rate of return (%) 5 20 15
Cost of equity capital (%) 15 25 15
Earnings per share Rs.10 Rs.10 Rs.10
Calculate the value of an equity share of each of those companies applying Walter’s formula
when dividend payment ratio (DIP) ratio is (a) 75% (b) 50% (c) 80%.
Question No: 36 DGM

Prudenticial Ltd presently pays a dividend of Re.1.00 per share and has a share price of
Rs.20.00.
i. If this dividend were expected to grow at a rate of 12% per annum forever, what is
the firm’s expected or required return on equity using a dividend-discount model
approach?
ii. Instead of this situation in part (i), suppose that the dividends were expected to grow
at a rate of 20% per annum for 5 years and 10% per year thereafter. Now what is
the firm’s expected, or required, return on equity?
Question No: 37 Lintner Model

What will be the dividend per share of Rohan Industries for the year 2003 given the
following information about the company?
EPS of 2003 = Rs.3
DPS for 2002 = Rs.12
Target payout ratio = 0.6
Adjustment rate = 0.7
Apply the Lintner Model.
Question No: 38 Lintner Model

Zenith Ltd., has earnings per share of Rs.3.00 for year t. Its dividend per share for year t-1
was Rs.1.20. The target payout ratio and the adjustment rate for this firm are 0.6 and 0.7,
respectively. What would be the dividend per share for Zenith Ltd. for year t Lintner’s
model applies to it?
Question No: 39 MM model on dividend

ABC Ltd. has a capital of Rs.10 lakhs in equity shares of Rs.100 each. The shares currently
quoted at par. The company proposes declaration of a dividend of Rs.10 per share at the
end of the current financial year. The Capitalisation rate for the risk class to which the
company belongs is 12%.(For any inquiry or admission to kalpesh classes dial 2382 0676)
What will be the market price of the share at the end of the year, if
(i) A dividend is not declared?
(ii) A dividend is declared?
(iii) Assuming that the company pays the dividend and has not profits of Rs.5,00,000 and
makes new investments of Rs.10lakhs during the period, how many new shares must
be issued? Use the M.M. model.
Question No: 40 MM model in Dividend
The shares of firms X and Y are considered to be equally risky. Investors expect the share
of firm X – the firm which does not plan to pay dividend to be worth Rs.180 next year.
From a share of firm Y, too, investors expect a payoff of Rs.180 – Rs.15 by way of dividend
and Rs.165 by way of share price a year form now.
Dividends are taxed at 20% and capital gains at 10%. What will be the current price of the
shares of X and Y, if each of them offers an expected post-tax rate of return of 15%.
Assume that the radical position applies.
Questions No: 41 Rights issue – Dilution per Share

Jaspal Ltd. had issued 30 Lacs ordinary shares of Re.1 each that are at present selling for
Rs.4 per share. The company plans to issue rights to purchase one new equity share at a
price of Rs.3.2 per share for every three shares held., A share holder who owns 900 shares
thinks that he will suffer a loss in his personal wealth because new shares are being offered
at a price lower than market value. On the assumption that the actual market value of the
shares will be equal to the Ex-rights price. What could be the effect on the share holders
wealth if A) He sells all the rights; B) he exercises half of the rights and sells other half C)
He does nothing at all.

Question No: 42 Gain on Rights Issue

Lotus Ltd. is financed entirely by 12.5 million ordinary shares with a market price of Rs. 2
each . the company is expected to pay constant dividends of Rs. 3 million per annum to
perpetuity. This year’s dividend has last been paid. A project is under consideration, which
would increase dividends by 100,000 per annum to perpetuity. It requires an outlay
including issue costs of Rs. 600,000, whic h will be financed entirely by a new issue of
ordinary shares to the general public.
Calculate the gains made by the original shareholders and the new shareholders if the new
shares are issued:
at Rs. 2 each ; at Rs. 1.92 each
At what price should the new shares be issued:
If all the gain from the project to the original shareholders?
If all the gain goes to the new shareholders?

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Risk Analysis under Portfolio Theory and Capital Asset Pricing

Model
Question No: 1 Elementaries on Statistical Approach to Risk Analysis
a. The forecast of Sky Ltd. according to various possible states of the economy is as
follows:
Status of the Economy Return
Probability
Good 0.1 20
Average 0.4 16
Bad 0.3 10
Worse 0.2 3
What is the expected return, Variance and the Standard Deviation of the above Security?
b. The following data relate to two securities, A and B:

Return on Security
Probability
A B
0.3 10% 6%
0.4 14% 20%
0.3 21% 15%
Find out Co-Variance.
c. The possible returns on two securities are as follows:

Probability Security
(1) (2)
0.2 14% 15%
0.5 20% 13%
0.3 25% 26%
Find out Mean, Standard Deviation, Co-Variance and Correlation.
d. An investor wishes to invest in a portfolio comprising 60 percent security A and 40
percent security B. The expected returns of A and B are 16 percent and 23 percent
respectively. Find out return of the Portfolio.
e. An investor wishes to know the risk of a portfolio comprising 50 percent security A and
50 percent security B.
Where: σA = 9%
σB = 5%
COR (A, B) = 0.2
f. Securities X and Y are to be combined in a portfolio on a 50 : 50 ratio.
Return
Risk
X 10% 20%
Y 4% 12%
Find out the risk associated when the co-efficients of correlation are +1 or 0 or –1.



Question No: 2 Elementary on statistical analysis

Calculate expected return and standard deviation of the following two investments ‘A’ and
‘B’ exclusively and also if total investment is divided one half in each.
The Economic predictions are:-

Economic Climate Probability of Returns Returns
Economic Climate from A % from B%
Recession 0.2 10 6
Stable 0.5 14 15
Expansion 0.3 20 11
1.00
Question No: 3
Using the data from the previous calculate covariance and correlation and then compute
return and risk of all the following portfolios based on correlation covariance.
Investment A B
(i) Proportion 0.2 0.8
(ii) Proportion 0.7 0.3
(iii) Proportion 0.5 0.5
Question No: 4 Elementaries on Statistical Approach to

Risk Analysis
You are evaluating two shares with the following expected returns and variances:
Titco Telco
Expected return 8% 11%
Variance 9% 16%
Required:
(a) What is the expected return and variance of a portfolio constructed with equal amount of
Titco and Telco if the correlation co-efficient is (i) 1; (ii) 0.5; (iii) –0.5; (iv) –1.

Question No: 5 Elementary on CAPM

(a) “Higher the return, higher will be the risk”. In this context discuss the various risks
associated with portfolio planning.
(b) Following is the data regarding six securities:
A B C D E F
Return (%) 8 8 12 4 9 8
Risk (%) (Standard Deviation) 4 5 12 4 5 6
(i) Which of the securities will be selected?
(ii) Assuming perfect correlation, analyse whether it is preferable to invest 75% in
security A and 25% in security C.
Question No: 6 CAPM

a) Assume: The risk-free interest rate is 9%
The expected return on the market portfolio is 18%
If a security has a beta factor of (a) 1.4, (b) 1.0, or (c) 2.3, find out the expected return on
any capital asset.
b) The following data relate to two securities, A and B

B
A
Beta factor 1.5 0.7
Assume: The risk-free interest rate is, 10%

The expected return on the market portfolio is, 18%
Find out the required return and also comment on the pricing as under valued, overvalued
or otherwise.
Question No:7
The rates of return on the security of Company X and market portfolio for 10 periods are
given below:
Period Return of Security Return on Market Portfolio (%)

X (%)
1 20 22
2 22 20
3 25 18
4 21 16
5 18 20
6 -5 8
7 17 -6
8 19 5
9 -7 6
10 20 11
(i) What is the beta of Security X?

What is the characteristic line for Security X?
Question No: 7 Portfolio theory
2000 2001
P Ltd. 11% 17%
Q Ltd. 20% 8%
Calculating the following:
(a) Expected return of portfolio made up of 50 percent of P and 50 per cent of Q.
(b) Expected return of portfolio made up of 60 per cent of P and 40 per cent of Q.
(c) Find out standard deviation of each stock.
(d) What is the covariance and coefficient of correlation between P and Q.
(e) If P & Q stock is invested in the ratio of 2/3 : 1/3 what is portfolio risk.
(f) If the ratio of investment in P & Q is 1 : 1 then what is the overall portfolio risk and
why it has gone up.
Question No: 8 Portfolio Theory

L Ltd. and M Ltd. have the following risk and return estimates.
RL = 20%
RM = 22%
óL = 18%
óM = 15%
(Correlation Coefficient) = rLM = -1
Calculate the proportion of investment in L Ltd. and M Ltd. to minimise the risk of portfolio.
Question No: 9 CAPM

The following table gives an analyst’s expected return on tow shares for particular market
return:
Market return Aggressive share Defensive share
6% 2% 8%
20 30 16
1. What are the betas of the two share?
2. What is the expected return on each share if the market return is equally likely to be
6% or 20%?
3. If the risk-free rate is 7% and the market return is equally likely to be 6% or 20%
what is the SML?
4. What are the alphas of the two shares.


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Question No: 10 CAPM

The following table gives an analyst’s expected return on tow shares for particular market
return:
Market return Aggressive share Defensive share
5% -5% 8%
25 40 18
a. What are the betas of the two shares?
b. What is the expected return on each share if the market return is equally likely to be 5%
and 25%?
c. If the risk-free rate is 8% what is the SML?
d. What are the alphas of the two shares?

(a) Explain briefly the two basic principles of effective portfolio management.
(b) As an investment manager you are given the following information:
Investment in Equity Initial Divds Market price Beta
Share of Price (Rs.) at the end of risk
(Rs.) the year (Rs.) factor
A. Cement Ltd. 25 2 50 0.8
Steel Ltd. 35 2 60 0.7
Liquor Ltd. 45 2 135 0.5
B. Govt. of India bonds 1,000 140 1,005 0.99
Risk free return may be taken at 14%.
You are required to calculate:
(1) Expected rate of returns of portfolio in each using Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).
(2) Average return of Portfolio.
Question No: 12 Fundamentals on Portfolio Theory

An investor is seeking the price to pay for a security, whose standard deviation is 3.00 per
cent. The correlation coefficient for the security with the market is 0.8 and the market
standard deviation is 2.2 per cent. The return from government securities is 5.2 per cent
and from the market portfolio is 9.8 per cent. The investor knows that, by calculating the
required return, he can then determine the price to pay for the security. What is the
required return on the security?

Question No: 13 Decision model on CAPM

The Beta Coefficient of Target Ltd. is 1.4. The company has been maintaining 8% rate of
growth in div idends and earnings. The last dividend paid was Rs.4 per share. Return on
Government securities is 10%. Return on market portfolio is 15%. The current market
price of one share of Target Ltd. is Rs.36.
(i) What will be the equilibrium price per share of Target Ltd.?
(ii) Would you advise purchasing the share?
Question No: 14 Multiple Combinations of Securities in a Portfolio

A client has presented you with three alternatives shares that he is proposing to invest in.
He has instructed you to analyse the possibilities if he were to invest an equal amount in
any two of these shares:
Details are:
Share Expected return Standard Deviation
next year of return
A 12.6% 7.9%
B 10.3% 3.4%
C 9.7% 1.9%
The correlation co-efficient of returns between share are
A and B 0.98
A and C 0.79
B and C 0.89
Required:
(1) Prepare calculation to identify which combination of shares is to be preferred.
(2) Explain how portfolio diversification can reduce risk.
(3) Clearly explain what is meant by capital market line.
Question No: 15 Report on Over Valuation/Under Valuation

using Portfolio Theory
You are analysing two alternative PortFolios. Each consists of 4 securities. Data are:
Port Folio 1
Security Beta of security Expected Amount invested
Return (%) Million Rs.
A 1.4 16 3.8
B 0 6 5.2
C 0.7 10 6.1
D 1.1 13 2.9

Port Folio 2
Security Beta of security Expected Amount invested
Return (%) Million Rs.
E 1.2 14 7.1
F 0.8 11 2.7
G 0.2 7 5.4
H 1.5 17 2.8
The market return is expected to be 12.5% and the risk free rate is 5.5%.
Required:
a) Calculate the beta of each portfolio and the required return on each portfolio.
b) Explain whether the individual shares in portfolio 1 appear to be over or under valued
and what action this would imply for the portfolio manager?
c) A colleague has commented that the actual return on each security has often been quite
different to that predicted by its beta value. Explain why that is not unusual.
Question No: 16 Elementary on Portfolio

The market portfolio is expected to yield a return of 18% with a standard deviation of 6%.
If an investor desires to earn an expected rate of return of 15%, in what combination
should he hold the market portfolio and the risk free security? (Assume risk free of interest
is 8%)
Question No: 17 Elementary on Portfolio/CAPM

P Ltd. has an expected return of 22% and Standard deviation of 40%. Q Ltd. has an
expected return of 24% and standard deviation of 38%. P has a beta of 0.86 and Q 1.24.
The correlation between the returns of P and Q is 0.72. The standard Deviation of the
market return is 20%. (a) Is investing in Q better than investing in p? (b) If you invest
30% in Q and 70% in P, what is your expected rate of return and the portfolio standard
deviation? (c) What is the market portfolio’s expected rate of return and how much is the
risk-free rate? (d) What is the beta of portfolio if P’s weight is 70% and Q is 30%?
Question No: 18 Reverse Working

Europium Ltd. has been specially formed to undertake two investment opportunities. The
risk and return characteristics of the two projects are shown below:
A B
Risk 3% 7%
Europium plans to invest 80% of its available funds in Project A and 20% in B. The directors
believe that the correlation co-efficient between the returns of the projects is +0. 1.
Required:
(a) Calculate the returns from the proposed portfolio of Projects A and B;
(b) Calculate the risk of the portfolio;
(c) Comment on your calculations in part (b) in the context of the risk reducing effects
of diversification:
Suppose the correlation co-efficient between A and B was –1. How should Europium Ltd.
invest its funds in order to obtain a zero risk portfolio.

Question No: 19 Decision Model

Bettaluck Ltd. has been enjoying a substantial net cash inflow, and until the surplus funds
are needed to meet tax and dividend payments, and to finance further capital expenditure
in several months time, they have been invested in a small portfolio of short-term equity
investments.
Details of the portfolio, which consists of shares

in four UK listed companies, are as follows.
Company Number Beta Market Latest Expected
of equity price Dividend return on
shares co- per Yield % equity in
held efficient
share the next
year %
Dashing Ltd. 60000 1.16 $4.29 6.10 19.50
Elegant Ltd. 80000 2.28 $2.92 3.40 24.00
Fantastic Ltd. 100000 0.90 $2.17 5.70 17.50
Gaudy Ltd. 125000 1.50 $3.14 3.30 23.00
The current market return is 19% a year and the Treasury bill yield is 11% a year.
Required:
(a) On the basis of the data given, calculate the risk of Bettaluck Ltd.’s short term
investment portfolio relative to that of the market.
(b) Recommend, with reasons, whether Bettaluck Ltd. should change the
composition of its portfolio.
Question No: 20 Elementary

(a) A Security has a standard deviation of 2.8%. The correlation co-efficient of the security
with a market is 0.8 and market standard deviation is 2.3%. The return from government
securities of 12% and from the market portfolio is 18%. What is the required return on the
portfolio.
(b) In a portfolio of the company Rs.2,00,000 have been invested in asset X which has an
expected return of 8.5%, Rs.2,80,000 in asset Y, which has an expected return of 10.2%
and Rs.3,20,000 in asset Z which has an expected return of 12%/ What is expected return
for the portfolio and expected return on vestment of portfolio.
Question No: 21 Sensitivity Analysis

In the context of CAPM, what is the expected return of security j if it has the following
characteristics and if the following information holds for the market portfolio?
Standard Deviation, Security j 0.20
Standard Deviation, market portfolio 0.15
Correlation between possible returns for 0.80
security j and the market portfolio
Risk-free rate 0.07
a) What would happen to the required return if the standard deviation of security j were
higher?
b) What would happen if the correlation co-efficient were less?

c) What is the functional relationship between the required return for a security and market
risk?
Question No: 22 Comprehensive

XYZ is at present engaged in production of sport shoes and has a debt equity ratio of 0.80.
Its present cost of debt funds is 14% and it has a marginal tax rate of 60 per cent. The
company is proposing to diversify to a new field of adhesives which is considerably different
from the present line of operations. XYZ Ltd. is not well conversant with the new field. The
company is not aware of risks involved in area of adhesives but there exists another
company PQR, which is a representative company in adhesives. PQR is also a public limited
company whose shares are traded in the market. PQR has a debt to equity ratio of .25, a
beta of 1.15 and an effective tax rate of 40 percent.
(a) Calculate what systematic risk is involved for XYZ Ltd. if the company enters into the
business of adhesives. You may assume CAPM holds and XYZ employs same amount of
leverage.
(b) In case risk free rate at present is 10 per cent and expected return on market portfolio
is 15% what return XYZ Ltd. should require for the new business if it uses a CAPM
approach.
Question No: 23 Buy back

XYZ Ltd. pays no taxes and is entirely financed by equity shares has a ß of 0.6, a PE ratio of
5 and is priced to offer an expected return of 20%. XYZ Ltd now decides to buy back, half of
the equity shares by borrowing an equal amount. If the debt yields a risk free return of
10%, calculate
(i) The ß of the equity shares, after the buy back.
(ii) Required return and the risk premium on the equity shares before the buyback.
(iii) The required return and risk premium of the equity shares after buyback.
(iv) The required return on debt.
(v) The % increase in expected earnings per share.
(vi) The new price earning multiple.
Assume that operating profit of the firm is expected to remain constant in perpetuity. (To
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Question No: 24 Risk Analysis

XYZ Ltd. is a consumer goods company which earns expected return of 12% on its existing
operations subject to standard deviation of 20%. The company is owned by a family and the
family has no other investment.
New project is under consideration and the new project is expected to give a return of 16%
subject to standard deviation of 32%. The new project has a correlation of 0.25 with XYZ’s
existing operations.
The new project is likely to account for 25% of XYZ’s operation.
XYZ has identified a utility function to appraise risky project. The function is as under:-
Shareholder’s utility = 100 R – ó2
Where

R = Expected return (in %)

Ó2 = Standard deviation of return (in %)
The project can be accepted only if total utility goes up. Evaluate the project.

Two companies are identical in all respects except capital structure. One company AB Ltd.
has a debt equity ratio of 1 : 4 and its equity has a β (beta) value of 1.1. The other
company XY Ltd. has a debt equity ratio of 3 : 4. Income Tax is 30%. Estimate β (beta)
value of XY Ltd. given the above.
Question No: 26 Permutations of finance and risk analysis

M/s. V Steels Ltd. is planning for a diversification project in Automobile Sector. Its current
equity beta is 1.2, whereas the automobile sector has 1.6. Gearing of automobile sector is
30% debts, 70% equity. If expected market return is 25%, risk free debt is 10% and
taxation rate is taken as 30% and also that corporate debt is assumed to be risk free,
compute suitable discount rate under the following situations.
(i) Project financed by equity only.
(ii) By 30% debt and 70% equity.
(iii) By 40% debt and 60% equity.
Question No: 27 Asset beta
If an industry’s equity beta is 1.45 and its debt beta is 0.25 with an average gearing rate of
2:5, what is its assets beta, given a 35% corporate tax rate?
Question No: 28 Project beta

A project had an equity beta of 1.2 and was going to be financed by a combination of 30%
debt and 70% equity.
Assuming debt-beta to be zero, calculate the Project beta taking risk-free-rate of return to
be 10% and return on market portfolio at 18%.
Question No: 29 Revised beta

Company D has a beta value of 1.2. It is thinking of undertaking a project with a beta value
of 1.7. If, when accepted, the project will comprise 10% of the firm’s total worth, what will
be the subsequent beta value of the company?


Beauty care Ltd which is financed by 10,000,000 ordinary shares and Rs.5,000,000 of
irredeemable 8% debentures. The market value of the shares is Rs2 each ex div, and an
annual dividend of 40 paise per share is expected to be paid in perpetuity. The debentures
are considered to be risk-free and are valued at par.
The company is wondering whether to invest in a project which cost Rs.2,000,000 and yield
Rs.380,000 a year before tax in perpetuity. The project has an estimated beta value of
1.25.
The return from a well-diversified market portfolio is 16%.
Required
(a) Calculate the weighted average cost of capital of the company.
(b) Calculate the beta of the company.
(c) Calculate the beta of an equivalent ungeared company.
(d) Advise the company whether or not the project should be accepted.
Ignore taxation.
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)

DERIVATIVES
Terms and their meanings/importance.
Call Option: A call option gives the buyer ‘the right but not the obligation’ to buy the share
at a specified price on a future date.
Put Option: A put option gives the buyer ‘the right but not the obligation’ to sell a share at
a given price on a future date.
Exercise: Options that can be exercised earlier to the expiration date are American Options
and European options can be exercised only on the date of expiration.
Call/Put premium: The price paid by the buyer of a call/put option is termed as the
call/put premium. The premium is a one time outflow for the buyer of the options.
Expiration Date: It is the day on which the option contract matures. The expiration date in
the case of options on both NSE and BSE is fixed as the last Thursday of the respective
month.
Strike Price: It is the price at which an option can be exercised.

e.g.: “Nifty 26th July 1020 strike call option” means the investor can exercise the call option
at the Nifty exchange on 26th July at a price of Rs 1020.
In the money: A call option is “in the money” if the strike price is less than the market
price of the underlying share. A put option is “in the money” when the strike price is greater
than the market price.
Out of the money: A call option is “out of the money” if the strike price is greater than the
market price of the underlying share. A put option is “in the money” when the strike price is
less than the market price.
Fill in the Blanks:

b) A ___________ option gives the purchaser the opportunity to buy a share / shares at a
specified price which is generally called as _________ price or _________ price.
c) A ___________ option gives the purchaser the opportunity to sell a share / shares at a
specified price.
d) The buyer of the option is referred to as _________ of option. The seller of the option in
referred to as __________ of the option.
e) Holder has __________ obligation & writer has _________ obligation.
f) A holder of call / put option should pay as consideration __________.

g) Options can be exercised only at maturity are __________ options & other option are
____________.
h) Call option shall lapse when the future spot is ___________ than exercise price.
Similarly put option shall be rendered valueless if future spot is __________ than strike
price.
h) In case of call option when

(a) Future Spot < Strike Price, it would be referred to as ___________ the money.
(b) Future Spot = Strike Price, it would be referred to as ___________ the money.
(c) Future Spot > Strike Price, it would be referred to as ___________ the money.
i) In case of put option, when

(a) Future Spot < Strike Price, it would be referred to as ___________ the money.
(b) Future Spot = Strike Price, it would be referred to as ___________ the money.
(c) Future Spot > Strike Price, it would be referred to as ___________ the money.
j) Action of mitigating the loss through derivatives in referred to as __________ and action
of profiting through derivatives is referred to __________.
k) An executive who qualifies for a share option plan acquires _________ option.
l) A firm buys an advanced technology system with a ready second hand market. The
second hand market gives the firm a _______ option.
m) Rights shares are __________ options.
n) A holder of call option is _________ish so also writer of put option. Their pay off would
be positive only in such market similarly writer of a call option is _______ish so also the
holder of put option. Their pay off would be position only in such market.
o) An option premium or value of option has two parts. They are _________ value and
_________ value.
p) Writer has to pays initial _________ & maintain in accordance with the requirement of
the clearing house.
q) When seller of a call does not have the underlying asset on deposit, then it is referred to
as _____________ call or __________ call. Otherwise it is referred to as __________ call.
r) What is the effect on the value of call options (indicate gains by +ve sign and losses by –
sign)
increase Decrease
Share Price – future ___________ ___________

Strike Price. ___________ ___________

Interest rate. ___________ ___________
Time to maturity ___________ ___________
Volatility ___________ ___________

Question No: 1 Basics

From the following find whether the holder of call option would exercise his right on the
expiry date?
S.No. Strike Price Actual Future Price Action
1 190 210
2 200 190
3 370 400
4 400 450
5 460 460
6 900 800
7 540 450
8 280 300
9 175 200
10 030 025
Question No: 2 Fundamentals

From the following find whether the holder of put option would exercise his right on the
expiry date?
S.No. Strike Price Actual Future Price Action
1 270 240
2 360 300
3 450 400
4 190 201
5 200 205
6 220 220
7 165 165
8 520 500
9 090 075
10 750 800
Question No: 3 Choice

What option would you choose on the following Strike Price and Expected Future Spot? Will
you exercise the option if the Actual Future Spot are as follows?
S.No. Strike Expectation of Choose Actual Action
Price Future price the Option Future To be
Spot Taken
1 100 120 120
2 180 160 160
3 100 120 130
4 135 120 137
5 140 175 135
6 152 145 148
7 160 185 155
8 115 110 105
9 160 180 170

10 175 160 180
Question No: 4 Diagrammatic Presentation

Ram has purchased a 3- month call option on a company’s share with an exercise price Rs
51. The current price of the share is Rs 50. Determine the value of call option at expiration
if the share price turns out to be either Rs 47 or Rs 54. Draw a diagram to illustrate your
answer.

You have bought one 6- month call option on a share with an exercise price of Rs 98 at a
premium of Rs 3. The share has a current price of Rs 100. You expect share to either rise to
Rs 108 or fall to Rs 95 after six months. What will be your pay-off when option matures?
Draw a diagram to explain.

Consider the following information:
Future Spot Price Rs.50 – Rs.90 with an interval of Rs.5
Strike Price Rs.70; Premium Rs.5 paid on call option
(a)Find out the payoff for the holder of call option
(b)Also draw chart on the position of the holder
(c) Find out the payoff for the writer of call option
(d) Also draw chart on the position of the writer

Consider the following information:
Future Spot Price Rs.50 – Rs.25 with an interval of Rs.5
Strike Price Rs.30; Premium Rs.2 received on call option
(a)Find out the payoff for the holder of put option
(c) Find out the payoff for the writer of put option
(b) Also draw chart on the position of the writer and the holder



Mr.A bought a call option with strike price at Rs.80 at a cost of Rs.5. The Expiry period is 3
months. On the same day, he also bought a Put Option for the same underlying asset for
the same period, at a strike price of Rs.80 at a cost of Rs.4. Draw a graph showing both the
call option & Put option from the following prices of future spot: Rs.65 – Rs.95 with an
interval of Rs.5
Comment on the strategy

Srinivasamurthy has sold a 6- month put option on a company’s share with an exercise price
of Rs 100. The current share price is Rs 100. Calculate the value of put option to writer at
maturity if the share price increases to Rs 110 or decreases to Rs 90. Draw a diagram to
illustrate your answer.

Mr. A wrote a call of strike price of Rs.80 for a premium of Rs.5. The expiration period is 3
months. He had also written on the same day a put for the same stock at a strike price of
Rs.80 for a premium of Rs.4. Draw the graph for the writer for the future spot prices of
Rs.65 -95 with an interval of Rs.5. Comment on the strategy

You have bought one 6- month put option on a share with an exercise price of Rs 96 at a
premium of Rs 4. The share has a current price of Rs 100. You expect share to either rise to
Rs 108 or fall to Rs 95 after six months. What will be your pay-off when option matures?
Draw a diagram to explain.

Shyama sells a 6- month put with an exercise price of Rs 70 at a premium of Rs 5. Under
what situation option will be exercised? When will Shyama make profit? Draw a diagram to
illustrate Shyama’s profit or loss position with the share prices at maturity.

Consider a Call and a Put on the same underlying stock with a same exp iration period of 90
days.
Strike Price of a call Rs.100
Strike Price of a Put Rs.90
Premium of call Rs.20
Premium of Put Rs.12
Draw a Chart from the view point of a holder from the given prices on future spot of Rs.50 –
Rs.150 with an interval of Rs.5.


Consider a situation of writing a call as well as a put for the same underlying stock.
Strike Price of a call Rs.100
Strike Price of a Put Rs.90
Premium of call Rs.20
Premium of Put Rs.12
Draw a Chart from the view point of a writer from the given prices on future spot of Rs.50 –
Rs.150 with an interval of Rs.10.
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)

(a) You buy a call option on a share with an exercise price of Rs 100. You also buy a put
option on the same share with an exercise price of Rs 97. What profit or loss will you have
on maturity from your portfolio of call and put? Explain with the help of a diagram.
(b)Assume that you paid a call premium of Rs 3 and a put premium of Rs

Question No: 16 Strategy

Mr. Bull bought a call with a Strike price of Rs.100 at a cost of Rs.9 and also wrote a call
with a strike price of Rs.110 for a premium of Rs.5.Draw his position for the future stock
prices of Rs.80 to 140 with an interval of Rs.5 Comment on the strategy

Mr. Bear writes a call with a strike price of Rs.100 for a premium of Rs.9 and also buys a
call on the same underlying stock with a strike price of Rs.110 for a premium of Rs.5. Draw
a graph for future spot prices of Rs.80 – Rs.140 with an interval of Rs.5. Comment on the
strategy.

Ms.Butterfly, an investor buys a call with a strike price of Rs.40 and another call at a Strike
price of Rs.30. She also writes two calls at a Strike price of Rs.35. Ignore premium paid and
collected. Draw the graph for the future spot prices of Rs.20 – Rs.50 with an interval of
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Question No: 19 Pay off

Jennifer Capriati is considering writing a 30-day option on Video Sonics Corporation Ltd,
which is currently trading at Rs.60 per share. The exercise price will also be Rs.60 per
share, and the premium received on the option will be Rs.3.75. at what common share
prices will she make money, at what price will she begin to lose money, and at what prices
will she lose Rs.5 and Rs.10 on each option that is written?

Sridharan has purchased a put option on a share at a premium of Rs 5. The current share
price is Rs 44 and the exercise price is Rs 42. At maturity the share price may either
increase to Rs 45 or fall to Rs 43. Will he exercise his option? Why?

Narendra Modi holds 50 share of Xerox Company. He is intending to write calls on Xerox’s
shares. If he writes a call contract for 50 shares with an exercise price of Rs 100 each
share, determine the value of his portfolio when the option expires if (a) the current share
price of Rs 45 rises to Rs 65, or (b) the share price falls to Rs 40.

Chandran has purchased 3- month put on the same share with an exercise price of Rs 50 at
a premium of Rs 4. He has also bought a 3-month put on the same share with an exercise
price of Rs 50 at a premium of Rs 2. Determine Chandran’s position at maturity if the share
price is either Rs 52 or Rs 45.
Question No: 23 In/At/Out of the Money-Put call parity

Recent quotations for options on IBM shares are given below. IBM shares were selling at
Rs.129.25 and the call money rate (charged to broke rs on share exchange collateral) was
6.25 percent.

Strike Price Call Price Put Price

Rs.125 Rs.10.75 Rs.5.75
130 8.15 8.25
a) Which options are in-the money and which is out-of the-money?
b) Assume that there is exactly 50 days to expiry. What value would put call parity imply
for European puts? What reasons might account for the traded ones being worth
slightly more?
Question No: 24 Value of option

The share of Emperor Ashok Ltd is currently selling for Rs 100. It is known that the share
price will either turn to be Rs 108 or Rs 90. The risk-free rate of return is 12 per cent per
annum. If you intend to buy a 3 month call option with an exercise price of Rs 97, how
much should you pay for buying the option today? Assume no arbitrage opportunity.
Question No: 25 Risk neutralization

A share has a current share price of Rs 100. The share price after six months will be either
Rs 115 or Rs 90. The risk-free rate is 10 per cent per annum. Determine the value of a 6-
month call option on the share with an exercise price of Rs 100 using the risk-neutral
argument.

Superb Ltd’s share is current selling for Rs 60. It is expected that after two months the
share price may either increase by 15 per cent or fall by 10 per cent. The risk-free rate is 9
per cent per annum. What should be the value of a two-month European call option with an
exercise price of Rs 65? What is the value of a two-month European put option with an
exercise price of Rs 65?
Question No: 27 Non dividend – value of option

Determine the price of a European call option on a share that does not pay dividend. The
current share price is Rs 60, the exercise price Rs 55, the risk-free rate is 10 per cent per
annum, the share return volatility is 40 per cent per annum and the time to expiration is six
months.
Question No: 28 Non dividend – value of option

Calculate the value of a European put option on a share that does not pay dividend. The
current share price is Rs 86, the exercise price Rs 93, the risk-free rate is 12 per cent per
annum, the share return volatility is 60 per cent per annum and the time to expiration is
four months.
Question No: 29 Valuation under Binomial Model

A Share price is currently Rs.40. it is known that that at end of one month it will be either
Rs.38. the risk-free interest rate is 8% per annum with continuous compounding. What is
the value of a one-month European call option with a strike price of Rs.39?

A Share price is currently Rs.50. it is known that at the end of six months it will either Rs.45
or Rs.55. the risk-free interest rate is 10% per annum with continuous compounding. What
is the value of a six- month European put option with a strike price of Rs.50?

A Share price is currently Rs.80. it is known that at the end of four months it will be either
Rs.75 or Rs.85. The risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum with continuous compounding.
What is the value of a four- month European put option with a strike price of Rs.80? use no
arbitrage arguments.
Question No:32 Valuation under Binomial Model
The current share price is Rs.100 and share price volatility has been estimated to be 20%.
P.a. The risk free interest rate is 6% p.a. Using a one period binomial, estimate the fair
price of a one-month call option with a strike price of Rs.100 and Rs.105

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Question No:33 Valuation under Binomial Model- Two period

The current share price is Rs.100 and share price volatility has been estimated to be 20%.
P.a. The risk free interest rate is 6% p.a. Using a two period binomial, estimate the fair
price of a two month call option with a strike price of Rs.100.

Prudential ICICI’s share price is now Rs.60. Six months hence, it will be either Rs.75
probability 0.70 or Rs.50 with probability 0.30. A call option exists on the share that can be
exercised only at the end of 6 months at an exercise price of Rs.65.
What is the expected value of option price at the end of the period?
Question No: 35 Put call Parity

The common share of Triangular File Company is selling at Rs.90. A 26-week call option
written on Triangular File’s share is selling for Rs.8. The call’s exercise price is Rs.100. The
risk-free interest rate is 10 percent per year.
a) Suppose that puts on Triangular share are not traded, but you want to buy one. How
would you do it?
b) Suppose that plus are traded. What should a 26-week put with an exercise price of
Rs.100 sell for?
Question No: 36 Put call Parity

A put and a call option each have an expiration date 6 months hence and an exercise price
of Rs.10. The interest rate for the 6-month period is 3 percent.

(a) If the put has a market price of Rs.2 and share is worth Rs.9 per share, what is the
value of the call?
(b) If the put has a market price of Rs.1 and the call Rs.4, what is the value of the share
per share?
(c) If the call has a market value of Rs.5 and market price of the share is Rs.12 per share,
what is the value of the put?

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Question No: 37 Black Scholes model

Find out the values of call as well as put for the following on the assumption that the
options are European with no dividend during the period of holding.
S.No S0 E R T σ
1 50 49 7 200 days 0.3
2 60 56 14 6 months 0.3
3 120 110 14 1 year 0.4
4 20 20 12 3 months 0.4
5 40 45 10 6 months 0.3
6 25 30 8 6 months 0.2
7 412 400 5 3 months 0.22
8 380 400 5 3 months 0.22
9 408 400 5 3 months 0.22
Question No: 38 Value of option – Dividend paying stock
Consider a call option with a strike price of Rs. 45 and four months to expiration. The share
is trading at Rs. 50. Using past share prices, the variance in the log of share prices is
estimated at 0.06. There is one dividend, amounting to Re 0.56, and it expected to be paid
in two months. The risk-free rate is 3%. Find out the value of the call option
A four- month European call option on a dividend-paying stock is currently selling for Rs.5.
The stock price is Rs. 64, the strike price is Rs. 60, and a dividend of Rs. 0.80. is expected
in one month. The risk-free interest rate is 12% per annum for all maturities. What
opportunities are there for an arbitrageur?
The price of a European call that expires in six months and has a strike price of Rs. 30 is
Rs.2. The underlying stock price is Rs.29, and a dividend of Rs.0.50 is expected in two
months and in five months. The term structure is flat, with all risk-free interest rates being
10%. What is the price of a European put option that expires in six months and has a strike
price of Rs.30?
Question No: 41 Arbitrage

Given the following:
Strike Price = Rs.180
Current Price of one share = Rs.200
Risk free rate of interest = 10% p.a.
(i) Calculate theoretical minimum price of a European call option expiring after one year.
(ii) If price of the call option is Rs.30, then how can an arbitrageur make profit.

Question No: 42 Put option valuation

Given the following data:
Strike price = Rs.400
Current stock price = Rs.370
Time until expiration = 6 months
Risk free rate of interest = 5% p.a.
(i) Calculate the theoretical minimum price of a European put option.

If European put option price of Rs.10, then how can an arbitrageur make profit.
Question No: 43 Currency Options
The exchange rate for sterling is currently $1.5 = £1. Suppose you need to buy pounds at
the year. You want to be sure that, regardless of the future market price, you will not pay
more than Rs.1.6 = £1. In return you are prepared to guarantee a minimum price of $1.4 =
£1. What option positions would provide you with this ceiling and floor?
Question No: 44 Valuation of futures

A non-dividend paying stock has a current price of Rs.16. What will be the futures price if
the risk free rate is 9% and the maturity of the futures contract is 1 month?
Question No: 45 Valuation of index futures

Suppose a stock index has a current value of 3500. If the risk free interest is 8% and the
expected yield is 2%, what should be the price of a six months maturity futures contract?
Question No: 46 stock futures
From the following details, please find out if there does any arbitrage opportunity exist?
Spot price of Reliance stock = Rs.210
4 months Reliance futures =Rs.216
Rate of Interest =12%
Dividend payable by company =@40%
Question No: 47 security futures

What should be the futures price of T-bill futures contract from the theoretical futures price
form the details mentioned below–
Spot price of 3months T-bill =Rs.97.80
Time to expiration of T-bill futures contract = 60 days
Risk free rate of interest =9% p.a.
Question No: 48 stock Index futures

A portfolio manager owns 3 stocks:
Stock Shares owned Stock Price beta

1 1 lakh 400 1.1
2 2 lakhs 300 1.2
3 3 lakhs 100 1.3
The spot Nifty Index is at 1350 and futures price is 1352. to use stock index futures to (a)
decrease the portfolio beta to .8 and (b) increase the portfolio beta to 1.5
Question No: 49 Hedging through stock index futures

An equity fund manager owns a portfolio of Rs.10 crores in stocks with a portfolio beta of
1.15. he is concerned that the stock market will decline in the next few days, but does not
wish to bear the brokerage costs and price pressure of selling stocks and then purchasing
them after the anticipated decline. S = 1350 and F = 1360. he decides to use futures to
hedge against the expected market decline. What is the risk minimizing hedge for the stock
position?


Ravi bought 5000 shares of Reliance @ 200 per share on 29th September, 1999, he wants to
hold this investment till 31st December, 1999.
The beta of Reliance is say – 1.2. he wants to hedge his market exposure by selling Nifty.
Futures contract which is available at 1,200 at the moment. Let us find out how he can
hedge his position and to work out profit/loss or Ravi in these situations:
(a) On 31/12/99, suppose Nifty rises to 1250 and Reliance stock to Rs.230.
(b) Suppose Nifty goes down to 1150 and Reliance shares also goes down to Rs.185.

EverPlus Pvt. Ltd. has a very strong view that Tata Steel share will go down since steel
industry scenario is perceived to be gloomy. It believes that within one months prices of
Tata Steel will go down by 20% from present Rs.150. it solds 10,000 shares of Tata Steel
short and wants to holds short position for a month. Today is 30th September, 99 and it
wants to square up its position by 31s t October, 1999. to hedge stock index exposure, it
want to use Nifty futures Contracts. Nifty is say at 1200 now. Calculate the number of Nifty
futures contracts to be purchased by the company and what is its profit profile on 31s t
October, 99 in the following situation:
(a) America lifted sanctions which boosted the market sentiments and Nifty rose to 1275
and Tata Steel also increased to Rs.154.
(b) Nifty reduced to 1150 points and Tata Steel was Rs.135.
Beta of Tata Steel is say 0.8.

Suppose you have a portfolio of 10 crores shares. The beta of the portfolio is 1.19. the
portfolio is to be hedged by using Nifty futures contracts. To find out number of contracts in
futures market to neutralize risk (a) completely (b) reducing beta to 0.5 (c) taking beta to
1.00.

Mahesh takes long position in BSE sensex December, 99 (each point is equal to Rs.50) at
4,700 on 30/10/03. he buys 5 contracts on 10/11/03. index rises to 4750 and he closes his
position by selling index contracts.
Margin to be maintained @10% of the value. Find out the money value of redemption?
Question No: 54 valuation of stock futures

The share of Reliance Ltd which is not expected to pay dividend in the near future is
currently selling for Rs.150. The risk free interest rate is 0.8% per month. A 3- month
futures contract is selling for Rs.152. Develop an arbitrage strategy and show what your
profit will be 3 months hence.

MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS & TAKEOVER

Question No: 1 Valuation of firms
X Ltd. Y Ltd. Merged Company
Value of the Company Rs.40Lacs Rs.10Lacs 60 Lacs
Compensation paid to Y Ltd. for takeover is Rs.12L

Find out the value of the two firms.
Question No: 2 Preliminaries

Very Big Ltd is determined to report earnings per share of Rs. 2.67. It therefore acquires
the Small and Little Company. You are given the following facts:
Very Big Ltd Small and Little Merged Firm
Earnings Per Share 2 2.50 2.67
Price Per Share 40 25 ?
Price-earnings ratio 20 10 ?
Number of Shares 100,000 200,000 ?
Total earnings 200,000 500,000 ?
Total Market value 4,000,000 5,000,000 ?
Once again there are no gains from merging. In exchange for Small and Little shares, Very
Big Ltd issues just enough of its own shares to ensure its Rs.2.67 earnings per share
objective.
(a) Complete the above table for the merged firm.
(b) How many shares of Very Big Ltd are exchanged for each share of Small and Little?
(c) What is the cost of the merger to Very Big Ltd?
(d) What is the change in the total market value of the Very Big Ltd shares that were
outstanding before the merger?
Question No: 3 Exchange Ratio with guaranteed EPS

Mr. Optimistic, the Chairman of BSNL wants a target EPS of Rs.8 after acquiring VSNL. The
following information is provided to find:
BSNL VSNL
Rs. Rs.
EPS 6 6
Market Price Per Share 50 48
No. of Equity Shares 90,000 75,000
It is measured that the effect of synergy would be 11.12% during post acquisition period.
What exchange ratio would guarantee an EPS of Rs.7.5 for BSNL?
Question No: 4 Exchange ratio - acquiring company

If the cost of merger is computed of Rs.277.5 lacs after acquiring small Ltd., what is the
exchange ratio worked out by the acquiring company Big Ltd. from the following
information?

MPS of Big Ltd (Before Acquisition) Rs.192.50

MPS of Small Ltd. (Before Acquisition) Rs.88
No. of shares of Big Ltd. (Before Acquisition) 20 Lacs
No. of shares of Small Ltd. (Before acquisition) 15 Lacs
It is also estimates that the synergy value is measured at present value of RS 687.5 lacs.
Question No: 5 Exchange Ratio, EPS & MPS

A Ltd in considering annexing B Ltd. The financial information is as follows:
A Ltd. B Ltd.
PAT (Rs. In L) 40 10
EPS Rs. 2 1.25
No. of Equity Shares 20 Lacs 8 Lacs
PE Ratio 12 8
A Ltd. in willing to pay 20% Premium based MPs.
Find out
(a) The ratio of exchange.
(b) Number of new shares of A Ltd. to be issued.
(c) EPS of the merged entity with no Synergy benefit.
(d) MPS if EPS is 12 times after merger.
(e) MPS if EPS is 11 times after merger.
Question No: 6 Exchange Ratio – Maximum and Minimum

Telco Plans to acquire Tisco. The following information is provided as following:
Telco Tisco
MPS Rs.300 Rs.200
EPS Rs.25 20
No. of ES 20 L 10 L
PER 12 10
(a) What is the maximum exchange ratio to the shareholders of Telco if the PE Ratio after
on acquisition is 11 with no synergy gain?
(b) What is the minimum exchange ratio to the shareholders of Tisco if PE Ratio after
acquisition is 11.5 and the benefit by synergy is 5%
Question No: 7 Exchange Ratio – Maximum & Minimum

Parthiv Limited and Rathra Limited are discussing a merger deal in which Parthiv will acquire
Rathra. The relevant information about the firms is given as follows:
Parthiv Rathra
Total earnings, E Rs.36 million Rs.12 million
Number of outstanding shares, S 12 million 8 million
Earnngs per share, EPS Rs.3 Rs.1.5
Price-earnings ratio, P/E 10 6
Market price per share, P Rs.30 Rs.9
(a) What is the maximum exchange ratio acceptable to the shareholders of Parthiv Limited
is the PE ratio of the combined firm is 8?
(b) What is the minimum exchange ratio acceptable to the shareholders of Rathra Limited
if the PE ratio of the combined firm is 9?


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Question No: 8 Merger financed by cash/ shares

X Ltd is considering the proposal to acquire Y Ltd. and their financial information is given
below:
X Ltd Y Ltd
No. of Equity shares 10,00,000 6,00, 000
Market Price per Share Rs. 30 18
Market Capitalisation Rs. 3,00,00,000 1,08,00,000
X Ltd. intend to pay Rs.1,40,00,000 in cash for Y Ltd. if Y Ltd’s market price reflects only its
value as a separate entity.
Calculate the cost of merger:
(i) When Merger is financed by cash
(ii) When Merger is financed by 500000 Shares.
Question No: 9 NPV if merger is financed by cash / shares

Skycell Ltd is being negotiated by Airtel Ltd for a possible acquisition:
Particulars Airtel Skycell
Market Value Rs in Lacs 30 8
Market Price per share Rs. 40 No quote available
Airtel Ltd estimates that the incremental value is Rs.250000/- and the total purchase value
is at Rs.10 Lacs.
a) If cash is paid, what is the NPV in the proposed acquisition?
b) What is the NPV if shares were offered?

Anjaneya Couriers is analyzing the possible acquisition of Nalen Restaurants. Neither firm
has debt. The forecasts of Anjaneya show that the purchase would increase its annual after-
tax cash flow by Rs.600,000 indefinitely. The current market value of Nalen is Rs.20million.
The current market value of Anjaneya is Rs.35 million. The appropriate discount rate for the
incremental cash flow is 8%.
a) What is the synergy from the merger?
b) What is the value of Nalen to Anjaneya?

Anjaneya is trying to decide whether it should offer 25% of its share Rs.15 Million in
cash to Nalen.
c) What is the cost to Anjaneya of each alternative?
d) What is the NPV to Anjaneya of each alternative?
e) Which alternative should Anjaneya use?

Question No: 11 Capital Budgeting – Dividend Growth model

Chennai Limited and Kolkata Limited have agreed that Chennai Limited will take over the
business of KolKata Limited with effect from 31s t December, 2001. It is agreed that:
(i) 10,00,000 shareholders of Kolkata Limited will receive shares of Chennai Limited. The
swap ratio is determined on the basis of 26 weeks average market prices of shares of
both the companies. Average prices have been worked out at Rs.50 and Rs.25 for the
shares of Chennai Limited and Kolkata Limited respectively.
(ii) In addition to (i) above shareholders of Kolkata Limited will be paid cash based on the
projected synergy that will arise on the absorption of the business of Kolkata Limited
by Chennai Limited. 50% of the projected benefits will be paid to the shareholders of
Kolkata Limited.
The following projection has been agreed upon by the management of both the companies.
Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Benefit (in Rs. Lacs) 50 75 90 100 105
The benefit is estimated to grow at the rate of 2% from 2007 onwards. It has been further
agreed that a discount rate of 20% should be used to calculate the cash that the holder of
each share of Kolkata Limited will receive.
(i) Calculate the cash that holder of each share of Kolkata Limited will receive.
(ii) Calculate the total purchase consideration.
Question No: 12 Advanced – Synergy – Dividend Growth model

As Financial Controller of Lovely Products Ltd you are investigating the possible acquisition
of Plastitoys Ltd. You have the following basic data:
Lovely products Plastitoys
Earnings per share 5 1.50
Dividend per share 3 0.80
Number of shares 1,000,000 600,000
Share price 90 20
You estimate that investors currently expect a steady growth of about 6% in plastitoys
earnings and dividends. Under new management this growth rate would be increased to 8%
per year, without any additional capital investment required.
(a) What is the gain from the acquisition?
(b) What is the cost of the acquisition if Lovely Products pays 25 in cash for each share of
Plastitoys?
What is the cost of the acquisition if Lovely Products offers one share of Lovely Products for
every three shares of Plastitoys?
How would the cost of the cash offer and the share offer alter if the expected growth rate of
Plastitoys were not changed by the merger?
Question No: 13 Going Private

Big Limited a chain of restaurants is considering going private limited. The president Rajan
Baba believes that with the elimination of Shareholder servicing costs and other costs
associated with public ownership, the company could save Rs. 800,000 per annum before
taxes. In addition, the company believes management incentives and hence performance
will be higher as a private company. As a result, annual profits are expected to be 10%
greater than present after-tax profits of Rs 9 million. The effective tax rate is 30%, the price
/ earnings ratio of the Share is 12, and there are 10 million shares outstanding. What is the
present market price per share? What is the maximum Rupees premium above this price
that the company could pay in order to take the company into private Limited?


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Question No: 14 Capital Budgeting

KL Ltd. wants the acquire LM Ltd. The cash flows of KL Ltd. & the merged entity is given as
follows:
Year 1 2 3 4 5
KL Ltd. (Rs. in Lacs) 275 302.5 324.5 341 357.5
Merged Entity 440 495 563.75 591.25 618.75
Earnings would have witnessed 5% constant growth rate without merger and 6% with
merger on account of economies of operations after 5 years in each case. The cost of
capital is 15%. Since the details of the vendor company is not coming forth but a principle
commitment was made by the chairman of KL Ltd as exchange ratio at 0.6. This is likely to
be accepted by both the parties. From the view point of KL Ltd, find out the value of
acquisition.
Question No: 15 Capital Budgeting - advanced

Tough Products has estimated the following anticipated incremental benefits and
investments for a potential target:
Year ∆CFBT(in Rs.) ∆Dep* (in Rs.) ∆Investment (in Rs.)
1 80000 20000 150000
2 80000 50000 100000
3 135000 50000 50000
4 190000 50000 0
5 195000 50000 0
6 – 10 200000 20000 0
* ∆depreciation is for the ∆investment in the column immediately to the right.
a) If Tough’s tax rate is 0.40, Calculate the incremental after – tax cash flows,∆Cf, from
the target.
b) The Value of Tough before the merger is Rs.2.4 million, while the target’s market
value is Rs.1 million. The market price per share of Tough’s Share is Rs.50, and the
required rate of return is 15 percent. Calculate the NPV for both a cash- financed and
a Share- financed acquisition if Tough anticipates paying a 15% premium above the
current market value of the target. (Retain the negative sign for the first two ∆CFS)
Question No: 16 Comprehensive-Post merger EPS

Ascertainment of Synergy on merger

Better Enterprises has agreed to merge into Best. To accomplish the merger, 2 shares of
Best will be exchanged for every share of Better. Before the merger, the firms were as
follows:
Better Best
Earnings Rs.10 lacs Rs.15 lacs
Shares outstanding 5 lacs 5 lacs
EPS Rs.2 Rs.3
P/E Ratio 10 8
After the merger the PE Ratio is 9.

a) Calculate the Post merger EPS .
b) How much of the value of the combined firm can be attributed to synergistic effects.
c) Did the Shareholders of Better enterprises pain? How about Best’s Shareholders.
Question No:17 Post merger EPS

M Co. Ltd., is studying the possible acquisition of N Co. Ltd. by way of merger. The following
data are available in respect of the companies:
Particulars M Co. Ltd. N Co. Ltd.

Earnings after tax (Rs.) 80,00,000 24,00,000
No. of equity shares 16,00,000 4,00,000
Market value per share (Rs.) 200 160
(i) If the merger goes through by exchange of equity and the exchange ratio is
based on the current market price, what is the new earning per share for M Co.
Ltd.?
(ii) N Co. Ltd. wants to be sure that the earning available to its shareholders will not
be diminished by the merger. What should be the exchange ratio in that case?

Mutual Funds
Question No: 1 Annual Return
a. A mutual fund had a net asset value (NAV) of Rs.50 at the beginning of the year.
During the year a sum of Rs.4 was distributed as income (dividend) besides Rs.3 as
capital gains distribution. At the end of the year NAV was Rs.55, calculate total return
for the year.
b. Suppose the aforesaid Mutual Fund in the next year gives a dividend of Rs.5 as income
distributio n and no capital gains distribution and NAV at the end of second year is
Rs.50. what is the return for the second year.
Question No: 2 Annual Return

In case of an open ended Mutual Fund scheme the market price (Ex-dividend) was Rs.21. a
dividend of Rs.4 has just been paid and Ex-dividend price now is Rs.23. what return has
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Question No: 3 Selection Criteria

Growmore firm is trying to decide between two investments funds. From past performance
they were able to calculate the following average returns and standard deviations for these
funds. The current risk-free rate is 8 per cent and the firm will use this as a measure of the
risk-free rate.
ABC Fund XYZ Fund
Average return ® (per cent) 18 16
Standard deviation, ó (per cent) 20 15
Risk-free rate, Rf = 8.0%
Question No: 4 Sharpe Index

With a risk-free rate of 10%, and with the market portfolio having an expected return of
20% with a standard deviation of 8%, what is the Sharpe Index for portfolio X, with a mean
of 14% and a standard deviation of 18%? For portfolio Y, having a return of 20% and a
standard deviation of 16%? Would you rather be in the market portfolio or one of the other
two portfolios?
Question No: 5 All Indices

JKL and PQR are the two mutual funds. JKL has a sample mean of success .13 and fund PQR
has a sample mean of success .18, with the riskier fund PQR having double the beta at 2.0
as fund JKL. The respective standard deviations are 15% and 19%. The mean return for
market index is .12, while the risk-free rate is 8%.
(a) Compute the Jensen Index for each of the funds. What does it indicate?
(b) Compute the Treynor index for the funds. Interpret the results and compare it to the
Jensen index.
(c) Compute the Sharpe Index for the funds and the market.

Question No: 6 Sharpe & Treynor

Six portfolios experienced the following results during at 7-year period:
Portfolio Average Standard Correlation with
Annual Return Deviation market
A 18.6 27.0 .81
B 14.8 18.0 .65
C 15.1 8.0 .98
D 22.0 21.2 .75
E -9.0 4.0 .45
F 26.5 19.3 .63
Market Risk 13.0 12.0
Free Rate 9.0
(a) Rank these portfolios using (i) Sharpe’s method, and (ii) Treynor’s method.
(b) Compare the ranking in part (a) and explain the reasons behind the differences.
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)
Question No: 7 Performance Evaluation

Consider the following performance information on three portfolios:
Treynor T p Sharpe Sp Jensen Jp
Portfolio A -4.0 -.5 -5.0
Portfolio B 8.0 1.2 3.0
Portfolio C 4.0 .3 0
XYZ Index 5.0 .6 0
(a) Rank each of the portfolios using each of the performance me asures. Are the rankings
consistent for the three techniques?
(b) Compare each portfolio’s performance to the market’s performance. Are the
comparisons consistent for the three techniques?
Question No: 8 Performance Evaluation

The following are the data on Five mutual funds:
FUND RETURN STANDARD DEVIATION BETA
Dhan Raksha 16 8 1.50
Dhan Varsha 12 6 0.90
Dhan Vredhi 14 5 1.40
Dhan Mitra 18 10 0.75
Dhan Laheri 15 7 1.25
What is the reward – to – variability ratio and the ranking if the risk –free rate is 7 percent?
Question No: 9 All measures

Consider the following information for three mutual funds, X, Y and Z, and the market.
Mean return (%) Standard deviation (%) Beta
X 12 18 1.1
Y 10 15 0.9
Z 13 20 1.2
Market index 11 17 1.00
The mean risk-free rate was 5 percent. Calculate the Treynor measure, Sharpe measure,
and Jensen measure for the three mutual funds and the market index.

Question No: 10 All measures

Consider the following information for three mutual funds, X, Y and Z, and the market.
Mean return (%) Standard deviation (%) Beta
LM 15 20 0.90
RS 17 24 1.10
SSR 19 27 1.20
Market index 16 20 1.00
The mean risk-free rate was 10 percent. Calculate the Treynor measure, Sharpe measure,
and Jensen measure for the three mutual funds and the market index.
Question No: 11 Weighted returns

A fund begins with Rs.200 crores and reports the following results for three periods:
Period Rate of return in % Net flow in crores of Rs.
1 5 10
2 12 50
3 16 30
4 3 0
Compute the arithmetic, time -weighted and rupee-weighted average returns.
Question No: 12 NAV

Name of the Scheme : ABC
Size of the scheme : Rs. 100 Crore
Face Value of the Share : Rs. 10
Number of the outstanding shares : Rs. 10 Crore
Market value of the fund’s investments : Rs.180 Crore
Receivables : Rs. 1 Crore
Accrued Income : Rs. 1 Crore
Liabilities : Rs. 0.5 Crore
Accrued expenses : Rs. 0.5 Crore
Find NAV?

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Question No: 13 Target earning

You can earn a return of 15 percent by investing in equity shares on your own. You are
considering a recently announced equity mutual fund scheme where the initial issue
expenses are 5 percent and recurring annual expenses are expected to be 2 percent. How
much should the mutual fund scheme earn to provide a return of 15 percent to you?


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Question No: 14 Target earning

expenses are 5 percent and the recurring annual expenses are expected to be 1.8 percent.
How much should the mutual fund scheme earn to provide a return of 13 percent to you?
Question No: 15 Indifference point

expenses are 6 percent. You believe that the mutual fund scheme will earn 16.5 percent. At
what recurring expenses (in percentage terms) will you be indifferent between investing on
your own and investing through the mutual fund.

Miscellaneous
Question No: 1 Factoring
The turnover of R Ltd. is Rs.60 Lakhs of which 80% is on credit. Debtors are allowed one
month to clear off the dues. A factor is willing to advance 90% of the bills raised on credit
for a fee of 2% a month plus a commission of 4% on the total amount of debts. R Ltd. as a
result of this arrangement is likely to save Rs.21,600 annually in management costs and
avoid bad debts at 1% on the credit sales.
A scheduled bank has come forward to make an advance equal to 90% of the debts at an
interest rate of 18% p.a. However, its processing fee will be at 2% on the debts. Would you
accept factoring or the offer from the bank?
Question No: 2 Factoring

A company makes annual credit sales of Rs.15 Lacs. Credit terms are 30 days, but its debt
administrative has been poor and the average collection period has been 45 days with 0.5%
of sales resulting in bad debts, which are written off.
A factor would take on task of debt administration and credit checking, at an annual fee of
2.5% of credit sales. The company would save Rs.30000 a year in administration costs. The
payment period would be 30 days. The factor would also provide an advance of 80% of
invoiced debts at an interest rate of 14%(3% over the current base rate). The company can
obtain an overdraft facility to finance its debtors @ 2.5% over base rate. Should the
factors’ services be accepted? Assume a constant monthly turnover.
Question No:3 Certificate of Deposit

P Co. has to made payment of Rs.2 million (Rs.20 Lacs) on 16th April, 2000. It has a
surplus money today i.e. 15th January, 2000 and the company has decided to invest in
certificate of Deposit (CD’s) of a leading nationalized bank at 8.00 p.a. What money is
required to be invested now? Take year as 365 days.
Question No: 4 Commericial Paper

Ananta Chemicals Limited is considering raising of Rs 15 crore by issuing CPs for 120 days.
CPs will be sold at a discount of 11.25 per cent. Stamp duty charges will be 0.5 per cent of
the size of the issue. The issuing and other charges will amount to Rs. 3.75 lakh and rating
charges to 0.40 per cent of the issue size. Calculate the effective cost of CP.
Question No.5 Commercial Paper

XY Ltd. is planning to sell a 90-day CP of Rs 100 for Rs 94.75. The company will have to
incur expenses as follows: (a) rating of issue: 0.35 per cent, (b) stamp duty 0.5 per cent,
(c) issuing charges 0.2 per cent and (d) dealer’s fee 0.1 per cent. What is the cost of CP?
Question No:6 Sustainable Growth Rate

(A)A Ltd has an equity capital of Rs.12 million and total debt of Rs.8 million. Sales in the
last year were Rs.30 million.
a) It has target assets to sales ratio of 0.667
b) The target NP Ratio is 0.04
c) The target Debt equity Ratio is 0.667
d) The target earning retention rate of 0.75

In a steady state, what is its Sustainable Growth Rate?
(B) Suppose the company has established for the next year, target Asset to sales ratio of
0.62 and atartet NPr ratio of 0.05 and debt equity ratio of 0.80 and wishes to pay an annual
dividend of Rs..3 million and raise Rs.1 million in equity capital next year. What is its SGR
for next year?
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)
Question No:7 External Funds requirment

S Ltd. Has equity of Rs.6 Lacs issued at par. The following additional information is
provided:
• Sales to net worth ratio is 5
• Growth rate in sales for the next year is 25%.
• Long-term loans are 1.5 times the retained earnings
• Outstanding creditors are half of long-term loans.
• Short-term bank borrowings are equal to outstanding creditors.
• Current assets are Rs.12 Lacs.
• Fixed assets to current assets ratio is 1:2.
• Dividend payout is twice the growth rate in sales.
• Profit margin is 40% of growth rate in sales.
You are required to construct the Balance Sheet and project the external funds requirement
Question No:8
Axle India Ltd’s financial manager has forecast a Rs.1 million cash deficit for the next
quarter. However, there is only a 50% chance this deficit will actually occur. The treasurer
estimates that there is a 20% probability the company will have no deficit at all and a 30%
probability that it will actually need Rs.2 million in short-term financing. The company can
either take out a 90-day unsecured loan at 1% per month or establish a line of credit,
costing 1% per month on the amount borrowed plus a commitment fee of Rs.20,000. Both

alternatives also required a 20% compensating balance for outstanding loans. If excess
cash can be reinvested at 9%, which source of financing gives the lower expected cost?
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)

FORMULAE
COST OF CAPITAL
Ke – Cost of Equity
(a) Constant dividend D1
=
valuation model P0
(b) Constant dividend D1 + g

=
growth model P0
(c) Price earning approach 1 EPS

= =
PE Ratio MPS
Kp – Cost of Preference shares
D
Irredeemable =
Po
Redeemable
Alternative 1:
Dividend + { (Redemption value – Issue Price) ÷ N}
(Issue price + Redemption price ÷ 2)
Alternative 2:
Use Capital Budgeting Techniques as follows
Year Events Cash Flow Appropriate
Discount
0 Issue Price Inflow
1–n Preference Dividend Outflow
(including Dividend
tax)
N Redemption value Outflow
Nil
Such appropriate discount factor is the cost of preference shares

Kd - Cost of debentures
Interest x (1 – tax rate)
Irredeemable =
Issue Price
Use Similar formula & Capital Budgeting

Redeemable -
Technique
Kr = Cost of retained earnings
Kr – Ke − on account of opportunity cost

− it involves no floatation /issue based cost
WACC – Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Sources Proportion K WACC
Equity Pe Ke Pe x Ke
Preference Pp Kp Pp x Kp
Debt Pd Kd (after tax) Pd x Kd
1 Ko

Duration
Volatility of a Bond =
1 + YTM
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)

Walter’s Dividend based price:

D + (r ÷ Ke ) x [E – D]
P0 =
Ke
Gordon’s Div idend based price :

P0 = D
Ke – g
P 0– Present Price; D – Dividend
E – Earnings per share; Ke – Cost of equity
r – Rate of returns internally; b – retention ratio
D = Earnings x Payout ratio [or] E x (1 – b) and g = b x r
RISK ANALYSIS:
Return of a security ø = ÓP x r
Variance of a security ó 2 = ÓP x (r – ø) 2
Standard Deviation of a security = ó2
Covariance of two security = P x (ra – øa) x (rb – øb)
Correlation of Security(A, B) = Cov(A, B)
óA x óB
Ós x Cov(s,m)
Beta =
Óm
(or )
Cov (s,m)
(óm)2
Return of a portfolio = P a x r a + Pb x r b
Risk of a portfolio = (Pa2 x ó a2)+(P b 2 x ó b 2)+(2Pa

x P b x ó a x ó b) x Cor(a, b)
Return of a security in a portfolio rp = rf + (rm – rf) x ó p .

(Portfolio Theory)
óm
Return of a security in (Capital rp = rf + (rm – rf) x β
Asset Pricing Model)
Maxims :
Expected Return = SML or CML [perfectly priced]
(given)
Action – Hold
Expected Return > SML or CML [under priced/under valued]
Action – Buy
Expected Return < SML or CML [overpriced or over valued]
Action – Sell
âEquity = âAssets x 1 + D -à No Tax

Equity
âEquity = 1 + (1 – T) x D x âunlevered firm
Equity
DERIVATIVES:
Pricing of an Option under Black Scholes Model
Value of a Call Option = P x N(d1) – (X) x e–r t f x N(d 2)
Value of a Put Option = (X) x e–rtf x N(-d 2) – P x N( -d1)
Ln (P/X) stands for Natural log of P/X or else a near approximate answer can be ascertained by
using other formula:
LN (P/X) = Log (P) - Log (X)
0.4346
Where d 1 = Ln(P/X) + (rf +(ó2 /2)) x t

óx t
d2 = d1 – ó x t
N(d 1) = Normal table value of d 1
X= Strike Price (also denoted by K)
t= Time (in years)
rf = Risk free Interest rate
N(d 2) = Normal table value of d 2
ó = Standard deviation
Put – call Parity:

Buy a stock + Buy a Put = Present value of Exercise price
+ Buy a call
FUTURES:
Number of Futures to be
bought or sold = Value of the portfolio x (β2 - β1)
Stock index value
If the value of the above formula is negative then the futures are to be sold or else purchased.
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Sharpe Index (Reward to variablity) = Expected Return – rf
σ
Treynor Index (Reward to volatility)= Expected Return – rf
β
Jenson’s Alpha Index = Expected Return – SML
â unlevered firm = â levered firm x E
E + D(1 – t)
Net Asset Value = Net Assets
No.of shares
MERGERS, ACQUISITION & TAKEOVERS :

Synergy = PV of AB – (PV of A + PV of B)
Benefit – Cost = Purchase Consideration – PV of B
NPV (for A) = Benefit – Cost
NPV (for B) = Purchase Consideration received – PV of B
Sentiments of the
Shareholders of No of MPS Wealth
shares
A (Purchasing Co.) Same as Should at least Wealth is
before be the same as protected

before
Y (Vendor Co.) Different Different Same amount
of wealth
should be
protected- is
the minimum
expectation
PROF. JAISON (C.A.)


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Question No: 5 Cross rate quotes

Question No: 6 General Application

a. On which day is it cheaper to buy U.S.$/ w.r.t. SFR

Question No: 7 Premium/ Discount - Forwards

1 Months 3 Months 6 Months

Question NO.8 Premium/ Discount – Forwards – Indirect Quote

Question No: 9 Application of Interest rate parity

Question: 10 Interest Rate Parity

S.No Spot Rs./$ 3m For Interest $ Interest INR

NOW MANY MORE SUBJECTS AVAILABLE KALPESH CLASSES

Question No: 11 PP application and Expectation

TEAM OF PROFESSORS AT KALPESH CLASSES

PROF. KALPESH SANGHAVI (C.A.)

PROF. L.MURALIDHARAN (C.A.)

PROF. SOWMYNARAYANAN (C.A.)

PROF. RAJAGOPALAN (C.A.)

PROF. JAISON (C.A.)

NOW LIVING WORKING TOGETHER.

Question: 12 Inflation factor in Forward quote