You are working at a hedging unit of a multinational company. You are given the following information: USD/MYR SGD/MYR Spot Forward: 4.3224/36 3.0043/56 1-month 15/19 8/12 3-month 23/39 (a) Calculate the 3-month forward bid and offer rates of SGD/MYR. Assume the no-arbitrage 3-month forward rate of SGD/MYR is 2.9980, illustrate an arbitrage strategy to profit from the mispricing opportunity without using calculation. (b)

You are working at a hedging unit of a multinational company. You are given the following information: USD/MYR SGD/MYR Spot Forward: 4.3224/36 3.0043/56 1-month 15/19 8/12 3-month 23/39 (a) Calculate the 3-month forward bid and offer rates of SGD/MYR. Assume the no-arbitrage 3-month forward rate of SGD/MYR is 2.9980, illustrate an arbitrage strategy to profit from the mispricing opportunity without using calculation. (b)

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