
Explanation:
By applying the actual/360 convention popular for most money market instruments, and using 153 days between April 1<sup>st</sup> and September 1<sup>st</sup>.
Therefore:
Note: Repurchase agreements use the actual/360 day count convention.
They are classified as money market instruments in the same category as T-bills.
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Q.2972 Assuming that a counterparty X sells a €250 million face amount of DBR 4’s of December 9<sup>th</sup>, 2014, to a counterparty Y, for settlement on April 1<sup>st</sup>, 2013, at an invoice price of €280.131 million. At the same time, counterparty X decides to rebuy the €250 million face amount five months later, for settlement on September 1<sup>st</sup> 2013 at a purchase rate equivalent to the invoice price including interest at a repo rate of 0.31%. Compute the repurchase price.
A
€250.166 million
B
€259.187 million
C
€281.129 million
D
€280.500 million
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