BSc41 SG BF

SEMESTER I EXAMINATION 2013
Academic Year 2012/13

Bachelor of Science (Singapore) BSc41 Part Time
FIN 3004S
Banking and Finance
Professor Richard Taffler
Professor Philip Bourke
Dr. Cormac Mac Fhionnlaoich*
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Instructions for Candidates:
Answer ALL questions in Section A and TWO questions from Section B.
In relation to Section A be sure to write the question number and letter answer
in you answer book.
Section A carries 30 marks and Section B carries 20 marks.
Financial Calculators are allowed.
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SECTION A. Multiple Choice Questions. (30 Marks)

Attempt all of the following multiple choice questions. Be sure to write the
question number and letter answer in you answer book.
1.Which of the following is/are money market instrument(s)?
A.
Negotiable CDs
B.
Common stock
C.
T-bonds
D.
4-year maturity corporate bond
E.
A, B, and C are money market instruments
2. Insolvency risk at a financial intermediary (FI) is the risk
A.
that promised cash flows from loans and securities held by FIs may not be paid in
full
B.
incurred by an FI when the maturities of its assets and liabilities do not match
C.
that a sudden surge in liability withdrawals may require an FI to liquidate assets
quickly at fire sale prices
D.
incurred by an FI when its investments in technology do not result in cost savings
or revenue growth
E.
risk that an FI may not have enough capital to offset a sudden decline in the value
of its assets
3. A bank has a positive repricing gap. This implies that
A.
some Rate Sensitive Assets (RSAs) are financed by fixed-rate liabilities.
B.
some Rate Sensitive Liabilities (RSLs) are financing fixed-rate assets.
C.
some RSAs are financing equity.
D.
the bank has no fixed-rate assets.
4.A 12-year annual payment corporate bond has a market price of S$925. It pays annual
interest of S$60 and its required rate of return is 7%. By how much is the bond mispriced?
A.
S $0.00
B.
Overpriced by S$7.29
C.
Underpriced by S$7.29
D.
Overpriced by S$4.43
E.
Underpriced byS $4.43
5..LIBOR is generally _______________ the Fed funds rate because foreign bank deposits
are generally ________________ than domestic bank deposits.
A.
greater than; less risky
B.
less than; more risky
C.
the same as; equally risk
D.
greater than; more risky
E.
less than; less risky
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6. Bank assets tend to have _____________ maturities and _____________ liquidity

than/as bank liabilities.
A.
longer; greater
B.
longer; lower
C.
shorter; greater
D.
shorter; lower
E.
equal; equal
7. The term disintermediation refers to
A.
the policy of not closing insolvent institutions in hopes that they can
eventually
turn around their performance.
B.
the withdrawal of deposits from depository institutions that are reinvested in
other types of intermediaries.
C.
the policy of regulating the minimum rate of return institutions can pay on
deposits.
D.
chartering restrictions that limit the ability of new banks to enter into a local
market.
E.
the policy of not allowing banks to grow by creating a de novo branch outside
their traditional market area.
8.The risk that an unanticipated increase in liability withdrawals may cause an FI to
have to sell assets at fire sale prices is an example of
A.
credit risk.
B.
liquidity risk.
C.
interest rate risk.
D.
sovereign risk.
E.
technology risk.
9. A bank has on-balance-sheet assets with a book value of $940 million and a market
value of $985 million and on-balance-sheet liabilities with a book value of $900
million and a market value of $930 million. The bank also has off-balance-sheet assets
currently valued at $150 million and off-balance-sheet liabilities worth $160 million.
Stockholder's net worth should be valued at _________________ million.
A.
$30
B.
$40
C.
$45
D.
$50
E.
$55
10. Which one of the following situations creates the most liquidity risk?
A.
Long-term assets funded by long-term liabilities
B.
Short-term assets funded by short-term liabilities
C.
Long-term assets funded by short-term liabilities
D.
Short-term assets funded by long-term liabilities
E.
Long-term liabilities funded by short-term assets
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11. Bank A has a loan to deposit ratio of 110%, core deposits equal 55% of total
assets, and borrowed funds are 25% of assets. Bank B has a loan to deposit ratio of
80%. Core deposits are 65% of assets and borrowed funds are 5% of assets. Which
bank has more liquidity risk? Ceteris paribus, which bank will probably be more
profitable when interest rates are low?
A.
Bank A; Bank A
B.
Bank A; Bank B
C.
Bank B; Bank A
D.
Bank B; Bank B
E.
You can't tell
12. How much should you pay for a S$1,000 bond with a 10% annual coupon, and
five years to maturity if the yield to maturity is 12%
A.
S$927.90
B.
S$981.40
C.
S$1,000
D.
S$1,075.82
13. A bank bond returns 12% of its cost (in PV terms) in the first year, 11% in the
second year, 10% in the third year and the remainder in the fourth year. What is the
bond's duration in years?
A.
3.68 years
B.
2.50 years
C.
4.00 years
D.
3.75 years
E.
3.32 years
14. Duration is
A.
the elasticity of a security's value to small coupon changes.
B.
the weighted average time to maturity of the bond's cash flows.
C.
the time until the investor recovers the price of the bond in today's dollars.
D.
greater than maturity for deep discount bonds and less than maturity for
premium
bonds.
E.
the second derivative of the bond price formula with respect to the yield to
maturity.
15. A bank is earning 6% on its $150 million in earning assets and is paying 4.75% on
its liabilities. The bank's NIM is __________________.
A.
6.00%
B.
4.75%
C.
1.25%
D.
10.75%
E.
1.26%
Page 4 of 8
Section B: Answer TWO Questions from this Section. This section carries 20
marks
Question 1
What do you understand by the term structure of interest rates? In the context of the
term structure of interest rates, what is the liquidity premium theory and the
market segmentation theory?
Question 2
Explain the term moral hazard. Give two examples of how moral hazard is seen in
regulation and management of financial institutions.
Question 3
Outline the basic elements of a bank balance sheet. Explain the role of liquidity risk
management in contributing to effective asset liability management for banks.
Question 4
Explain four of the inherent risks that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
considers to be important in the its Common Risk Assessment Framework and
Techniques (CRAFT).
Question 5
Explain the process of securitization from the perspective of a bank that previously
had a significant amount of mortgage lending on its balance sheet.
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Useful Formulae
Price of Bond
Price =
C1
____ +
(1+r)1
C2
C3 +
_____ + _____
(1+r)2
(1+r)3
CN
_____ +
(1+r) N
+ .....
1000
____
(1+r) N
Where C = coupon often stated as % (for example 8% of 1000 =80)

R = required rate of return or Yield to Maturity (YTM)
N = number of time periods
1000 = principle
Price = Present Value of Bond
General Formula for Duration
N
N
CFt t / (1 + r)t
D=
t=1
_______________________
N
CF / (1 + r)t
t
t=1
PVt t
t =1
_____________________
N
PVt
t= 1
where
D = Duration measured in years
t
= 1 to T, the period in which a cash flow is received
N = Number of periods to maturity
CFt = Cash flow received on the security at end of period t
r = Current required rate of return (r) or yhield to maturity (ytm).
PVt = Present Value of the cash flow received at the end of the period t.
= summation sign add following elements for each time period(1- T)
For bonds that pay interest semiannually, the duration equation becomes
N
CF t / (1+r/2) 2t
t
D=
t = 1/2
_______________________
N
CF / (1+r/2)2t
t
t= 1/2
GAP = Rate Sensitive Assets (RSA) Rate Senstive Liabilities (RSL)
Page 6 of 8
Present value interest factor of $1 per period at i% for n periods, PVIF(i,n).

Period
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
11%
12%
13%
14%
15%
0.990
0.980
0.971
0.962
0.952
0.943
0.935
0.926
0.917
0.909
0.901
0.893
0.885
0.877
0.870
0.980
0.961
0.943
0.925
0.907
0.890
0.873
0.857
0.842
0.826
0.812
0.797
0.783
0.769
0.756
0.971
0.942
0.915
0.889
0.864
0.840
0.816
0.794
0.772
0.751
0.731
0.712
0.693
0.675
0.658
0.961
0.924
0.888
0.855
0.823
0.792
0.763
0.735
0.708
0.683
0.659
0.636
0.613
0.592
0.572
0.951
0.906
0.863
0.822
0.784
0.747
0.713
0.681
0.650
0.621
0.593
0.567
0.543
0.519
0.497
0.942
0.888
0.837
0.790
0.746
0.705
0.666
0.630
0.596
0.564
0.535
0.507
0.480
0.456
0.432
0.933
0.871
0.813
0.760
0.711
0.665
0.623
0.583
0.547
0.513
0.482
0.452
0.425
0.400
0.376
0.923
0.853
0.789
0.731
0.677
0.627
0.582
0.540
0.502
0.467
0.434
0.404
0.376
0.351
0.327
0.914
0.837
0.766
0.703
0.645
0.592
0.544
0.500
0.460
0.424
0.391
0.361
0.333
0.308
0.284
10
0.905
0.820
0.744
0.676
0.614
0.558
0.508
0.463
0.422
0.386
0.352
0.322
0.295
0.270
0.247
11
0.896
0.804
0.722
0.650
0.585
0.527
0.475
0.429
0.388
0.350
0.317
0.287
0.261
0.237
0.215
12
0.887
0.788
0.701
0.625
0.557
0.497
0.444
0.397
0.356
0.319
0.286
0.257
0.231
0.208
0.187
13
0.879
0.773
0.681
0.601
0.530
0.469
0.415
0.368
0.326
0.290
0.258
0.229
0.204
0.182
0.163
14
0.870
0.758
0.661
0.577
0.505
0.442
0.388
0.340
0.299
0.263
0.232
0.205
0.181
0.160
0.141
15
0.861
0.743
0.642
0.555
0.481
0.417
0.362
0.315
0.275
0.239
0.209
0.183
0.160
0.140
0.123
16
0.853
0.728
0.623
0.534
0.458
0.394
0.339
0.292
0.252
0.218
0.188
0.163
0.141
0.123
0.107
17
0.844
0.714
0.605
0.513
0.436
0.371
0.317
0.270
0.231
0.198
0.170
0.146
0.125
0.108
0.093
18
0.836
0.700
0.587
0.494
0.416
0.350
0.296
0.250
0.212
0.180
0.153
0.130
0.111
0.095
0.081
19
0.828
0.686
0.570
0.475
0.396
0.331
0.277
0.232
0.194
0.164
0.138
0.116
0.098
0.083
0.070
20
0.820
0.673
0.554
0.456
0.377
0.312
0.258
0.215
0.178
0.149
0.124
0.104
0.087
0.073
0.061
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Present value interest factor of an (ordinary) annuity of $1 per period at i% for n periods,
PVIFA(i,n).
Period
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
11%
12%
13%
14%
15%
0.990
0.980
0.971
0.962
0.952
0.943
0.935
0.926
0.917
0.909
0.901
0.893
0.885
0.877
0.870
1.970
1.942
1.913
1.886
1.859
1.833
1.808
1.783
1.759
1.736
1.713
1.690
1.668
1.647
1.626
2.941
2.884
2.829
2.775
2.723
2.673
2.624
2.577
2.531
2.487
2.444
2.402
2.361
2.322
2.283
3.902
3.808
3.717
3.630
3.546
3.465
3.387
3.312
3.240
3.170
3.102
3.037
2.974
2.914
2.855
4.853
4.713
4.580
4.452
4.329
4.212
4.100
3.993
3.890
3.791
3.696
3.605
3.517
3.433
3.352
5.795
5.601
5.417
5.242
5.076
4.917
4.767
4.623
4.486
4.355
4.231
4.111
3.998
3.889
3.784
6.728
6.472
6.230
6.002
5.786
5.582
5.389
5.206
5.033
4.868
4.712
4.564
4.423
4.288
4.160
7.652
7.325
7.020
6.733
6.463
6.210
5.971
5.747
5.535
5.335
5.146
4.968
4.799
4.639
4.487
8.566
8.162
7.786
7.435
7.108
6.802
6.515
6.247
5.995
5.759
5.537
5.328
5.132
4.946
4.772
10
9.471
8.983
8.530
8.111
7.722
7.360
7.024
6.710
6.418
6.145
5.889
5.650
5.426
5.216
5.019
11
10.368
9.787
9.253
8.760
8.306
7.887
7.499
7.139
6.805
6.495
6.207
5.938
5.687
5.453
5.234
12
11.255
10.575
9.954
9.385
8.863
8.384
7.943
7.536
7.161
6.814
6.492
6.194
5.918
5.660
5.421
13
12.134
11.348
10.635
9.986
9.394
8.853
8.358
7.904
7.487
7.103
6.750
6.424
6.122
5.842
5.583
14
13.004
12.106
11.296
10.563
9.899
9.295
8.745
8.244
7.786
7.367
6.982
6.628
6.302
6.002
5.724
15
13.865
12.849
11.938
11.118
10.380
9.712
9.108
8.559
8.061
7.606
7.191
6.811
6.462
6.142
5.847
16
14.718
13.578
12.561
11.652
10.838
10.106
9.447
8.851
8.313
7.824
7.379
6.974
6.604
6.265
5.954
17
15.562
14.292
13.166
12.166
11.274
10.477
9.763
9.122
8.544
8.022
7.549
7.120
6.729
6.373
6.047
18
16.398
14.992
13.754
12.659
11.690
10.828
10.059
9.372
8.756
8.201
7.702
7.250
6.840
6.467
6.128
19
17.226
15.678
14.324
13.134
12.085
11.158
10.336
9.604
8.950
8.365
7.839
7.366
6.938
6.550
6.198
20
18.046
16.351
14.877
13.590
12.462
11.470
10.594
9.818
9.129
8.514
7.963
7.469
7.025
6.623
6.259
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SEMESTER I EXAMINATION 2013

Academic Year 2012/13

SECTION A. Multiple Choice Questions. (30 Marks)

6. Bank assets tend to have _ maturities and _ liquidity

Where C = coupon often stated as % (for example 8% of 1000 =80)

= summation sign add following elements for each time period(1- T)

Present value interest factor of $1 per period at i% for n periods, PVIF(i,n).

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