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Question 1: RA Operations Roadmap

Blue Ocean Partners is an investment firm specializing in European equities and fixed income securities. It has invested $1 Billion in below assets as of 1st January 2014.

• 30% in US Equities
• 50% in European Equities
• 20% in European Bonds yielding 4% per year [paid at the end of each quarter]. The bond is priced at 99 and matures on 31st December 2014 at par value.

All European securities are denominated in Euro. The market data as of various points in time from the initial investment is shown in the below table

RA Operations Roadmap

Asset	1st January 2014	31st March 2014	30th June 2014	30th September 2014	31st December 2014
US Equities Index ($)	17000	17800	17400	17900	16850
European Equities (Euro)	5000	5200	5400	5900	5700
US $/Euro Exchange Rate	1.45	1.43	1.45	1.38	1.30

• Calculate US Equities Return in US $ terms for the year 2014.
• Calculate European Equities Return in Euro Terms and in US $ Terms for the year 2014
• Calculate European Bonds Total Return (including Coupon)
• Calculate the Portfolio's Total Return in US $ terms.

Question 2:

Last year, In Debt Company paid $78 million of interest expense, and its average rate of interest for the year was 10.0%.

The company's ROE is 16.1%, and it pays no dividends. Estimate next year's interest expense assuming that interest rates will fall by 28% and the company keeps a constant equity multiplier of 20%.

1. Next year's estimated interest expense is $_____________?