H has a floating rate loan that it wishes to replace with a fixed rate. The cost of the existing loan is LIBOR + 4%. H would have to pay a fixed rate of 8% on a fixed rate loan. H’s bank has found a potential counterparty for a swap arrangement.

H has a floating rate loan that it wishes to replace with a fixed rate. The cost of the existing loan is LIBOR + 4%. H would have to pay a fixed rate of 8% on a fixed rate loan. H’s bank has found a potential counterparty for a swap arrangement.

The counterparty wishes to raise a variable rate loan. It would pay LIBOR + 1% on a variable rate loan and 9% on a fixed rate.

The bank will require 10% of the savings from the swap and H and the counterparty will share the remaining saving equally.

Calculate H’s effective rate of interest from this swap arrangement.
A . H would pay 6.2%
B . H would pay 6%
C . H would pay Libor + 1%
D . H would pay 6.4%

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Answer: A