You are the financial manager for Belltower Associates, which is headquartered in Australia. You have received the below spot and interest rates quotes from your bank: Ask NZD 0.8340/AUD Spot exchange rate Interest rate for AUD Interest rate for NZD Bid O a. NZD 0.8012/AUD O b. NZD 0.8635/AUD Oc. NZD 0.8298/AUD O d. NZD 0.8594/AUD Oe. NZD 0.7974/AUD Of. NZD 0.8085/AUD NZD 0.8298/AUD 4.50% 0.90% 5.00% 1,30% Suppose that Belltower Associates has a receivable in NZD in one year's time and they wish to engage in a hedge to lock in their domestic (i.e. Australian dollar) currency equivalent of its value. Belltower Associates intends to achieve this by using their bank's spot rates and money market interest rates in order to create a synthetic forward contract. What is the effective forward exchange rate that Belltower Associates is able to achieve for hedging the AUD value of their NZD receivable?

You are the financial manager for Belltower Associates, which is headquartered in Australia. You have received the below spot and interest rates quotes from your bank: Ask NZD 0.8340/AUD Spot exchange rate Interest rate for AUD Interest rate for NZD Bid O a. NZD 0.8012/AUD O b. NZD 0.8635/AUD Oc. NZD 0.8298/AUD O d. NZD 0.8594/AUD Oe. NZD 0.7974/AUD Of. NZD 0.8085/AUD NZD 0.8298/AUD 4.50% 0.90% 5.00% 1,30% Suppose that Belltower Associates has a receivable in NZD in one year's time and they wish to engage in a hedge to lock in their domestic (i.e. Australian dollar) currency equivalent of its value. Belltower Associates intends to achieve this by using their bank's spot rates and money market interest rates in order to create a synthetic forward contract. What is the effective forward exchange rate that Belltower Associates is able to achieve for hedging the AUD value of their NZD receivable?

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