CTP Premium Exam Questions

Based on the following information, how much money will XYZ Company owe the bank for monthly service charges after the earnings credit is applied?

Average Ledger Balance $500,000

Deposit Float$10,000

Reserve Requirement10%

Earnings Credit Rate5%

Monthly Service Charges$5,000

Days in month30

XYZ Company is a U.S. based company that has just issued some euro-denominated bonds in London. The bonds have a duration of 10 years at a rate of 3.5% with a par value of EUR 50 million. An FX swap contract was created on the date of the issuance in EUR/USD, with a spot rate of 1.2908 and a forward rate of 1.1102. This bond is subject to what type of risk?

ABC Company’s Treasury department outsourced its overnight investment duties to XYZ Money Management. XYZ placed the funds received from ABC into corporate commercial paper, which has recently gone into default after numerous ratings downgrades. The investment policy of ABC Company states that all investments must be in investment grade commercial paper; however, the agreement gives XYZ the ability to make exceptions with the approval of the Treasurer of ABC Company. The Treasurer was never notified of the ratings downgrades. What role or responsibility, if any, was violated with regards to the investment policy?

A U.S. bank is actively trying to establish its operations in an emerging market country, but is not experiencing much success due to differences in the business culture. To gain some market share, an executive of the bank decides to give the son of a local dignitary a highly paid position in the organization. Furthermore, the dignitary is a person of interest on various terror watch lists. Sanctions can be placed on the bank because the executive did NOT establish compliance with which of the following?