Negative currency impacts on corporates jumped 31% in Q1
A Kyriba report has revealed the FX impact from the start of the COVID-19 crisis on North American and European corporate earnings.
FX Hedging & Risk Management
Background
There are three kinds of FX exposure: transaction, economic and translation that need to be managed: Transaction exposure arises when a company has a future receivables or payables that is denominated…
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Few corporates pursue sophisticated currency risk hedging strategies
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Jack, Ben and Paul Stheeman review CTMfile’s posts over the last week
TreasurUp much more than a new treasury and FX hedging platform
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Jack and Ben review last two week’s posts and discussions
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by Karen Gubler, Director of FX and Commodities, Hedge Trackers
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Constant Currency Reporting: the good, the bad and the ugly
Helen Kane, Hedge Trackers explains the concerns, why it’s a problem & what to do about it
Euler Hermes launches application to identify export risks and opportunities
Trade Match analyses data to let users view the most dynamic and least risky destinations for exports.
Highly automated FX risk management and optimised hedging at Dräger
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As hedged as necessary, as cost-effective as possible: A new dimension in FX hedging
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Nordea economic outlook: Proceed with caution
While certain downside risks have receded, global geopolitics continues to cast a long shadow.
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Standard Chartered’s first use of FX e-trading engine demonstrates latency reduction
The inaugural trade, executed with the bank’s counterparty United Overseas Bank, saw a latency reduction of 80%.
US corporates rack up FX losses of US$11bn in three months
A Kyriba report identifies prolonged currency volatility as a factor in the Q3 2019 losses.
JCRA releases whitepaper on deal-contingent hedging
Paper examines how the instrument is growing in popularity for a variety of hedging activities.
Malaysia moves to liberalise FX administration policies
The policy change offers benefits for resident and non-resident treasury centres.
FairFX acquires HermexFX
The Equals Group subsidiary is paying £2m for the corporate payments business.
% FX hedged no longer cuts it
Bloomberg new service shows strategic approach to FX risk management required balancing currency earnings-at-risk v. cash-flow-at-risk
Moneycorp acquires the Rochford Group
The deal extends the FX company's presence in Australia and Hong Kong.
Kantox and Silicon Valley Bank partner on FX hedging technology to UK corporates
The micro-hedging solution is designed to automate FX risk management.
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To minimise FX losses, executives are reviewing formulas to balance Cash Flow at Risk and Earnings at Risk.
Equals Group agrees ‘global relationship’ with Citigroup
The renamed payment services provider will team up with Citi Commercial Bank to enhance the product offering and heighten efficiencies
Market volatility widens FX losses for North American companies
Four consecutive quarters of increasing losses saw the figure climb to US$23.4bn in the first three months of 2019, reports Kyriba