cycle‚ and before it knew exactly how much foreign currency it needed. * A key feature was that AIFS guaranteed that its prices would not change before the next catalog‚ even if world events altered AIFS’ cost base. * According to AIFS’s hedging policies‚ it has to predict the exchange rate fluctuation‚ the number of customers‚ which may be different with the final exchange rate and the volume when selling currencies‚ so the currency exposure happens. The actions of AIFS’s competitors may
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Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposure Problem Statement In September of 2001 General Motors (GM) was faced with a billion dollar exposure to the Canadian dollar. At the time‚ North America represented approximately three-quarters of GM’s total sales and this large exposure to the CAD could significantly affect GM’s financial results. GM had a passive strategy of hedging 50% of its exposure; this paper explores the impact of hedging 75%
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how to proceed; was it worth the costs to increase the size of GM’s hedge position beyond the standard policy or should GM Argentina rely on other approaches to cope with the expected devaluation? Appraisal of GM’s Passive Hedging Strategy GM’s passive hedging strategy is reflective of its policy to focus on its underlying business rather than speculate on the movements of foreign currency. There are two main types of currency exposure. The first being economic risk. This deals with the impact
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firm manage foreign exchange exposures? The case examines transactional and translational exposures and alternative responses to these exposures by analyzing two specific hedging decisions by General Motors. Describes General Motors’ corporate hedging policies‚ its risk management structure‚ and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions. The company is considering deviations from prescribed policies because of two significant exposures: an exposure to the Canadian dollar with adverse accounting
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PLEKHANOV RUSSIAN ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Case Study REPORT Hedging Currency Risks At AIFS Professor: Yulia Y.Finogenova Performed by: Budeanu Diana Gabaydullin Ilnar Kulikova Ekaterina
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Southwest Airlines Fuel Hedging and Relations to Profitability Abstract In order to stay airborne‚ a passenger airline has to consistently generate profits. Profits come only from paying passengers‚ hence all stratagems must be customer oriented. In a scenario where there are many airlines competing with each other‚ one way of attracting passengers is to keep the cost of flying low‚ while providing value for money. On the other hand‚ expenses must tightly controlled to reach and stay at the
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WIntroduction BMW Group manufactures products under three brands: BMW‚ MINI and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. As a worldwide organisation‚ BMW Group has a long and established heritage of manufacturing premium products. This section offers an overview of the Company. BMW Group headquarters is located in Munich at D-80778‚ Munich‚ Germany . In 1973‚ the Viennese architect Karl Schwanzer revealed his design for BMW Group’s head office the ’Four-Cylinder’. The building located next to Munich’s Olympic
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Table of contents BMW: case study analysis Q1: Business environment and main trends in 2004 The global car market started decline in 2003‚ led by market falls in North America and Western Europe. Other regions of the world led by East Asia are seeing further car market expansion in 2003. In 2004‚ projections for livelier economic growth underpin the resumption of car market growth in Western Europe and North America. (Langley 2004‚ p691-711) Although the more stringent laws can eat away at
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Management Process On BMW Organization INTRODUCTION: The brand name (BMW) was established around the year 1913. During this period‚ the previous owner of a German aircraft company and a distinguished engineer‚ K. F. Rapp had established a business in order to manufacture aircraft engines (McDonald‚ 2005). He had started the company with the name of Rapp Motoren Werke in the city of Munich (originally‚ the company was based out of a suburban location. The primary reason behind setting up the
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Fuel Hedging for Delta Airlines Delta Air Lines • A major United States Airline • Results of operations are impacted by changes in • Aircraft fuel prices • Interest rates • Foreign currency exchange rates • Derivative contracts Derivative Type Hedged Risk Classification of Gains and Losses Fuel hedge contracts Interest rate contracts Foreign currency exchange contracts Increases in jet fuel prices Increases in interest rates Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates Aircraft fuel and
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