Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) is a foreign exchange program organization that provides 50‚000 students the opportunity to study abroad. AIFS serve American students traveling abroad to Europe‚ China‚ Mexico‚ and other locations. Therefore‚ AIFS receive cash inflows in dollars while they pay outflows in mostly Euros and British Pounds. The organization had $200 million in annual revenues. AIFS provides two main divisions: the College division primarily
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growth on the foreign markets: Aspen should keep its current marketing strategy‚ which includes credit installment payments and payments in local currencies for Japan‚ the UK and Germany. The current risk management program hurts the company because it doesnot consider Aspen’s expenses abroad that balance sales exposures to currency fluctuations. We then recommend that Aspen hedge completely its exposure but after “natural hedging”‚ which we recommend increasing thanks to the larger financial capacities
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Prof. Lin Guo FIN 417 HBS Case: Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS Due date: April 12‚ 2012 Instructions: This case should be done individually. You should prepare a written analysis‚ and hand in two copies of your analysis on April 12 in class. Only hard copies of the case analysis are accepted. I will submit one of the copies to the Dean’s office for assessment purpose. Each student should also bring his/her own copy of the write-up to class‚ as well as the case itself‚ so that we can refer
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PLEKHANOV RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL Case Study HEDGING CURRENCY RISKS at AIFS Risk Management Master’s Degree Students: Bostandzhyan Kristina Inarkaeva Lamara Kirpichnikova Mariya Starovoytov Stanislav Sysoev Alexander Supervisor: Yulia Finogeeva Moscow 2015 INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM STATEMENT AIFS is an American based company which was found in the U.S. in 1964. There are two main divisions in the company: the College division‚ which offers
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the scenic beaches of Yalong Bay. China has scenic and agricultural areas. China has the highest population and the fourth largest land area in the world. Caterpillar is a multi-national company engaging in foreign business within China and has been successful in China for decades. China is the world’s largest dirt-moving manufacturer. Caterpillar and China are partners in progress. A Brief Overview of China The People’s Republic of China is located in eastern Asia. It is bordered by fourteen countries
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Introduction Overview of the hedging techniques In the financial market‚ almost all of companies need to face the currency risk. In order to manage the currency risk‚ companies will use different hedging techniques‚ such as financial and operational hedging techniques. For example‚ money market‚ futures contracts‚ options and forwards contracts are commonly used by firms‚ as well as operational hedging techniques. All of 4 types of financial hedging techniques are short-term hedge. Money market
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Exchange Risk: Pricing and Hedging Exotic Instruments Foreign Exchange Risk: Pricing and Hedging Exotic Instruments Delia Pirnog1 Master of Advanced Studies in Finance Eidgen¨ssische Technische Hochschule / Universit¨t Z¨rich‚ o a u Schweiz Abstract This project discusses exotic instruments used in the Foreign Exchange(FX) markets. An overview of the most popular exotic derivatives is presented‚ followed by the pricing alternatives of these securities. Hedging methods using static replication
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Hogan Plc. Discussion You have receivables of AUD 28 million (to be paid in 3 months) You need to identify the most appropriate strategy to be used in hedging the transaction exposures. Choose between: i. Forward market hedge ii. Money market hedge iii. Options hedging Strategy 1: hedging using forward contract Because Hogan will receive AUD in 6-months‚ their concern is that they’ll have to convert the AUD to less USD. 1) Today‚ Hogan buys a forward contract to sell AUD (they’ll receive in 6 months)
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possibilities. Journal of General Education‚ 54‚ 273-292. Stiff‚ J. B.‚ & Mongeau‚ P. A. (2003). Persuasive communication (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press. Ullman‚ W. R.‚ & Bodaken‚ E. M. (1975). Inducing resistance to persuasive attack: A test of two strategies of communication. Western Speech Communication‚ 39‚ 240-248.
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Middle East University Faculty of Business Administration Foreign Exchange volatility: Group hedging theory and Lebanese SMEs A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Business Administration By George Issa June 2014 FOREIGN EXCHANGE VOLATILITY: GROUP HEDGING THEORY AND LEBANESE SMEs A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Business Administration By: George Issa APPROVAL
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