B06-03-0006 A Global Manager’s Guide to Currency Risk Management Introduction Since the advent of the floating exchange rates‚ any time that a transaction—whether that transaction is in goods‚ services‚ people‚ capital‚ or technology—has crossed borders‚ it has been subject to the influence of changes in exchange rates. The basic problem posed by exchange rates on the cross-border firm is that money across borders has no fixed value. Consequently‚ neither does a transaction undertaken across
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We discuss the currency depreciation vs. devaluation. Also‚ discuss the impact of currency depreciation from Indian economy perspective. Currency Depreciation & Impact Rajesh Kanjani (34473) rajesh.kanjani@hotmail.com SIBM Exe. MBA (2011-2014) Currency Devaluation vs. Depreciation The devaluation and deprecation of currency go more or less hand in hand. Currency depreciation is an economic result‚ whereas devaluing a currency is an act that results in currency depreciation. Many a times
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when their home currencies appreciate in real terms against foreign currencies and prosper when their home currencies depreciate in real terms. Lets us talk about the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the exports and imports of a country. Exchange rate is simply the value of one currency in terms of another currency. In the international trade market‚ exchange rate plays a vital role for the demand of a product. Let us see how. Lets us consider a scenario when a home currency say Aussie $
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the website www.oanda.com‚ USD‚ pound‚ and euro for one month of April 2013 until May 20th 2013(obtained from historical exchange rate) and discuss comment the fund for the period. What is your forecast for these currencies for the month of June 2013 and why? 1) RM/USD (Direct Quotation) The following graph shows the historical trend of ask price for the selected currency pair and time period. Note the ask price is selling price of the bank offered. According to the graph‚ as we can see there
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Definition of Currency Crisis: A situation in which the value of a currency becomes unstable‚ making it difficult for the currency to be used as a reliable medium of exchange. The effect of a currency crisis can be mitigated by sufficient foreign reserves. A currency crisis is a type of financial crisis. When is the Currency Crisis started? The Asian Financial Crisis was beginning in July 1997. The crisis started in Thailand with the financial collapse of the Thai baht caused by the decision
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Currency Wars When we think of war‚ it is easy to imagine soldiers‚ guns‚ tanks and perhaps a bloody chaotic war zone. Then‚ when we think of trade‚ exchange rates‚ foreign exchange‚ currency and its policies what comes to mind--War? Probably not. We are however‚ “in the midst of an international currency war…this threatens us because it takes away our competitiveness” (Mantega). A currency war can be defined as a “competitive devaluation‚ [a] condition in international affairs where countries
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common person though‚ money simply means currency and coins. This is so because in India‚ the payment system‚ especially for retail transactions still revolves around currency and coins. There is very little‚ however‚ that the common person knows about currency and coins he handles on a daily basis. Here is an attempt to answer some of the Frequently Asked Questions on Indian Currency. Some Basics What is the Indian currency called? The Indian currency is called the Indian Rupee (INR) and the
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2005‚ 51.3 million passengers flew with Lufthansa (Wikipedia‚ 1)." When the jets were bought in 1985 for $500‚000‚000 it was considered a huge mistake. Since Lufthansa was just breaking into the business buying the planes from the U.S when the exchange rate was at its highest DM3.2/$ it was considered poor judgment. The man responsible for this decision Herr Heinz Ruhnau cost his company millions of dollars because of several poor decisions. Reasons for Fired: Herr Heinz Ruhnau had good
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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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Q1. What gives rise to the currency exposure at AIFS? * Currency exposure is the extent to which the future cash flows of an enterprise‚ arising from domestic and foreign currency denominated transactions involving assets and liabilities‚ and generating revenues and expenses‚ are susceptible to variations in foreign currency exchange rates. * AIFS organizes educational and cultural exchange programs throughout the world. AIFS receives most of its currencies in American dollars (USD but
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