Contents Chapter 1 Pages: 1.0 Introduction…………………………………………………………….1 1.1 Background…………………………………………………………….2 1.2 Statement of the study…….………………………………………........2-4 1.3 Objective of the study..................................................................…........4 1.4 Research questions……………………………………………...…...5-11 1.5 Research hypothesis………………………….……………………........12 1.6 Significance of the research………………
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China’s Renminbi: “Our Currency‚ Your Problem” Our Currency‚ Your Problem is a case involving the issue of exchange rate regimes and the impact currency manipulation has on economies and trade. The United States and Europe argued that the Renminbi (RMB) was undervalued and claimed that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) deliberately manipulated the exchange rate to lower the prices of exports‚ which caused the US and Europe to run huge trade deficits with China. The US and
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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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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 allowed by its IPO. Using options for aggregated positions (by estimating yearly sales per currency)‚rather than having
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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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Prepared by: SEOKE L.J. ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: a weak currency or a strong currency for the South African economy? What are the pros and cons of a weak currency or a strong currency in South Africa? Discuss. A. Introduction Cartoonists in South Africa have a long-running joke that shows a bruised and feeble coin‚ the rand‚ being beaten up by two muscled thugs‚ the dollar and the pound. In 2001 South Africa ’s currency was knocked down by two-fifths against the greenback‚ much of it in
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Impact of Currency Devaluation on Trade Balance of Pakistan In a developing country large amount of exports consist of primary commodities and exports earnings due to the relative inelasticity of supply and uncertain production levels of primary goods‚ are not only unpredictable‚ but also vulnerable to a number of factors. The developing countries also depend upon the advanced industrial countries for most of their developmental needs (technology‚ capital‚ and producer goods) and consumption
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Looking at the currency rates both on the internet and newspapers‚ we can see almost all the currencies in the world exchange rate United States dollar. Why should be like that ...?‚ Because the true United States Dollar is currently an international currency. Even information says all the countries that exist in the world save its foreign exchange reserves in the form of dollars. So that’s not surprising almost everyone in the world want to accept dollars‚ meaning dollar is believed as a means of
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Question 1 What were the origins of the Asian currency crisis? In mid 1997‚ a financial crisis gripped most of the Asian countries and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown due to a financial contagion‚ a scenario that initially affects only a particular region of the economy that spreads to other countries whose economies were healthy‚ much like a transmitted disease. See‚ Asia attracted almost half the total capital inflow into developing countries because of the high interest rates
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Introduction: The Optimum currency areas theory is the seminal contributions developed by Mundell (1961)‚ it attempts to answer a question under which conditions a certain country would like to join a fixed exchange rates system. According to Krugman (2000)‚ if the monetary efficiency gain of one country exceeds its economic stability loss‚ the country will wish to join a monetary union/ a fixed exchange rate system. In this paper‚ the theory of optimum currency areas will be analysed in part
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