the risk of a potential devaluation to the ARS. In doing so the company had to decide between two options on 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
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND With the demise of the foreign currency exchange rates during the 1970’s and after the collapse of the Bretton Woods Agreement‚ the world economy has undergone drastic changes. This has signaled an increase in currency market volatility and trading opportunity. The foreign exchange market has played a vital role in the last decade or so in guiding the purchase and sale of goods‚ services and raw materials globally. The market directly affects each
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Research Paper On Foreign Exchange Risk Management Submitted In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement Of Masters of Business Administration Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 CHAPTER 1: PLAN
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Foreign 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
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Summer project On Foreign Exchange Risk Management By Paresh S. Mahajan Atharva Institute of Management Studies Marve Road‚ Malad (W)‚ Mumbai – 4000 95. July 2005 Summer project On Foreign Exchange Risk Management By Paresh S. Mahajan
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MANAGEMENT OF EXCHANGE RATE RISK EXPOSURE There are number of ways by which exchange rate risk exposure can be managed: - Natural Hedges - Cash Management - Adjusting of Intracompany accounts - International financing hedges and currency hedges through forward contracts‚ futures contracts‚ currency options and currency swaps NATURAL HEDGE - A hedge (risk reduction action) that occurs naturally as a result of a firm’s normal operations. For example‚ revenue received in a foreign currency
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JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL J ÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY Foreign Exchange-Rate Exposure of Swedish Firms BACHELOR THESIS in ECONOMICS Authors: ZAHARI STOYANOV SALEEM AHMAD Head Supervisor PROFESSOR ÅKE ANDERSSON Deputy Supervisor PH.D. CANDIDATE SARA JOHANSSON Jönköping AUTUMN 2006 Bachelor Thesis in Economics Title: Foreign Exchange-Rate Exposure of Swedish Firms Authors: Zahari Stoyanov and Saleem Ahmad Tutors: Professor Åke Andersson Ph
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Case “Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transitional and Transactional Exposures” Issues: 1. Should multinational firms hedge foreign exchange rate risk? They should to better manage the foreign exchange risks. If not‚ what are the consequences? The gains in the foreign country would contribute less when the foreign currency depreciated against the home country’s currency. If so‚ how should they decide which exposures to hedge? The firm should focus on the importance of hedging
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Foreign Exchange risk management has always been an area look up by people from varied fields‚ weather literary or profession related matter. For the purpose of this paper I gone through few literary works to understand the whole concept and formulate my paper‚ a distinct one. Collier and Davis (1985) in their study about the organization and practice of currency risk management by U.K. multi-national companies. The findings revealed that there is a degree of centralized control of group currency
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Foreign Exchange Transaction risk & Techniques to Control By Z. Song Contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………2 2. Main Body…………………………………………………………………… .2-9 3.1 Transaction exposure………………………………………………………2-3 3.2 Three Hedges………………………………………………………………3-9 3.3.1 Forwards……………………………………………………………4-6 3.3.2 Futures……………………………………………………………..6-8 3.3.3 Currency option……………………………………………………8-9 3. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………...…………
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