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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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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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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defined generally as foreign exchange transactions conducted by the monetary authorities with the aim of influencing exchange rates. It is the process by which the monetary authorities attempt to influence market conditions and/or the value of the home currency on the foreign exchange market. Intervention usually aims to promote stability by countering disorderly markets‚ or in response to special circumstances. In Japan‚ the Minister of Finance is legally authorized to conduct intervention as a means to
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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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Abroad: Currencies and International Stock Returns The goal of this case is to help Sandra Meyer develop a presentation to address Henry Bosse’s concerns about international investments. The general idea is to demonstrate to Henry the benefits of international diversification‚ if any. To achieve this goal‚ you need to have a view on 1) the impact of foreign exchange (FX) rates on the return and risk of international investments‚ and 2) the impact of having more assets on the return and risk of the
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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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Vodafone is the largest telecommunication company in Europe and the second largest after China Mobile in the world. The company did the first mobile call at UK at the beginning of 1985. Since that time‚ company user base grown to 453 million subscribers as of June 2013. “Vodafone owns and operates networks in 21 countries and has partner networks in over 40 additional countries. Its Vodafone Global Enterprise division provides telecommunications and IT services to corporate clients in over 65 countries
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT www.ibscdc.org 1 On-Site Medical Clinics: Perks or Productivity Boosters? This case study helps in analysing how companies can derive benefits from a mandatory cost to enhance savings. The case also helps in understanding the importance of On-Site clinics in the era of exorbitant medical costs‚ ever escalating healthcare-related expenses of the employees and
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"Vodafone AirTouch’s bid for Mannesmann" (Harvard Business School 9-201-096 - revised on August 22‚ 2003). First of all‚ one has to mention that it is always difficult to evaluate a company. There is no single measure/calculation who can give you the valuation of a company. The value of a company can be different for every single human being. For instance‚ Vodafone Air Touch will try to calculate a very low valuation of the company because it wants to pay as less as possible‚ and Mannesmann
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