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Treasurers Beware: FX Risk Is Not What It Used To Be

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Globalization and easing barriers to international expansion aren’t simply changing the way corporates manage foreign exchange exposure. Indeed, FX costs and fees are often the first concern for businesses, especially smaller firms, that are growing across borders and encountering unfamiliar risks of FX volatility exposure.

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Why ‘Micro-Multinationals’ Should Worry About FX Risk

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Fluctuating foreign exchange rates are a relatively new phenomenon,” he told Webster. “It No one yet has found a good way to price exchange rates or to price currencies. So we’re still in an experimental phase” when it comes to hedging risk or even anticipating it.

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Shedding Light On FX And Supply Chain Risks Amid Cross-Border Payments

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As FinTechs step into the cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) management space, there are more solutions available than ever before for corporates seeking to gain speed and security in payments – and manage risk along the way. Other areas of real-time processes include cash and liquidity management.

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Data Overload Stifling Treasurers’ FX Visibility

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Corporate treasurers continue to struggle with managing foreign exchange risk and exposure. If you can’t see it, you can’t manage it,” said Deloitte U.K. Without accurate measurement, value erosion from negative currency rate movements can’t be anticipated or prevented.”.

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Tracking Treasurers’ Progress In Handling Greater Corporate Responsibilities

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The role of corporate treasurer now expands beyond handling foreign exchange volatility. Instead, these professionals are now tasked with juggling volatility around geopolitical trends, with global organizations now being exposed to new types of risks. Progress Ahead.

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CFOs, Treasurers Are The One-Two Punch Against FX Risk

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“Sources of hidden FX exposures range from internal functions, such as treasury, trading and technology, to external forces, such as currency volatility or government-imposed cash restrictions,” Deloitte stated. Deloitte noted that corporations are increasingly looking to alternative FX risk management solutions apart from derivative hedging.

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Futureproofing treasury and payments through digitisation

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One immediate challenge that the Treasury department faced was foreign exchange (FX) exposure. Steven Ho, finance director at TVS Asianics, noted that his business does a “fair bit of transactions in foreign currencies.” Co-hosed by Kyriba, the lively discussion highlighted a general shift toward the digital Treasury.