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Hedging or de-hedging, that is the question…

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frozen into equity item) must remain in equity until such time as this cash flow occurs / materializes and affects profit or loss. But the amount initially accumulated in OCI/EHR (i.e., It is an art, and it requires to be well organized to avoid any problem and impact the results.

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Turning Currency Volatility Into A Global FX Strategy

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Exposure to the risks of endless shifts of foreign exchange (FX) rates keeps executives on their toes: Deloitte recently found FX volatility to be the most common concern among surveyed corporate treasurers. However, foreign exchange risk mitigation goes beyond hedging, said Mark Frey, COO at Cambridge Global Payments.

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Saxo Taps Treasurers’ Demand For FX Risk Watch

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When B2B payments firm Saxo Payments released a new whitepaper outlining the troubles of cross-border payments for corporates, the company was gearing up for its latest release: a real-time foreign exchange trading platform, integrated into its Banking Circle portal.

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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. What all of these challenges mean is that even when an organization decides to implement a foreign exchange management strategy, unexpected problems can still arise.

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

Barry Ritholtz

RITHOLTZ: And those were Treasuries. And so, you know, it was relatively, I wouldn’t say straightforward because I don’t think generating consistent profits has ever been something that’s so straightforward or so easy. That’s the foreign exchange markets, and to some extent, commodities.

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Transcript: Peter Borish

Barry Ritholtz

Not only did he serve on the Brady Commission looking at the ’87 crash, but his history of investing and trading and public service, both at the Fed and the Chicago Board of Trade and Treasury Department, really unparalleled, as well as just a pretty amazing track record as an investor and trader. And that’s really where it went.

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Transcript: Bill Dudley, NY Fed Chief

Barry Ritholtz

So, for example, the treasury was thinking about moving to direct deposit, but they wanted to know how much it was gonna cost them because direct deposit, they, they, they, they, the money clears, you know, sorry, almost instantly, right? So they wanna know how many days does it take a, a treasury check to get back to us.