Techniques to Cover Exchange Risk

 

Techniques to Cover Exchange Risk- The risk applies to decision-making conditions under which all possible outcomes and their probability of circumstances are known to the decision-maker, and uncertainty introduces to situations under which each the outcomes and/or their probabilities of events are unknown to the decision-maker.

Risk management in banks has changed substantially over the past ten years. The regulations that emerged from the global financial crisis and the fines that were levied in its wake triggered a wave of change in risk functions. These included more detailed and demanding capital, leverage, liquidity, and funding requirements, as well as higher standards for risk reporting.

There are several techniques available to hedge or cover exposure to foreign exchange risk. These techniques help in arranging offsetting commitments in order to minimize the impact of unfavourable potential outcomes. The simplest is the forward contract.

Banks regard forward speculation as highly risky and set tight limits on the un-hedged forward positions that their traders can accept. Central banks intervene with forwarding contracts to influence not only forward rates but are also spot rates.

Forward contracts are entered into for arbitrage and market intervention. Other hedging instruments are money market alternative which is a combination of spot exchange with appropriate money market transaction, foreign currency futures, currency swaps, and foreign currency options.

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