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FX RISK MANAGEMENT

Protect Your Profits.

Currency hedging and foreign exchange risk management designed to help businesses protect margins, manage exposure and navigate global currency markets with greater confidence.

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UNDERSTANDING FX EXPOSURE

What is a Currency Risk Management Strategy?

Currency risk management strategies help businesses reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations.

Tools such as forward contracts, FX options and money market hedges can help businesses establish greater certainty over future international payments and protect against adverse currency movements.

A structured FX strategy allows businesses to understand their exposure, establish appropriate objectives and make informed decisions about when and how to hedge.

WHY IT MATTERS

Manage volatility. Protect certainty.

Currency markets constantly fluctuate because of global economic, political and financial factors. A structured approach can help businesses manage the financial impact.

Understand Your Exposure

Identify where currency movements could affect your revenue, costs, margins, cash flow and international payments.

Stabilise Cash Flow

A defined hedging strategy can provide greater certainty over future currency costs and help improve financial forecasting.

Protect Your Margins

Reduce exposure to sudden adverse currency movements while maintaining the flexibility to respond to changing market conditions.

CURRENCY HEDGER

FX Hedging Solutions.

Flexible tools designed to help businesses manage currency exposure and structure an FX strategy around their individual requirements.

Forward Contract

Secure an exchange rate today for a future date, giving your business greater certainty over future currency costs and protection against adverse market movements.

FX Orders

Target specific exchange rates without needing to act immediately. Limit orders, stop-loss orders and OCO orders can help automate your currency strategy.

Vanilla Options

Gain the right, but not the obligation, to exchange currency at a predetermined rate while retaining potential benefit from favourable market movements.

Premium-Free Options

Structure currency protection without an upfront premium, subject to the terms and trade-offs of the selected option structure.

OUR APPROACH

A Strategy Built Around Your Business.

STEP 01

Identify

Understand your currency exposure, payment flows, currencies and commercial objectives.

STEP 02

Assess

Evaluate the potential impact of currency movements on your costs, revenues and margins.

STEP 03

Structure

Select appropriate FX instruments and establish a strategy aligned with your requirements.

STEP 04

Manage

Monitor market conditions and adjust your strategy as your business and currency exposure evolve.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FX Risk Management FAQs

What is FX / Currency Hedging?

FX hedging is the process of managing exposure to exchange rate movements using instruments such as forward contracts, options and other FX solutions. The objective is to reduce the financial impact of adverse currency movements.

Why might my business need an FX risk management strategy?

Businesses that receive, pay or hold foreign currencies may be exposed to exchange rate fluctuations. A structured strategy can help provide greater certainty over future costs, revenues and cash flows.

What are the steps to building an FX risk management strategy?

A strategy generally begins by identifying currency exposure, assessing the potential impact of market movements, defining objectives and selecting appropriate hedging instruments. The strategy should then be reviewed as the business and market environment changes.