Executive Summary Aspen has become a public company with more risk adverse investors who want to invest in the core business of the firm and not assume any foreign exchange risk. Foreign exchange risk is a core risk to Aspen’s business because they have many customers outside of the United States. We believe that transferring this risk to the customers would limit Aspen’s growth on the foreign markets: Aspen should keep its current marketing strategy‚ which includes credit installment payments and
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Introduction: Aspen is a software company which was established in 1982. The company mainly provides simulation solutions to process manufacturing companies. The main industry which the company focuses on is chemical processing. The entire idea began with the project of Advanced System for Process Engineering in MIT in 1976. This project was than acquired by Lawrence Evans whom founded Aspen. In a very short amount of time Aspen became a major player in the simulation part of the software industry
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Aspen Technology Inc. 1. What are Aspen Technology´s main Exchange rate exposures? Aspen Technologic Inc‚ is firm specialized in the development of simulation software for customers in process manufacturing industries‚ particularly the chemical industry. Big part of the AspenTech earnings comes for the licenses of their existing products. The 52% of Aspen Tech’s software license revenues came from customers outside de United States. With most‚ but not all‚ of its expenses incurred in the
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AIFS Case Finance in a Global Environment Rochester Institute of Technology Group 4 Mengjie Ban Liu Gu Danielle Sherwood Bill Speight Mohamed Waheed Summary The American Institute for Foreign Study‚ also known as AIFS‚ is a student exchange organization that specializes in academic and cultural exchange programs for both college and high school students. The AIFS was founded by Sir Cyril Taylor in 1964‚ in the United States‚ and is split into two divisions: the Study Abroad College
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urrency Currency Hedging Melanie John MGT/448 8/30/12 Mike Zervos Currency Hedging Imagine buying products from another foreign market and having to first buy their currency in the amount needed to make the purchase. Considering currency fluctuates up and down just as stocks do at a stock market‚ investors are now taking advantage of currency hedging to lock in a set currency exchange rate. This paper will discuss what currency hedging is‚ when to use currency hedging and why it may benefit
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What is hedging? Hedging is a strategy used to protect risks posed by worldwide currency fluctuations. One hedges the currency risk by contracting to sell foreign currency in the future‚ at the current exchange rate (Fries). If fund managers think the dollar is going to be stronger when they are ready to change the foreign currency back into American dollars‚ then they take out a foreign futures contract (a hedge). Thus‚ they lock in the exchange rate beforehand‚ so that they will not lose profits
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Homework: Foreign Currency Transactions and Hedging - Hedging Currency Risk at AIFS Case 1. What gives rise to the currency exposure at AIFS. Currency exposure or currency risk is the type of risk that an individual or a company faces due to the fluctuation in price of one currency against another. For AIFS –a student exchange organization that offers education and travel programs all over the world- the fact that they do business domestically and internationally gives rise to several factors that
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Q1. What gives rise to the currency exposure at AIFS? * Currency exposure is the extent to which the future cash flows of an enterprise‚ arising from domestic and foreign currency denominated transactions involving assets and liabilities‚ and generating revenues and expenses‚ are susceptible to variations in foreign currency exchange rates. * AIFS organizes educational and cultural exchange programs throughout the world. AIFS receives most of its currencies in American dollars (USD but
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Dollars (USD)‚ most of their costs are in foreign currencies as Euros (EUR) and British Pounds (GBP). Consequently‚ foreign exchange hedging has a crucial importance for the company because it provides protection against different types of risk that derive from its activity. In order to reduce risk‚ the company is using two hedging derivatives: forward contracts and put options to sell dollars. The aim of the paper is to determine an appropriate hedging policy which answers two main questions: how much
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PLEKHANOV RUSSIAN ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Case Study REPORT Hedging Currency Risks At AIFS Professor: Yulia Y.Finogenova Performed by: Budeanu Diana Gabaydullin Ilnar Kulikova Ekaterina
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