AFM 322 Case Study Preparation Hedging Currency Risk at AIFS The case summary is due on by 11:30am on June 2‚ 2015. You are encouraged to discuss the case in groups‚ however‚ each student must submit their own summary via Learn prior to the due date. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. The submission should not exceed 4 pages‚ 12 point‚ Times New Roman font‚ double spaced‚ 2.54 cm margins on a letter size page. 1. Case synopsis (35 points) Summarize the setting of the case and describe
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How does AIFS make money? Aifs is long in dollars and short in Euro’s. (has dollar revenues and euro costs) What happens when the dollar appreciates/depreciates? What is the currency risk? Why can’t they just pass-through to their customers? For simplicity in calculations: Focus on the $/€. Ignore the time value of the investment in the option premium. Analysis Provide background to the case: what the company does‚ how it sets prices‚ why they don’t pass-through exchange rate
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nl/locate/econbase Exchange rate exposure‚ hedging‚ and the use of foreign currency derivatives George Allayannis a‚* ‚ Eli Ofek b a b Darden Graduate School of Business Administration‚ University of Virginia‚ PO Box 6550‚ Charlottesville‚ VA 22906‚ USA Stern School of Business‚ New York University‚ 44 West 4th St. #908‚ New York‚ NY 10012‚ USA Abstract We examine whether firms use foreign currency derivatives for hedging or for speculative purposes. Using a sample of
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emotional arousal.’ (p. 154) n ’Nonverbal theorist Dale Leathers (1990) reports on research demonstrating that‚ compared to verbal cues‚ non-verbal cues are four times as effective in their impact on interpersonal impressions.’ (p. 137) 2. Identify the hedging expressions in the follow ing sentences. 1. There is no difficulty in explaining how a structure such as an eye or a feather contributes to survival and reproduction; the difficulty is in thinking of a series of steps by which it could have arisen
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Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS 1. The final sales volume and the final dollar exchange rate gives rise to the currency exposure risk. Prices are set 1 year ahead of time so any fluctuation in the exchange rate will potentially cause a loss or savings to AIFS when the currency is exchanged. 2. If the exchange rate remains constant at $1.22/euros then AIFS will not incur a loss or a gain. It would cost $1220 per participant at this exchange rate. If actual dollar costs were above this
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B06-03-0006 A Global Manager’s Guide to Currency Risk Management Introduction Since the advent of the floating exchange rates‚ any time that a transaction—whether that transaction is in goods‚ services‚ people‚ capital‚ or technology—has crossed borders‚ it has been subject to the influence of changes in exchange rates. The basic problem posed by exchange rates on the cross-border firm is that money across borders has no fixed value. Consequently‚ neither does a transaction undertaken across
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Derivatives and Hedging Assignment: Hedging Strategy comprised of GM stock and 3.5% is comprised of Ford stock. Assume that GM and Ford are the only automobile industry holdings in the portfolio. Assume that you are bearish on the automobile industry over the next six months and neutral to bullish on all other industries. Utilizing derivatives create a hedging strategy to protect the portfolio over the next six months from your bearish automobile industry outlook. Risk management is defined
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What is GM’s foreign exchange hedging policy? GM’s foreign exchange hedging policy has three primary objectives. Its first objective is to reduce cash flow and earnings volatility. Specifically‚ management hedges the company’s transaction exposures and consciously ignores any balance sheet exposures (translation exposures). Second‚ GM aims to minimize the management time and costs dedicated to global FX management. The company employs a passive FX management strategy since an internal study
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around the world owing to increased inflation and the oil shock. Export Houses struggled to cope with the uncertainty in profits‚ cash flows and future costs. It was then that financial derivative – foreign currency‚ interest rate‚ and commodity derivatives emerged as means of managing risks facing corporations. In India‚ exchange rates were deregulated and were allowed to be determined by markets in 1993. The economic liberalization of the early nineties facilitated the introduction of derivatives
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Exposure risk managers can hedge exchange rate risk with either currency futures or currency options. It is generally suggested that hedgers should choose a hedge instrument that matches the risk profile of the underlying currency position as closely as possible. This advice‚ however‚ ignores the possibility that the hedging effectiveness may differ for the alternate risk management tools. This study compares the effectiveness of currency futures and currency options as hedging instruments for
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