AFM 322 Hedging Currency Risk at AIFS 1. Case Synopsis Christopher Archer-Lock and Becky Tabaczynski both work for American Institute for Foreign Study (“AIFS”). Archer-Lock is the controller of AIFS and Tabaczynski is the CFO of AIFS’s high school travel division ACIS. AIFS a student exchange organization that organizes educational and cultural exchange programs throughout the world. Founded in the U.S. in 1964‚ AIFS has annual revenues of close to $200 million and sent more than 50‚000 students
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IT 210-Final Currency Conversion Program Florence Sanders IT/210 Fundamentals of Programming with Algorithms and Logic September 16‚ 2012 Ed Addison Application-Level Requirements List 1. User screen that prompts user 2. Display prompts main user title screen 3. Main user screen provides short description explaining use of program 4. Calculations of currency is executed with valid inputs 5. Provides option to clear input fields Input | Process | Output |
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CHAPTER 14 INTEREST RATE AND CURRENCY SWAPS SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS QUESTIONS 1. Describe the difference between a swap broker and a swap dealer. Answer: A swap broker arranges a swap between two counterparties for a fee without taking a risk position in the swap. A swap dealer is a market maker of swaps and assumes a risk position in matching opposite sides of a swap and in assuring that each counterparty fulfills its contractual obligation
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Exchange Risk Currency risk is also called the foreign exchange risk or foreign exchange exposure‚ refers to a period of international economic transactions in foreign currency-denominated assets (or creditor) and liabilities (or debt)‚ caused by fluctuations in the exchange rate and its value will go up and possibilities. Risk of stake-holder including government‚ enterprises‚ banks‚ individuals and other sectors‚ they are facing the risk of exchange rate fluctuations. Classification 1. Transaction
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Chapter 3‚ Problem 3 Using published sources (for example‚ The Wall Street Journal‚ Barron’s‚ Federal Reserve Bulletin)‚ look up the exchange rate for U. S. dollars with Japanese yen for each of the past 10 years (you can use an average for the year or a specific time period each year). Japanese Yen to U. S. Dollar (Retrieved from http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/EXJPUS.txt ) Date Example - Japan Stock Price in Yen Example -
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Summary AIFS is an American based company that offers travel abroad and exchange study services to both college and high school students. While AIFS’s revenues are denominated in American 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
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Topic 1. A weak currency or a strong currency for the South African economy? What are the pros and cons of a weak or a strong currency in South Africa? Discuss. Table of Contents Page Number 1) Introduction……………………………………………………………………….….3 2) Benefits of a weak Rend in South Africa………………………………………....3 3) Shortcomings of a weak rand in South Africa……………………………….…...4 4) The Pros of a strong rand in South Africa……………………………………
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During the second half of 1997‚ and beginning in Thailand‚ currencies and stock markets plunged across East Asia‚ while hundreds of banks‚ builders‚ and manufacturers went bankrupt. The Thai baht‚ Indonesian rupiah‚ Malaysian ringgit‚ Philippine peso‚ and nouth Korean won depreciated by 40% to 80% apiece. All this happened despite the fact that Asia’s fundamentals looked good: low inflation‚ balanced budgets‚ well-run central banks‚ high domestic savings‚ strong export industries‚ a large and growing
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Axia College Material Appendix I Currency Conversion Development Assignment—Flowcharts Complete the flowcharts for the assignment above by typing into the textboxes below. Week 4 IT/210 Control Flow Diagram—Main Control ------------------------------------------------- Begin You are entering the currency converter Quit ? You are exiting the currency converter Get user input Yes No Calculate Foreign currency to dollars Display equal value U.S dollar amount
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Currency Conversion Test Procedure Display Menu Test Cases Test Case 1: Valid Selection = Canadian Dollars Inputs: Menu Selection = 1 Expected Outputs: “Do you want to continue with the conversion: Y = Yes‚ N = No” Currency Type = 1 Test Case 2: Invalid Selection = Russian Rubels Inputs: Menu Selection = > 5 Expected Outputs: “Invalid menu selection‚ please pick a different selection.” Test Case 3: Quit = N Inputs: Quit = N Expected Outputs: “Do you want to continue
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