Currency derivatives
Deal-contingent trades see pick up in activity
Dealers saw a return of the deal-contingent market last year, amid a flurry of takeovers and mergers. But this business continues to pose some real risk management challenges for banks. By Peter Madigan...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has conducted what is believed to be the first currency swap in China with a corporate client after Safe gave the green light for such transactions to start trading on March...
The rapid internationalisation of the Chinese currency, the renminbi, was one of the hot topics in the foreign exchange business in Asia during 2010. The fact China’s currency is gaining increasing use...
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FX risk tools grow as intra-Asia trade and investment soars
Regional market participants repatriated funds from Europe and US-domiciled investments and demonstrated a new-found confidence to invest directly in emerging Asian markets in 2010. These investment flows have led to increased activity in non-traditional...
Proof of exposure required before Indian companies can trade derivatives...
New regulations will require Indian companies to prove they have an exposure that needs to be hedged
China plans onshore renminbi cross-currency swap
Chinese corporates will now have access to onshore and offshore hedging markets
‘Bizarre’ $555bn derivatives lawsuit in India rumbles on
India’s Supreme Court adjourns hearing in case that alleges the Reserve Bank of India and the country’s commercial banks acted in cahoots to use derivatives products to defraud Indian exporters out of trillions of rupees
Hedging strategies to exploit ‘currency war’
As the US continues to print money and tolerate a cavernous trade gap, regional policy-makers are buying the greenback and imposing capital controls to defend export-led economies from local currency appreciation. However, the apparent futility of this...
Japanese exporters struggle with strong yen
The US and China’s failure to reach a currency agreement at the November G-20 meeting in Seoul, combined with a rampant yen, has put most Japanese exporters at a significant competitive disadvantage. The strength of the yen is destroying corporate earnings...
Choice of collateral currency
Collateral agreements are becoming popular in the over-the-counter derivatives market. Masaaki Fujii and Akihiko Takahashi demonstrate its significant impact on derivatives pricing with a direct link to the cross-currency market. The importance of embedded...
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