The Modern Day Financial Instruments Involving Option Contracts

Since the acceptance of Dozier Industries’ bid, the company CFO has been exploring the methods available to best manage the exchange risk associated with the award payment being dispersed in British Pounds (GBP). He originally considered a forward contract or a spot contract, but is now investigating how currency options could help hedge against uncertain foreign exchange exposure. The CFO needs to decide whether or not options contracts might provide some benefit to hedge the currency risk.

The exchange rates risk that is associated with economic, transaction, and translation exposure in Indian market. From the analysis, anticipate the fluctuations that seem to occur in the next 24 months

Exhibit 7 from the case study describes the currency development in medium term of the GBP and EURO against the dollar. We can observe that the currencies are exposed to high volatility, which means the company may register greater risk

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The ultimate success of AIFS hedging activities depend on the final sales volume and the ultimate market value of the USD. Therefore a model which brought the actual sales volume compared to the projected sales volume in correlation to the exchange rate was created. The idea is to find the right balance concerning the amount of currency to be hedged, the way hedging was done (contracts or options) was done in detail and the estimation of the sales volume never leaving out of consideration whether the USD value might rise or fall.

When an input (machinery, components, capital, labor, etc.) is denominated in a foreign currency, the risk exists that an unfavorable exchange rate movement will increase the cost of doing business. When the products are priced and sold in a foreign currency, an adverse exchange rate movement will make the product appear more expensive to consumers, decreasing demand or forcing the company to reduce its own profit margin to maintain lower price levels. For companies with integrated international business systems, an exchange rate shock can literally force them out of business, with their operations experiencing pressures from both cost and profit centers.

Another study carried out by Shiu Yung-Ming et. al. (2005), examined the determinants and the impact of derivative usage on bank risk. In their study, they said derivatives had proved to be an efficient tool in the management of risk as it was an easy instrument for which residual risk from commercial operations was hedged. They agreed with most researchers by saying that derivative usage was a primary instrument used by both financial and non-financial firms for the management of their financial risks. Thus they came to a realisation that the use of

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Great Eastern Toys is a company in Hong Kong that exports a huge percent of its total sales to the North American and European markets and hence is exposed to currency risk. Previously, the company was occupied with expanding their business and the company 's management had never given much attention to currency risk until their recent meeting with their banker. The banker pointed out that the depreciation of the European currencies during the previous two years had resulted in a substantial loss of income. The company 's management was indeed convinced that they should begin to devote more time and manage their currency position. In this report, we are going to explore the different options for Great Eastern Toys to hedge

There are different types of financial instruments available for companies and investors to hedge against crude oil price volatility. These instruments can be traded financially without the tangible physical delivery of crude oil and different instruments have different time periods. Some of the hedging tools are Options, Futures and Swaps. But for this paper we will only focus on option contracts for management of risk in crude oil trading.

Hedging is a significant measure of financial risk management. Since the 1970s, the increasing number of powerful companies started to control the risk of the exchange rate, the interest rate and commodity by using financial derivatives. ISDA (2013) based on the Global 500 Annual Report 2012 survey found that 88 percent of companies use foreign exchange derivatives. Modigliani & Miller (1958) believed that if the financial markets were under perfect conditions, for instance, there was no agency costs, asymmetric information, taxes and transaction costs, hedging would not increase the company 's value because investors can hedge by themselves. However, a large number of practical studies have shown that hedging is beneficial

Derivatives are products of financial innovation, whose function is take place in the Liberal Economies of the developed and developing world. Especially nowadays, the use of those financial instruments tends to be excessive, as their multifarious functionality can serve institutional investor?s different financial needs.

Derivatives are traded in two different ways – they are traded either on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). The advantage of trading derivatives on an exchange is that the contracts are standardized by the exchange and credit risk is eliminated. Open-outcry system was used

During the early 2000’s European carmakers were hit hard by the rising Euro and the weak dollar. European carmakers pay for car parts and labor in euros to build cars they export to the United States where customers pay for the cars in dollars. As the dollar weaken manufacturers faced fewer Euros worth of revenue for each dollar sale. They faced raising the price of the cars to compensate the weak dollar or absorbs the difference in lower prices. The purpose of this paper is to show that hedging the exchange rate to profit in swings in the market was very profitable or Porsche however not vey sustainable low term.

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