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Essential hedge effectiveness testing: methods and importance
21/06/23
Essential hedge effectiveness testing: methods and importance
Hedge effectiveness testing is a crucial practice in the world of finance, ensuring the changes in fair value of a hedge adequately offset the changes in fair value of the hedged item. Kevin Mitchell, MD of Hedge Effective Advisory, explores a range of hedge testing methods.
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What Auditors Look For in Valuing Financial Instruments
05/05/23
What Auditors Look For in Valuing Financial Instruments
Hedgebook proudly works with 75% of the UK’s top thirty audit firms. Hedgebook Audit is also used by auditors across Australia, New Zealand and the USA.  Discussions with customers reveal there are five main reasons auditors use Hedgebook which we thought might be useful to share.
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Hedgebook User Survey: more FX Hedging, more frequently
25/07/22
Hedgebook User Survey: more FX Hedging, more frequently
Five key learnings from this year's Hedgebook Annual User Survey. There are some interesting trends as greater volatility is driving more FX Hedging activity and this is confirmed across our user base.
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Every FX Client Deserves More
10/03/22
Every FX Client Deserves More
FX sales teams know their top revenue generating customers really well, they're the first call when market movements warrant it. But what if a client is not in that top tier? How many opportunities to add value do you miss every day? How do you surface every opportunity, for every client, at the right time?
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5 reasons why FX Sales Teams need a Client Dashboard
02/03/22
5 reasons why FX Sales Teams need a Client Dashboard
FX sales teams work portfolios of customers managing multiple currency hedging instances across each one. This blog explores five ways in which a Client Dashboard can help surface opportunities, engage customers and lift overall performance.
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Complex Financial Derivatives – Buyers and Sellers Beware
29/10/21
Complex Financial Derivatives – Buyers and Sellers Beware
Recent publicity surrounding Deutsche Bank’s potential mis-selling of complex financial derivative products to an unsuspecting Spanish company highlights again the risks associated with hedging foreign exchange. 
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Forward exchange contracts: pre-deliveries and extensions
08/09/21
Forward exchange contracts: pre-deliveries and extensions
Many companies use Forward Exchange Contracts (FECs) to hedge forecasted future foreign currency exposures. Learn how Hedgebook makes this easy.
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When to use zero-premium collar options as the method of hedging
30/08/21
When to use zero-premium collar options as the method of hedging
If it is not wise to always hedge via zero-premium collar options and you should never pay a premium to buy outright call and put currency options - what is the right approach?
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Hedge accounting FX options: time versus intrinsic value
23/08/21
Hedge accounting FX options: time versus intrinsic value
Learn how FX options lock in the certainty of worst case exchange rate outcomes while allowing participation in favourable rate movements.
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Three reasons investment fund managers use Hedgebook
17/06/21
Three reasons investment fund managers use Hedgebook
Here are three key ways Hedgebook makes life easier for investment fund managers or similar finance functions within a hedge fund, private equity or VC firm.
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New Focus as Pressure Mounts on Auditors
06/05/21
New Focus as Pressure Mounts on Auditors
Not only are companies struggling with the increased focus on exchange rates, but our auditors are also having to learn new tricks.
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FX Risk for Wine Importers and Exporters
08/04/21
FX Risk for Wine Importers and Exporters
In working with wine companies over the years the Hedgebook team has a real appreciation for the complexity of managing FX risk for wine importers and exporters.
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Quantifying “better” risk management conversations
11/02/21
Quantifying “better” risk management conversations
Hedgebook helps banks, brokers and others have better FX risk management conversations with their clients using data from its SaaS solution. Find out more here:
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Six Ways Hedgebook Helps a Corporate Hedge Smarter
17/09/20
Six Ways Hedgebook Helps a Corporate Hedge Smarter
  Corporate Treasurers and Finance Directors have spoken out about the challenge of managing risk, on outdated and expensive systems. It comes as their department is thrust to the forefront of managing the fallout of Covid-19. Working from home has its but for those relying on systems that aren’t built...
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Exposure Tool worked example – Participating Forwards
21/11/19
Exposure Tool worked example – Participating Forwards
We are excited to share a worked example of how a Participating Forwards are represented in Hedgebook’s Exposure Tool. A Participating Forward is a structured option which provides a known worst-case rate (Protection Rate) and the ability to participate in favourable movements for a portion of the structure (often 50%)....
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Exposure Tool launched
21/11/19
Exposure Tool launched
The reaction from our partners and corporate clients to the launch of Hedgebook’s Exposure Tool has been hugely satisfying. The Exposure Tool combines foreign currency cashflow forecasts with fx hedging derivatives to provide a clear visualisation of the company’s hedging position. Moving seemlessly between time horizons, currency pairs and hypothetical...
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