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Trade Tariffs and FX Disruption – Keep Calm and Carry On
15/04/25
Trade Tariffs and FX Disruption – Keep Calm and Carry On
Trump’s tariffs are the most recent shock to create high level uncertainty and fluctuation in financial markets. In this article we discuss three tactics Hedgebook clients are deploying to keep calm and carry on. We hope you'll find them useful.
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Let’s celebrate Hedgebook.com: new domain
17/12/24
Let’s celebrate Hedgebook.com: new domain
While we have been happily operating under hedgebookpro.com when the opportunity came to shift to hedgebook.com we took it!
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Hedgebook Annual User Survey 2024 Findings
09/10/24
Hedgebook Annual User Survey 2024 Findings
The Hedgebook User Survey is used to inform our product development and help answer some of the questions prospects may have about the value users find in Hedgebook - be they corporates, bankers, auditiors, brokers or advisors
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Looking beyond AI: FX Sales Teams tech for success
02/10/24
Looking beyond AI: FX Sales Teams tech for success
An article in South African Treasurer Magazine provided interesting insight into FX Hedging in the age of big data and AI. Hedgebook fits into this world, helping create a data-drive environment for FX Sales Teams
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Hedgebook Fast Forwards Valuation Tool
26/04/24
Hedgebook Fast Forwards Valuation Tool
It's a game changer for the currency brokers who use it. Hedgebook’s Fast Forwards Valuation Tool enables brokers to upload up to several thousand client positions at a time - and get accurate valuations - in minutes.
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Forex Dashboard Revealed: Hedgebook’s FX Exposure Tool
15/09/23
Forex Dashboard Revealed: Hedgebook’s FX Exposure Tool
It often surprises users to discover Hedgebook’s FX Exposure Tool dashboard capability is exactly that - the FX risk management dashboard they have been looking for - in disguise. The range of functionality may surprise you.
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Five reasons why you need an effective FX Exposure Tool
13/08/23
Five reasons why you need an effective FX Exposure Tool
Having the right tools can be the difference between success and stagnation.  For those managing foreign currencies having an effective FX exposure tool to help manage the forex risk can be an absolute game-changer - let's find out why.
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Hedgebook 2023 User Survey – more hedging, greater efficiency
17/07/23
Hedgebook 2023 User Survey – more hedging, greater efficiency
This year’s record response to the Annual Hedgebook  User Survey has surfaced some interesting results as greater volatility is continuing to drive both more Interest Rate and FX Hedging activity - a big thanks to those who took part.
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Essential hedge effectiveness testing: methods and importance
21/06/23
Essential hedge effectiveness testing: methods and importance
Ensuring the changes in fair value of a hedge adequately offset the changes in fair value of the hedged item can be critical. Kevin Mitchell, MD of Hedge Effective Advisory, explores a range of hedge testing methods.
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The Complete Guide to Calculating fx forward points
27/03/23
The Complete Guide to Calculating fx forward points
Every year thousands of readers like you benefit from this common-sense approach to the calculation of foreign exchange (FX) forward points. First published 10 years ago, we regularly review and update it.
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Treasury Reflections – looking back over the last two years
21/12/22
Treasury Reflections – looking back over the last two years
In this guest blog, Head of Bancorp Treasury Services, Dean Sharrar, takes a timely look at his 'treasury reflections' examining what was a very different 2021 and 2022 to what anyone would have previously predicted. 
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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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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 - and a lot more.
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Complex Financial Derivatives – Buyers and Sellers Beware
29/10/21
Complex Financial Derivatives – Buyers and Sellers Beware
Publicity surrounding Deutsche Bank’s potential mis-selling of complex financial derivative products to an unsuspecting Spanish company highlighted, again, the risks associated with hedging foreign exchange. 
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Is Santa FX Hedging this Christmas?
16/12/20
Is Santa FX Hedging this Christmas?
It's Christmas - so we decided to have a bit of fun as in terms of a global importer Santa would have to be right up there. This is a light hearted take on what FX hedging transactions at the North Pole might look like.
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Hedgebook’s Public API makes life easy
21/11/19
Hedgebook’s Public API makes life easy
Uncover how Hedgebook's public API allows the transfer of deal data from your system to Hedgebook efficiently and securely - it's a real value-add for every customer (your IT team will certainly care about this)!
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