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Banks have real opportunity in FX hedging for SMEs
16/06/22
Banks have real opportunity in FX hedging for SMEs
There is ongoing discussion around the lack of digital innovation by banks in the SME lending space. This resonates with Hedgebook as it also relates to banks and how they manage foreign exchange hedging for SMEs.
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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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How do you bridge the ‘touch’ gap for banks and FX customers?
09/12/21
How do you bridge the ‘touch’ gap for banks and FX customers?
Banks and large foreign exchange brokers have many FX customers to service, who all want to interact differently. Proactive or reactive? What is the answer? There is more to it than you might think!
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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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Quantifying bank counterparty credit spread inputs for CVA
22/09/21
Quantifying bank counterparty credit spread inputs for CVA
Clients often ask what the appropriate credit spread would be when calculating CVA (Credit Value Adjustment) under the current exposure method - we outline our recommended approach for ANZ and the UK.
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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. There some complexity in doing this but we want to show you 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. So what is the right approach? And how should you apply it?
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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. We explore a range of FX options including Zero Cost Collar and more.
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3 Reasons: why use an interest rate swap and how it works
26/07/21
3 Reasons: why use an interest rate swap and how it works
A popular blog first released in 2015, largely to help explain what an Interest Rate Swap or IRS is. Funnily enough – the need to know is just as great today, if not greater - so we've taken the time to do an update.
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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. If you like what you read - let us show you how it works.
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Funding Valuation Adjustments Cloud Bank Valuations
15/04/21
Funding Valuation Adjustments Cloud Bank Valuations
Hedgebook takes a look at FVA (Funding Valuation Adjustments) that sit alongside CVA and DVA within the family of derivative valuations. Is it immaterial? Or are you over-investing in being compliant?
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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 the Hedgebook team has a real appreciation for the complexity of managing FX risk for wine importers and exporters - and why managing it on a spreadsheet just doesn't work.
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Is auto-hedging the next big thing in treasury?
24/03/21
Is auto-hedging the next big thing in treasury?
The pros and cons of auto-hedging is becoming a key debate; what is it, the motivations for it and what concerns could customers have? As the industry considers the shift - what can we learn from early adopters?
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Hedgebook popular features and reports
16/03/21
Hedgebook popular features and reports
While we continue to develop new Hedgebook features it's good to take stock of our perennially popular features and reports designed with those who hedge multiple currencies on a regular basis top-of-mind.
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Hedgebook Audit launch meets market need
15/03/21
Hedgebook Audit launch meets market need
The Hedgebook Audit launch was a decade ago in direct response to a customer enquiry. It now serves customers globally including 75% of the UK's top 30 audit firms. It continues to evolve and develop.
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Five Current Trends For Global Markets Divisions (FX)
25/02/21
Five Current Trends For Global Markets Divisions (FX)
Over December 2020 and January 2021, we sought out a series of conversations with leading bankers in the UK, Europe and the US. We explored how the world of FX trading had changed and what the future held.
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