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Transaction Exposure
To Accompany
Fundamentals of Multinational Finance
Michael H. Moffett, Arthur I. Stonehill, David K. Eiteman
Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Slide 8-1
Chapter 8
Transaction Exposure
Learning Objectives
• Distinguish between the three major foreign exchange
exposures experienced by firms
• Identify foreign exchange transaction exposure
• Analyze the pros and cons of hedging foreign
exchange transaction exposure
• Identify the alternatives available to a firm for
managing a large and significant transaction exposure
• Evaluate the institutional practices and concerns of
foreign exchange risk management
Transaction exposure
Impact of settling outstanding obligations entered into before change
in exchange rates but to be settled after change in exchange rates
Time
Unhedged
Hedging reduces the variability of expected cash flows about the mean of the distribution.
This reduction of distribution variance is a reduction of risk.
t1 t2 t3 t4
Seller quotes a Buyer places Seller ships Buyer settles
price to buyer firm order with product and A/R with cash
seller at bills buyer in amount of
offered price currency
quoted at t1
1.80
Money market hedge
yields $1,772,605
1.78
1.76
1.74
Forward contract hedge
yields $1,754,000
1.72
1.70
1.68
1.68 1.70 1.72 1.74 1.76 1.78 1.80 1.82 1.84 1.86
1.80
Money market
1.78
1.76
1.74
Forward contract
1.72
1.70
1.68
1.68 1.70 1.72 1.74 1.76 1.78 1.80 1.82 1.84 1.86
£1,000,000
£980,392.16
90
1 .08 x 360
90
$1,729,411.77 x 1 0.12 x $1,781,294.12
360