The managed risk approach is where we look at forward contracts, specifically time option forwards. Once a committed foreign exchange exposure has been identified a company may look to cover a ...

Over the past few years, the Reserve Bank has been expanding the suite of interest rate derivative products available to ...

They are used as a form of risk management, in that a forward contract can be used for hedging or speculation. They are quite common in foreign exchange markets as a way for investors to take ...

Peter Gratton, M.A.P.P., Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at ...

THE PHILIPPINE Dealing and Exchange Corp. (PDEx) will introduce the country’s first peso-denominated interest rate hedge next week as part of efforts to boost activity in the fixed-income market. PDEx ...