Jive Investments quicksteps towards hedged returns
Brazilian fund manager uses combo of options and forwards to push down hedging costs compared with plain NDF strategy
The currency volatility that followed the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 led to some tricky conversations for Brazilian private credit manager Jive Investments. One of the manager’s two funds was unhedged against foreign exchange exposure for the capital call and distribution cycle of the fund. Investors were jittery.
Marcelo Martins, managing partner and co-founder of Jive Investments, explains: “When the pandemic hit, we had quite strong volatility on the FX markets which caused our limited
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