Treasurers
Corporates eye FX options as hedging costs shrink
With hedge ratios tipped to rise, dealers say treasurers are increasingly open to optionality
How carbon-cutting Drax manages currencies and credit
Interview: UK power giant uses option selling – and other tactics – to create hedging headroom
ESG-linked hedges raise interest – and questions
Carrot-and-stick trades pay off if green targets are hit, but setting and monitoring those goals is tricky
Treasurers turn to AI in bid for sharper forecasting
Wider automation could usher in future of 'hands-free-hedging', but obstacles lurk in data standards and sharing
Venue competition heats up as e-FX volumes plateau, says Greenwich
Following 74% growth in electronically executed FX in 2007-14, volumes flattened for four years
Australian corporates pessimistic on Aussie
A survey by East & Partners shows Australian corporates preparing for their country's currency to weaken
China’s FX reform hit treasurers the most – JP Morgan survey
Senior financial executives from more than 100 global and regional corporates responded at Asia-Pacific Treasurers Forum
360T partners Bellin to offer trade-confirmation service
A single access point where corporate treasuries and banks can automate the exchange and management of deal confirmations
Corporates caught out by Brexit and aftermath
Firms, especially new multinationals, are encouraged to bring in FX exposure talks at the due diligence stage
Icap launches EBS Treasury
The platform, born from the ashes of Icap's MyTreasury, supports FX spot, forwards and swaps trading
Survey reveals Asian treasurers' penchant for single-dealer platforms
Preference for one-bank solution partly due to region's many managed exchange rate regimes, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey
Lufthansa head treasurer departs
Industry veteran Roland Kern has left the German airline in Frankfurt
Aviva chooses collared options to hedge balance sheet
Tom Moore, head of group treasury management at Aviva, talks about the challenges of managing currency risk while meeting capital requirements, and outlines the firm's hedging strategies
Volkswagen Brazil chooses FXGO to manage currency risk
German car-maker's Brazilian subsidiary plans to employ Bloomberg's FXGO across South America to manage global currency exposure
Lufthansa treasury manager exits for RBS
Douglas Pelton is leaving the German airline to join Royal Bank of Scotland in corporate FX sales
Integrate to accumulate
Increased volatility, lower availability of credit and emerging market expansion is accelerating the integration of cash management and FX, says Laurence Neville