Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Darden Business Publishing
Version: 06.1990
Length: 21 pages
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Abstract
This technical note discusses the three types of foreign-exchange risk: transaction exposure, translation exposure, and economic exposure. It addresses the nature of those risks and presents some methods that companies might use to manage them. Included in this note are discussions of the financial accounting and reporting requirements of FAS No. 52 (Foreign Currency Translation), of foreign-exchange markets, of hedging strategies, and of such activities as loan swaps and licensing agreements.
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Abstract
This technical note discusses the three types of foreign-exchange risk: transaction exposure, translation exposure, and economic exposure. It addresses the nature of those risks and presents some methods that companies might use to manage them. Included in this note are discussions of the financial accounting and reporting requirements of FAS No. 52 (Foreign Currency Translation), of foreign-exchange markets, of hedging strategies, and of such activities as loan swaps and licensing agreements.