Essays about: "hedging interest rate products"

Found 3 essays containing the words hedging interest rate products.

  1. 1. Exposure to FX Rate Risk - A Qualitative Analysis of German Fair Trade Importers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Brenner; Kerstin Remer; [2015]
    Keywords : Fair Trade; FX Exposure; Hedging; SMEs; Sustainable Finance; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the exposure of Fair Trade (FT) importers in Germany, operating based on the principles of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), to foreign exchange (FX) rate risk in the light of the current depreciation of the Euro. The ongoing high volatility of the Euro exchange rate strongly affects Fair Trade companies that import products mostly from developing countries and sell them in the European market. READ MORE

  3. 2. Interest Rate Derivatives : An analysis of interest rate hybrid products

    University essay from Matematiska institutionen

    Author : Taurai Chimanga; [2011]
    Keywords : Interest rate derivatives; hybrid derivatives; stochastic interest rate; stochastic volatility; Shöbel Zhu Hull White model; hedging interest rate products;

    Abstract : The globilisation phenomena is causing an increasing interaction between different markets and sectors. This has led to the evolution of derivative instruments from ”single asset” instruments to complex derivatives that have underlying assets from different markets, sectors and sub-sectors. READ MORE

  4. 3. Future rates and the success of derivates of the firm : Case Study of Futures Contracts Sold on CME

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Author : Michael Mulambia; [2011]
    Keywords : Derivatives; business; english; success; futures contracts; forward contracts; hedging; speculation; profit; loss; firm;

    Abstract : In today’s world economy, many companies produce where it is most cost effective to produce goods, sell where it is most profitable and source capital where it is cheaper than anywhere else, without worrying about national boundaries. However, this stage were the world has reached began three decades ago with the freeing of exchange rate, capital and interest rate controls. READ MORE