Management and Control of Foreign Exchange Risk » (REV)

Laurent L. Jacque is a Professor of International Finance and Banking and Director of the Program of International Business Relations at the Fletcher School (Tufts University). He is also Professor of Finance and International Business at the HEC School of Management (France).

The book examines the theory and practice of foreign exchange risk management. It offers a rigorous set of operational guidelines within which foreign exchange risk can be:

• Consistently hedged both across different risk situations and over time;
• Tightly integrated with other types of financial risk such as interest rate and commodity price risk; and
• Managed consistently with the firm's overall strategic plans so that the technical, financial engineering dimensions of risk management are fully integrated with strategic management.

The book starts with an in-depth discussion of the valuation of spot and forward foreign exchange rates, currency futures and options, swaps and other foreign exchange derivative products. Part II provides a framework for generating foreign exchange rate forecasts. Assessment of a multinational corporation's exposure to foreign exchange risk is discussed in Part III. Finally, Part IV reviews how to eliminate or mitigate cash flow losses that may result from transaction exposure to foreign exchange risk.
Each chapter is followed by case studies and problem sets. An instructor's manual is available upon request from the publisher.

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Examines the theory and practice of foreign exchange risk management, offering operational guidelines. Part I discusses the valuation of spot and forward foreign exchange rates, currency futures and options, and swaps and other foreign exchange rate forecasts. Part II provides a framework for generating foreign exchange rate forecasts, and Part III discusses assessment of a multinational corporation's exposure to foreign exchange risk. Part IV reviews how to mitigate cash flow losses resulting from exposure to foreign exchange risk. Includes chapter problems and cases. For graduate students in business. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	List of Boxes
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	Defining Foreign Exchange Risk Management and Its Objectives
	The Case for Foreign Exchange Risk Management
	Risk Management Model and Book Synopsis
	Appendix A: Foreign Exchange Risk Management: What Do Firms Do?
	Selected Bibliography
Ch. 1	Determination of Spot Exchange Rates	1
Ch. 2	Determination of Forward Exchange Rates	41
Ch. 3	Currency Futures, Options, Derivatives, and Swaps	73
Ch. 4	Forecasting Floating Exchange Rates	107
Ch. 5	Forecasting Pegged Yet Adjustable Exchange Rates	129
Ch. 6	Accounting Exposure to Foreign Exchange Risk	169
Ch. 7	Economic Exposure to Foreign Exchange Risk	197
Ch. 8	Exchange Risks in International Trade	237
Ch. 9	Optimal Currency Denomination in Long-Term Debt Financing	273
Ch. 10	Hedging Translation Exposure	299
Ch. 11	Exchange Rates and the International Control Conundrum	333
	Index of Authors	361
	Index of Subjects	363
	Solutions to Selected Problems	367
	About the Author	369