Who is this guide for?

• Business owners who source their product from offshore markets
• Business owners who sell into international markets
• Entrepreneurs who are looking to expand into international markets
• CFOs working in businesses that deal in international markets
• Accountants looking to assist their business clients

The most successful businesses are those that operate as part of the global economy, whether […]

Currency Risk Management, real Currency Risk Management, has the reputation of being a complex part of any business.  Like most business challenges significant opportunities exist from complexity.  In this instance it is the ability to generate an additional income stream.

Every business owner is exposed to some type of risk in their everyday life – whether it’s from driving, walking down the street, selecting stock lines or something else. A business owner’s personality, lifestyle, age and business experience are among the key factors to consider for individual risk purposes. Consequently, each business owner […]

There are many ways to manage currency exposures.  Some give you long term fixed rate outcomes so that your business has complete certainty as to the exchange rate.  Other approaches simply take the prevailing rate of the day with the hope that if the market moves adversely, this can be either absorbed into profit margins […]

When
you commence a risk management portfolio, it’s important to remember that you
are making decisions for both the short and medium term.  In most instances, the objective is to attain
certainty regarding your currency requirements as well as the attainment of a
particular exchange rate level on an annual basis.