Depression, hyperinflation and leverage top 3 risks to global growth, says Watson Wyatt

By Bayani S Cruz

In a new paper 'Extreme Risks', Watson Wyatt says depression, hyperinflation and excessive leverage are the top three risks that could have a high impact on global economic growth

FX options gaining down under

By Lachlan Colquhoun

The rise in the value of the Australian dollar over the last year has caught many of the country’s exporters by surprise, as they had little experience with the financial instruments that could be used to hedge their currency risk. That is changing as products once aimed almost exclusively at...

Dynamic hedge minimizes forex risk

By Rodney Diola

The recent swings of the US dollar have highlighted the importance of developing a hedging strategy which reduces the exposure to currency fluctuations by enabling quick changes in the amount of hedging undertaken. Until recently, however, such a “dynamic hedging” was not widely employed...