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What is the primary concern of transaction exposure?
What is the purpose of invoicing in domestic currency?
What is the benefit of leading in foreign currency transaction risks?
What is a characteristic of operating exposure?
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Why is lagging not an effective risk reduction strategy?
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What is a common practice in certain commodity markets?
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What is the goal of managing foreign currency transaction risks?
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What is a technique used to reduce foreign currency transaction risks?
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What is transaction exposure a measure of?
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What is the primary objective of a financial manager in measuring and managing foreign exchange exposure?
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What causes transaction exposure for existing obligations?
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When does transaction exposure arise?
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What type of exposure measures the change in the present value of a firm due to changes in future operating cash flows?
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What is the impact of exchange rate changes on transaction exposure?
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How does a stronger currency affect the export market?
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What is the nature of transaction exposure?
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What is the primary defense against economic risk?
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What is the time period associated with transaction exposure?
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What is the impact of an exchange rate change on a firm's value?
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What is the relationship between transaction exposure and cash flows?
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What is the term for the risk that arises from long-term exchange rate fluctuations affecting the competitiveness of exports and imports?
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What is the impact of transaction exposure on a company's financial situation?
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What happens to imports when a currency gets stronger?
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How does a stronger currency affect home businesses that neither import nor export?
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Study Notes
Foreign Exchange Exposure
- Foreign exchange exposure is a measure of the potential change in a firm's profitability, net cash flow, and market value due to a change in exchange rates.
- It can be classified into three types: transaction, operating, and translation exposure.
Translation Exposure
- Also known as accounting exposure, it is the potential for accounting-derived changes in owner's equity due to the need to translate foreign currency financial statements into a single reporting currency.
- This risk arises from the difference in exchange rates for acquiring assets, liabilities, and equities and those for generating consolidated financial statements.
- The value of foreign operations rises and falls as exchange rates alter, but there is no cash flow effect.
- The effect can be reduced by using loans in the foreign currency to part-finance the subsidiary.
Transaction Exposure
- Measures changes in the value of existing foreign-currency-denominated obligations, which were incurred prior to an exchange rate change but are not due to be settled until after the exchange rate change.
- Changes in exchange rates cause transaction exposure for existing obligations, which start in the past and end in the future.
- This type of exposure can be defined as changes in cash flows of current existing contractual obligations due to the movement of exchange rates.
Transaction Exposure Reduction Techniques
- Invoicing in domestic currency to pass the foreign currency risk onto the customer/supplier.
- Leading and lagging: accelerate or delay the currency exchange to get a better rate.
- Matching assets and liabilities.
- Forward contracts.
- Interest rate hedging.
- Futures.
- Options.
Operating Exposure
- Also known as economic exposure, competitive exposure, or strategic exposure, it measures the change in the present value of the firm resulting from an unexpected change in exchange rates.
- The change in a firm's value depends on the impact of the exchange rate change on future sales volume, product prices, and costs in the following years.
- It is a longer-term exchange rate fluctuation that affects the competitiveness of exports and imports.
Economic Risk
- Long-term exchange rate fluctuations affect the competitiveness of exports and imports.
- A stronger currency makes exports more expensive and imports cheaper, affecting the competitiveness of home businesses.
- The only defense is to diversify the customer and supplier base and hope that not all currencies move in the same direction.
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Learn about the different types of foreign exchange exposure, including translation exposure, and how it affects a company's financial statements.
