Determinants of corporate foreign exchange risk hedging

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee-Lee Chong ◽  
Xiao-Jun Chang ◽  
Siow-Hooi Tan
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Financial Derivatives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Risk Hedging ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Hedging Strategies ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Financial Hedging ◽  
Exchange Risk

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to delineate the factors influencing the use of financial derivatives by non-financial firms in managing their exchange rate exposure. In total, 219 non-financial firms are surveyed in regard to their financial hedging decision. Design/methodology/approach – This study is conducted via a survey and the questionnaires were sent to the treasurers and financial controller of the firms. Descriptive analysis is employed to assess the profiles of the respondents. Then, factor analysis is carried out to determine the factors influencing the use of financial derivatives in Malaysia. Findings – The results indicate that the hedging decision of non-financial firms is influenced by their assertive level toward the market and regulators and also how flexible they are for derivative instruments. The intellectual capability that firms acquire to perform hedging strategies is also vital in influencing them to make hedging decision. Practical implications – The insights of this survey would assist and prepare firms to hedge their exchange rate risk by employing financial derivatives. Knowing the influences of firms' adoption of currency derivatives would allow policy makers to formulate their policies in boosting the liquidity of Malaysian derivative market. Originality/value – This study presents findings on the factors influencing the execution of financial hedging by non-financial firms in Malaysia. Survey data are used to seek for the feedback from the market players in order to provide empirical evidence on the corporate use of financial hedging.

An examination of US dollar risk management by Canadian non‐financial firms

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 570-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Faseruk ◽  
Dev R. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Hedging Strategies ◽  
A Value ◽  
Operational Hedging ◽  
Financial Hedging ◽  
Us Dollar ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of US dollar exchange rate risk on the value of Canadian non‐financial firms.Design/methodology/approachThe sample, from the Compustat database, includes all non‐financial Canadian firms with sales over $100 million. The study segregates firms into hedging and non‐hedging groups and applies statistical techniques to test if hedging enhances value.FindingsThe results demonstrate that Canadian firms that have higher levels of US$ sales tend to use derivatives more frequently through higher levels of US$ exposure. Firms that have both US sales and assets appear less likely to use hedging. Firms with an American subsidiary and use financial instruments to hedge have higher values. When operational hedging is used with financial hedging, it is a value enhancing activity increasing their market‐to‐book by 14 per cent and market value‐to‐sales by 40 per cent. Incremental impact of these two hedging strategies is to enhance value by 7 per cent.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample from Compustat captures large capitalization Canadian firms but ignores about 75 per cent of Canadian firms. There is a bias towards larger firms. Some hedging items are not disclosed on financial statements. A survey would enhance and complement these results.Practical implicationsThe paper finds that it is important for Canadian firms that have exports denominated in US dollars to hedge their exposure. The full value of hedging is reaped by using both operational and financial hedges.Originality/valueThis study is the first that examines US dollar risk management by Canadian firms.

Emerging market currency risk exposure: evidence from South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-179
Author(s):  
Mashukudu Hartley Molele ◽  
Janine Mukuddem-Petersen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Risk Exposure ◽  
Foreign Exchange Risk ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exchange Risk ◽  
Three Factor

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the level of foreign exchange exposure of listed nonfinancial firms in South Africa. The study spans the period January 2002 and November 2015. Foreign exchange risk exposure is estimated in relation to the exchange rate of the South African Rand relative to the US$, the Euro, the British Pound and the trade-weighted exchange rate index. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the augmented-market model of Jorion (1990). The Jorion (1990) is a capital asset pricing model-inspired framework which models share returns as a function of the return on the market index and changes in the exchange rate factor. The market risk factor is meant to discount the effect of macroeconomic factors on share returns, thus isolating the foreign exchange risk factor. In addition, the study further added the size, value, momentum, investment and profitability risk factors in line with the Fama–French three-factor model, Carhart four-factor model and the Fama–French five-factor model to account for the fact that equity capital markets in countries such as South Africa are known to be partially segmented. Findings Foreign exchange risk exposure levels were estimated at more than 40% for all the proxy currencies on the basis of the standard augmented market model. However, after controlling for idiosyncratic factors, through the application of the Fama–French three-factor model, the Carhart four-factor model and the Fama–French five-factor model, exposure levels were found to range between 6.5 and 12%. Research limitations/implications These results indicate the importance of controlling for the effects of idiosyncratic facto0rs in the estimation of foreign exchange risk exposure in the context of emerging markets of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Originality/value This is the first study to apply the Fama–French three-factor model, Carhart four-factor model and the Fama–French five-factor model in the estimation of foreign exchange exposure of nonfinancial firms in the context of a SSA country. These results indicate the importance of controlling for the effects of idiosyncratic factors in the estimation of foreign exchange risk exposure in the context of emerging markets.

scholarly journals Research on Financial Hedging Decision Based on Exchange Rate Risk in Transnational Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Liang Wang ◽  
Xianyan Xiong ◽  
Mengmeng Hui
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Expected Profit ◽  
Exchange Rate Risk ◽  
Risk Hedging ◽  
Decentralized Supply Chain ◽  
Financial Hedging ◽  
Import And Export

This paper considers a three-echelon manufacturer-retailer-supplier supply chain, the purpose of which is to investigate the influence of the bilateral exchange rate risks of import and export and the leading company’s financial hedging on the decision-makers of the supply chain. Firstly, it constructs the profit function and the financial hedging decision-making model of each member in the decentralized supply chain. Secondly, it introduces the incentive mechanism of exchange rate risk hedging in the centralized supply chain. Thirdly, from the perspective of wholesale price agreements and revenue-sharing contracts, it discusses the impact of financial hedging behavior and bilateral exchange rate risks on the decision-making process of each member through mathematical modeling. Finally, it explores the relationships of decision variables through simulation analysis. The results illustrate that (i) for decentralized and centralized decision-making, the manufacturer’s expected profit and profit variance decrease with the increase of the fluctuations of import and export exchange rates under the hedging strategy for exchange rate risks; (ii) compared with the decentralized supply chain, the manufacturer’s expected profit in the centralized supply chain decreases slightly under the revenue-sharing contract; (iii) in the centralized supply chain, if the manufacturer’s risk hedging ratio is high, its profit variance is smaller than that of the decentralized supply chain and the expected profits of the retailer and the supplier will increase significantly; and (iv) for the members of the transnational supply chain, centralized decision-making is better than decentralized decision-making.

Factors influencing on-market share repurchase decisions in Australia

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subba Reddy Yarram
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Agency Cost ◽  
Share Repurchases ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Agency Conflicts ◽  
Financial Policies ◽  
Significant Positive Association ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Factors Influencing

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine factors influencing decisions to repurchase shares on-market in Australia. The present study also examines the role of board size, board independence and chief executive officer duality on the decision to repurchase shares on-market by Australian firms. Design/methodology/approach – This study blends the traditional motivations of share repurchases with the influences of governance. The sample consists of all non-financial firms included in the Australian All Ordinaries Index (AOI) for the period 2004-2010. The repurchase sample consists of 104 repurchases undertaken by 62 firms. A probit panel model is used to analyse the decision to repurchase shares on the market. To account for unobserved heterogeneity, random effects panel models are also used. Findings – Analyses of a sample of non-financial firms included in the AOI for the period 2004-2010 show that size is significantly positively correlated with the decision to repurchase shares, thus supporting the agency cost. Findings also support the undervaluation and signalling hypotheses. Similarly, there is evidence in support of the view that firms repurchase shares to reach their target optimal capital structure. The present study also finds a significant positive association between board independence and the decision to repurchase shares in Australia. Research limitations/implications – On-market share repurchases help firms to signal their future growth opportunities and resolve agency conflicts. Signals from repurchases also help markets discover the true fundamental values of firms. Governance plays an important role in improving the effectiveness of on-market share repurchases, as independent directors provide both monitoring and discipline which helps to ensure that firms have valid motivations in undertaking share repurchases. Practical implications – These findings have implications for capital restructuring and governance policies. Principle-based governance frameworks that prevail in countries like Australia work as well as rule-based governance. Originality/value – This study highlights the complementary roles that financial policies and corporate boards play in corporate governance. Independent boards ensure that firms pursue appropriate financial policies that help resolve agency conflicts and information asymmetry problems.

scholarly journals Effect of Foreign Exchange Risk Hedging Techniques on Financial Performance of Listed Firms in Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Wanjiru Muiru ◽  
Sifunjo E. Kisaka ◽  
Fredrick Kalui
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Currency Hedging ◽  
Foreign Exchange Risk ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Risk Hedging ◽  
Hedging Strategies ◽  
Exchange Risk

The adoption of floating foreign exchange rate regime in the 1990s and international trade have led to increased exposure of Kenyan firms to foreign exchange risk. Foreign exchange risk can affect a firm’s expected cash flows, and by extension, its financial performance. This paper examines the effects of foreign exchange risk hedging techniques on the financial performance of publicly listed firms in Kenya. The target population constituted all the 54 firms that were continuously listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange during the study period, from 2011 to 2016. The study used panel data research design. Secondary data was obtained from financial statements of the listed firms. The data was coded and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics—correlation and regression—with the aid of STATA software. The feasible generalised least square model was used to test the hypotheses. The results show currency hedging has a positive effect on financial performance. This implies that when hedging strategies and hedging tools are implemented appropriately, they help firms achieve their financial objectives, increasing financial performance, hence creating value for shareholders.

scholarly journals Is gold a safe haven for the dynamic risk of foreign exchange?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuan-Min Wang ◽  
Thanh-Binh Nguyen Thi ◽  
Yuan-Ming Lee
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Safe Haven ◽  
Dynamic Hedging ◽  
Exchange Rate Fluctuations ◽  
Hedging Strategies ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Exchange Risk ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Government

AbstractThis paper uses the panel data of 15 countries from 2009 to 2020 to construct the time-varying parameter panel vector error correction model for testing the hypothesis of dynamic hedging characteristics of gold on exchange rate. As the existing literature has never considered that the foreign exchange risk hedged by gold is dynamic, this study can fill the research gap in this area. The empirical results show that: First, gold can partly hedge against the depreciation of the currency in the long run; second, gold is unable to hedge against the risk of the exchange rate when considering dynamic hedging effects in the short run; third, when facing unexpected shocks, the impulse response shows that the gold returns have reversible reactions compared to exchange rate fluctuations; therefore, gold can regard as a safe haven for foreign exchange markets; Finally, the government, as well as investors should always be concerned about these dynamic risks and formulate effective hedging strategies to control the currency uncertainty.

Global Diversification and Hedging by High Technology Firms

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-409
Author(s):  
Young Sang Kim
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Matched Sample ◽  
Technology Firms ◽  
Exchange Rate Exposure ◽  
Hedging Strategies ◽  
Operational Hedging ◽  
Financial Hedging ◽  
High Technology Firms

This paper examines the operational hedging strategies of high technology firms and how they are related to financial hedging. We use a sample of 216 firms, consisting of 108 operationally-hedged high technology firms and a size and industry matched sample of 108 non-operationally-hedged firms. We find that derivatives users are larger and are more R&D intensive than non-derivative users. Our regression analysis results show that operational hedging and financial hedging are complementary. However, firms that use financial hedging are able to significantly lower their exchange rate exposure. Finally, our results show that financial hedging adds value for our sample of high technology firms, while operational hedging does not.

scholarly journals The exchange rate exposure puzzle

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 642-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Söhnke M. Bartram ◽  
Gordon M. Bodnar
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Press ◽  
Financial Hedging ◽  
Empirical Tests ◽  
Nonfinancial Firms

PurposeBased on basic financial models and reports in the business press, exchange rate movements are generally believed to affect the value of nonfinancial firms. In contrast, the empirical research on nonfinancial firms typically produces fewer significant exposures estimates than researchers expect, independent of the sample studied and the methodology used, giving rise to a situation known as “the exposure puzzle”. To this end, this paper aims to systematically analyze the existing empirical evidence of the exposure phenomenon and to attempt to understand the possible source of the exposure puzzle.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides a survey of the existing research on the exposure phenomenon for nonfinancial firms. A simple model of exposure elasticity is also used to demonstrate the substantial impact of operational hedging on exposure elasticities. Furthermore, the evidence on the nature of firms’ financial derivative usage is considered.FindingsIt is suggested that the exposure puzzle may not be a problem of empirical methodology or sample selection as previous research has suggested, but is simply the result of the endogeneity of operative and financial hedging at the firm level. Given that empirical tests estimate exchange exposures net of corporate hedging, both firms with low gross exposures that do not need to hedge and firms with large gross exposures that employ one or several forms of hedging, may exhibit only weak exchange rate exposures net of hedging. Consequently, empirical tests yield only small percentages of firms with significant stock price exposures in almost any sample.Originality/valueIf firms react rationally to their exposures, most firms will either have no exposure to start with, or reduce their exposure to levels that may be too small to detect empirically. Consequently, the exposure puzzle may not be a problem with methodology or theory, but mainly the result of endogeneity of operative and financial hedging at the firm level.

Economic exposure to exchange rate risk and financial hedging

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekta Sikarwar ◽  
Roopak Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exchange Rate Exposure ◽  
Financial Hedging ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Currency Derivatives

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential non-linear relationship between family ownership as a governance mechanism and exchange rate exposure of firms that use financial hedging. Design/methodology/approach The exchange rate exposure is estimated using two-factor Jorion (1990) model for a sample of 312 Indian firms over the period from 2001 to 2016. The cross-sectional regression model is used at the second stage to investigate the effects of family ownership on exposure for the firms that use currency derivatives. Findings The results suggest a significant non-linear cubic relationship between family ownership and exchange rate exposure. Exchange rate exposure increases with family ownership at low and high levels (as a result of improper hedging) and decreases with family ownership at intermediate levels (as a consequence of value-enhancing hedging). Practical implications The study has practical significance for firms to understand the circumstances in which currency derivatives usage is ineffective in alleviating exposure. Firms that have high or low family ownership should integrate operational hedges with financial hedges and should incorporate other firm-level governance mechanisms to avoid the misuse of derivatives. Originality/value This study provides new evidence that the relationship between family ownership and exchange rate exposure is non-linear for firms that use financial hedging which has not been investigated before in the prior literature.

scholarly journals Evaluation of options portfolios for exchange rate hedges

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 406
Author(s):  
Miguel Jiménez-Gómez ◽  
Natalia Acevedo-Prins ◽  
Miguel Rojas-López
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Wiener Process ◽  
Hedging Strategy ◽  
Hedging Strategies ◽  
Financial Options ◽  
Exchange Risk ◽  
Long Call ◽  
Traditional Strategy

<p><span>In this paper evaluate six exchange rate hedging strategies with financial options from the OTC market in Colombia. Three hedging strategies for importers and three for exporters were raised. The coverage for importers was carried out with the traditional strategy of long call, bull call spread and bull put spread, the last two correspond to options portfolios. the coverage for importers was carried out with the traditional strategy of long put, bear call spread and bear put spread, the last two correspond to options portfolios. to determine the best hedging strategy, the currency price was modeled with a Wiener process and the VaR for the six covered scenarios was calculated and compared with the VaR of the uncovered scenario. The results shown by the six hedging strategies manage to mitigate the exchange risk, but the most efficient strategies are the traditional ones for both importers and exporters.</span></p>

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