SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, March 12 (Reuters) - Chinese companies have rushed to derivatives for protection from currency exposure ...

Japanese equities have delivered some of the strongest returns of any major market over the past year, but USD-based investors who chased that rally without hedging their currency exposure captured ...

The primary objective of currency hedging is mitigating FX risk, and it’s important to note that hedged returns are not the same as local-currency returns. Currency hedging alters the risk-return ...

The recent large moves in the US dollar have brought the idea of currency hedging to investor attention. Currency hedging is often ignored when discussing international equity investments but this ...

LONDON — Investors rushing to protect their U.S. assets against dollar depreciation could test banks’ ability to meet demand for hedging, said a senior trader at UBS, one of the world’s top currency ...

Most bond investors stop at the U.S. border without realizing they’re accessing less than a third of the world’s bond supply. Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BNDX) closes that gap, ...

This article appears courtesy of Global Investor. Here’s an opportunity for European pension funds : they, and other foreign investors, can now delegate responsibility for hedging currency exposure to ...

The case for strategic currency hedging is based on an objective of reducing portfolio volatility, but at current low levels of sterling, UK investors have every incentive to implement the hedge now.

Using tools like forwards and options, currency-neutral funds hedge foreign-exchange risks. Investing in currency-neutral funds can protect against losses from unfavorable exchange-rate shifts.

Two questions about a portfolio’s currency exposure are why hedge, and how to hedge. 1. Why should I hedge currency exposure? Currency exposure is a non-trivial element of a global portfolio’s ...

SYDNEY, Feb 20 (Reuters) - One of Australia's largest ⁠pension ⁠funds, UniSuper, has increased hedging of ⁠its overseas investments as it says the local currency is undervalued and will rise as the ...