Edmonton · CanadaWONE Global Capability Partner · Canada
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Cases · Capital & assets · Payments, FX, digital assets & treasury
Hedge currency risk on investments and contracts
Currency swings are eating our margins. How do we protect ourselves?
WONE Global reviews your exposure and arranges hedging with banking professionals, alongside currency and price-adjustment clauses in the contracts themselves.
Countries in the typical case Türkiye · Germany · Italy
The situation
What is happening
Exchange rate swings are eroding margins or the value of foreign investments.
What is at stake
Unmanaged currency risk can turn a profitable contract into a loss.
Who faces this
- Corporations
- Mid-sized companies
A scenario
ExporterMid-sized company · from Turkey · in Germany, Italy
It invoices in euros but pays its costs in lira.
Where it ends Margins protected.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “FX hedging for an investment abroad”“Currency clauses in contracts”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global reviews your exposure and arranges hedging with banking professionals, alongside currency and price-adjustment clauses in the contracts themselves.
Usually led by Payments and currency, with Treasury and funding, Audit and Banking and capital.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Week 1Exposure measured.
- Week 2Hedging arranged.
- Week 3Contracts updated.
- ThenMonitored.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Which exposures matter and over what period
- 02Natural hedges versus forwards and options
- 03Accounting and tax treatment of hedging
Outcomes
What you receive
- A currency exposure map
- A hedging policy and bank arrangements
- Accounting treatment confirmed
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Payments and currency, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Italyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Türkiyein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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Markets in the typical case
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Worked examples
How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
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