SVB Makes the Argument for FX Hedging
March 30, 2026
A new post by Silicon Valley Bank, part of First Citizens, argues that firms that are “FX agnostic”, and therefore… Read More »
A new post by Silicon Valley Bank, part of First Citizens, argues that firms that are “FX agnostic”, and therefore… Read More »
Corporates and fund managers are increasing their currency hedging activities thanks to sustained higher volatility, and are also looking at… Read More »
UK and US corporates are reporting average annual losses in the millions from currency movements, with 80% of respondents reporting… Read More »
UK and US corporates dramatically reduced their currency hedging activity in Q3, but expect it to rise again in 2026,… Read More »
The data may be preliminary and there is much more detail to come, but here are 10 themes or data… Read More »
The Bank for International Settlements has released the 2025 Triennial Survey of FX Turnover, revealing that average daily volume in… Read More »
Corporate treasuries have significantly increased their hedge ratios both sides of the Atlantic as FX volatility continues to bite, with… Read More »
Deutsche Bank says it has become the first European Union bank to fully implement the recently liberalised framework from China’s… Read More »
While uncertainty over the impact of US tariffs on domestic inflation persists, the associated currency volatility is impacting North American… Read More »
Last week’s column prompted a decent mailbag, which collectively made the point that we all know there is a recurring… Read More »
Corporates are responding to tariff-driven volatility by increasing, albeit slightly, their FX hedging ratios and lengths, according to the latest… Read More »
Fund managers and corporates are responding to the increase in FX volatility thanks to rising geopolitical tensions, by increasing their… Read More »
Japan has always been an FX centre with a difference – mainly because it was less “international” than London and… Read More »
In the latest Unfiltered video, Colin Lambert has a very enjoyable chat with Lisa Dukes, UK private sector representative on… Read More »
Corporates are suffering higher losses on their unhedged FX risk and are looking to FX options to alleviate the pain… Read More »
Trans-Atlantic politics are having opposite effects as far as corporate hedging decisions are concerned, with US companies increasing their hedge… Read More »
The latest quarterly Currency Impact Report from Kyriba reveals a sharp increase in currency headwinds for US corporations, with their… Read More »
I think we can all agree that the T+1 changeover in North America was handled smoothly by markets, and that… Read More »
Two FX industry veterans and founders of consulting firms have unveiled a new partnership aimed providing an in-depth and comprehensive… Read More »
Corporate treasuries are actively changing their currency hedging strategies according to a new survey, with only 1% of the 250… Read More »
Continuing a theme of its regular surveys, the latest report from MillTechFX – this time on European corporates – argues… Read More »
Although FX markets remained within or close to recent ranges in Q3 2023, there was a change in the domicile… Read More »
How worried, or otherwise, should we be about buy-side adoption of the FX Global Code and how much more effort… Read More »
The latest Currency Impact Report (CIR) from Kyriba, indicates that while they still face headwinds, US corporates were less impacted… Read More »
A new report finds that UK SMEs are still relying heavily upon their banks for FX and cross-border payments, but… Read More »
The latest Kyriba Currency Impact Report finds that companies saw almost $47 billion in headwinds in Q3 2022, a period… Read More »
Yet again we are reading about a corporation suffering losses thanks to FX derivatives, and yet again the product in… Read More »
The 2022 BIS Triennial Survey of FX Turnover offers mixed news for sales desks, with fortunes very much dependent upon… Read More »
With the US dollar on a sustained bull run, the latest Kyriba Currency Impact Report (CIR) highlights just how much… Read More »
Following a minority investment in FX software provider Kantox in 2019, BNP Paribas has announced the signature of an agreement… Read More »
As expected, following a tough report into the impact of dollar strength on multi-national companies’ revenues in Q4 2021, the… Read More »
Fintech Kyriba has launched Kyriba FX, a tool offering correlated value at risk (VaR) analysis to provide corporate treasurers and… Read More »
FX fintech Assure Hedge has launched OpenHedge, an embedded hedging solution for corporates, SMEs and individuals. The company says the… Read More »
The latest quarterly Kyriba Currency Impact Report, which details the impacts of FX exposures among 1,200 multinational companies based in… Read More »
Citi has expanded its cross-currency sweeps cash management solution, which enables treasurers and finance teams to efficiently manage cash positions… Read More »
A joint research report from JP Morgan and Oliver Wyman argues that a full-scale multi-central bank digital currency (mCBDC) network… Read More »
What’s the state of the bank-client relationship? I ask because a couple of recent conversations included observations that it is… Read More »
Citi’s latest Treasury Diagnostics survey – which benchmarks corporate treasury attitudes to their treasury, working capital and risk management practices… Read More »
In the latest edition of the podcast, Colin Lambert talks to Eric Huttman, CEO of MillTechFX, a business seeking to… Read More »
Currency management firm Millennium Global has formally launched MillTechFX, an independent, comparative multi-bank FX marketplace that it says reduces FX… Read More »
