Hedge Foreign Exchange Risk Management is Essentially

in the financial markets in financial product sales ofbecause of the principle of immediate interest to the
"vendors", as people always like analyst attention, butabsorption of foreign exchange fluctuations, how
also not as smooth and slick speculators, fundshould a country management reserves? Recently,
managers did not do anything they want moreChina's holdings of U.S. debt holdings on the date the
energy, but this group comprised the financialdebt of praise after another. The reason is simple,
transactions The most basic power of the financialthe dollar fell, the yen rose, we made a choice. So
transactions not only build the most fundamental partwhat, "This is to follow the market", "help the
of the building, but also occupy the financial world andinternational exchange rate system reform," like the
the value of investments, hedge funds andpopular view. In fact, the recognition of an act Ye
investment bank status equivalent position. PleaseHao, criticizing an act worth mentioning, the most
note that I pen this point, is to dig out of theseimportant thing is to make clear that what the basic
people through the basic idea of the scientific logicprinciples of behavior. So, China's foreign exchange
and its application to the nowadays common concernmanagement principles what is it? Is to make
to the management of foreign exchange reserves.money? I think not.
Then, the vendor's basic philosophy of what weOn China's foreign exchange management principles,
should learn what a big way? First track whatwe can implement its foreign exchange regime bite.
vendors of business process: they first accept theChina pursues a pegged exchange rate regimes
transaction request of a party, then the opposite inessentially, is so, the most fundamental thing is to
the market looking for a request with the other,consider the level of economic development had
when both terms "match", they will accept thelagged behind the need to expand foreign trade
request of both sides of the transaction, a deal butsurplus Lai encourage national economy, so we not
not for trading post, but the two sides (or one)only pegged exchange rate regime type, but also the
charge a fee, bringing the business to complete. Thisimplementation of closed sales exchange rate system
looks simple to the simple process can not be what it(now canceled). Frankly speaking, that is, the use of
is worth the fuss about?all foreign exchange must be managed by the state.
The purpose of the transaction vendor products doIn the process, the state Bing Bushi to earn
not bear the risk but only for a fee, on thisexchange differences, but simply to facilitate the use
fundamental point, product vendors do not seek theof foreign exchange business and the right to make
difference (this is critical), while the only match forthese companies the right to avoid the risk of
the conditions, such as species, quantity, period, price,exchange rate fluctuations, while the real national Que
and then he would propose a fee standard, ifshoulder its corresponding obligations, any attempt to
mutually acceptable, then the completion of themake money, then? Although the situation has
transaction, if accepted, the transaction end, startchanged now, large foreign exchange reserves, the
the next round of business. Is simple, but profoundkinds of situation is more serious, but not to make
truth, fully embodies the ideas and financemoney for the purpose of basic management
no-arbitrage hedge balance principle, this is the place Iprinciples have not changed, at least not change sign.
am interested.This case, the structure of foreign exchange options,
Unfortunately, not all of the harbor and the purposebut also what is the point?
of the market vendors as practitioners have toJapanese yen is now up, and who can guarantee it
understand this basic truth. Last year in Shanghai, Iwill always be strong? U.S. dollar is now down, do not
had the privilege to participate in a foreign authoritythey will not be any rebound? In this sense, the risk
by the department hosted a seminar, listen to eachof depreciation of a country's foreign exchange
bank's foreign exchange traders exchange theirreserves and its reserve structure is independent (in
experiences. One of the most exciting part, is a2008 a survey conducted after the financial crisis
"trader Year" hosted by talk show, guests have theproves the point: from the euro and the yen better
best title of course, traders, and television programsthan the loss of reserves a small number of U.S.
with You Yipin professional. Hosts and guests onlydollars). Foreign exchange management is not
one core subject: how to hedge the risk of foreignintended to take the risk, but hedging, hedging the
exchange transactions. Can be more than an hour'srisk of simply not in a foreign currency to another
discussion, I can hardly hear a word related to riskcurrency appreciation to offset the depreciation,
hedging, but rather to make the difference voices. Ibecause we can not predict what kind of future
have repeatedly asked their staff membersforeign currency will depreciate or appreciate
whispered: What is the subject of discussion in the(because there down time with the same l). We can
end? Back said: hedge foreign exchange risk. I stillgrasp, is that long-term and the leading
have no chance to the two "Best" ask for advicemoney-related assets and made clear correlation
they understand what hedge, but I understand thehedging. Obviously, the yen is not a dominant
truth: The reason they get the best, not because ofcurrency, and no hedging assets, holdings of
his business transactions to handle the risks of theJapanese bonds much lower risk of foreign exchange
obliterated, but lucky enough to take the risk butreserves, it is less magnified this risk.
received extraordinary risk premium. If this is indeedChina's foreign exchange reserve management to
a number of banks where foreign exchange gainmaturity, and does take time, but if even the most
from the risk of earnings, then they certainly arebasic principles of foreign exchange reserves
lucky, but if the commercial banks only to hedgemanagement are to grasp, again a long time that only
foreign exchange risk positions, or for a fee, then thea history lesson. May wish to learn of the financial
best are those behavior is undoubtedly dangerous,market vendors it may be more valuable than listen
because one can not always be lucky.to experts.
By a small push, and one bank should not give up