Fx Risk news and trends

GPS Capital Markets For Sale, Sources Say
B2B Payments // August 09, 2019

Corporate foreign exchange brokerage GPS Capital Markets is reportedly up for sale, unnamed sources told PE Hub. The publication reported Thursday (Aug. 8) that three unnamed sources revealed Citi is advising on the process as GPS, which provides foreign exchange services to mitigate FX risk...

FX Volatility Bears Down Corporate Bottom Lines
B2B Payments // July 29, 2019

Geopolitical volatility has analysts urging businesses to hedge against foreign exchange risks as trade tensions rise in Asia and the U.S., and as Brexit continues to loom. Unfortunately, the latest analysis of corporate earnings suggests bottom lines are taking a significant hit as a result...

Treasurers Beware: FX Risk Is Not What It Used To Be
Cross Border Commerce // March 26, 2019

Globalization and easing barriers to international expansion aren’t simply changing the way corporates manage foreign exchange exposure. For many firms, these trends are forcing the introduction of an FX strategy on a company for the very first time, and when corporate treasurers aren’t prepared, they...

Neo Launches FX Management For EU Corporates
B2B Payments // March 11, 2019

Corporate cash management FinTech Neo is rolling out a new solution to help business customers manage their foreign exchange exposure. In an announcement Friday (March 8), Neo said its Neo FX Hub solution enables corporate customers to manage their foreign exchange risk exposures while supporting...

Interviews & Exclusives
All The World’s A Stage For (Prudent) FX Risk Management

February 28, 2019
Risk has rewards in all parts of life, but especially in business, where shrewd risk-taking and planning accrues to the bottom line. In an interview with Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist of Cambridge Global Payments, the executive weighed in on the risks and rewards of business done across borders, where growth far outpaces the rate […]

Turning Currency Volatility Into A Global FX Strategy

June 27, 2018
Supply chains are globalizing even as rising protectionism threatens to place new challenges and barriers on those trade partnerships. Exposure to the risks of endless shifts of foreign exchange (FX)...

Quick Reads
CFOs, Treasurers Are The One-Two Punch Against FX Risk

April 27, 2016
The conversation about exposure to FX risk continues to mount alongside the strengthening U.S. dollar, according to Deloitte LLP — and that goes for corporations large and small. More than half of treasury departments surveyed by the firm, however, say that a lack of visibility into their corporations’ exposure to this risk, as well as […]

Mitigating FX Risk Amid Market Sea Changes

September 15, 2015
Some markets in the global economy have been anything but steady lately, and that’s posing some worrying obstacles for corporate money managers. In an interview with Finance Magnates published late...