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Introduction to Exotic Options: This article will provide a brief overview of exotic options. Exotic options are either variations on the payoff profiles of the plain vanilla options or they are wholly different kinds of products with optionality embedded in them. The exotic options market is most developed in the foreign exchange market so...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, foreign-exchange, asset; White papers
Can CFOs Keep a Foot in Strategy Post-SOX?: Today's CFO takes on duties that used to be the preserve of the chief operating officer, consulting with the CEO about the firm's long-term strategy. Often, the rearward-looking duties - such as accounting - are passed to a comptroller. Two factors have produced this evolution in the CFO's role. First,...; Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., CFO, financial regulation, foreign-exchange, decision-making, strategy, financial, accounting, consulting, environment; White papers
Why Indian CEOs Are in Great Demand: News that Vikram Pandit will be the new chief executive officer of Citigroup, joining other Indians such as Pepsi's Indra Nooyi at the top of major U.S. corporations, comes at the same time that we learn that Tata Motors may buy Jaguar from Ford Motor. The Indians...; Tags: William J. Holstein, BRIC; Blog posts 2007-12-17
Foreign Exchange Trader: The Foreign Exchange Trader job description template includes the following job summary: Oversees and executes foreign currency trades, trades on foreign exchanges and major worldwide commodity markets for both the bank and for international clients. Additional information available includes essential job functions, additional responsibilities, and education and experience requirements.; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, foreign-exchange, job, bank; Tools & templates 2007-09-09
Analyzing Your Business's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats: SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) is a method of assessing a business, its resources, and its environment.; Tags: SWOT analysis, SWOT, assessment, analysis, strategic planning, risk, Financial Risk Management, risk management, competitive advantage, financial, foreign-exchange, interest rate, performance, SECURITY, shareholder; Articles 2007-02-01

Interest Rates, Exchange Rates and International Adjustment: This paper depicts about the emergence of China and Asia as major players in world capital and foreign exchange markets. The approach provides a coherent explanation for the current structure of interest rates, exchange rates and current account balances. The framework developed in this paper also provides a guide to...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial services, National Bureau of Economic Research, interest rate, foreign-exchange, adjustment, analysis, environment; White papers 2005-11-01
What Defines 'News' in Foreign Exchange Markets?: This paper examines whether the traditional sets of macro surprises, that most of the literature considers, are the only sorts of news that can explain exchange rate movements. It examines the intra-daily influence of a broad set of news reports, including variables which are not typically considered "fundamentals" in the...; Tags: National Bureau of Economic Research, foreign-exchange; White papers 2005-11-01
Governance Aspects of Foreign Exchange Interventions: This paper provides comparative information on governance arrangements guiding foreign exchange interventions, on central banks' related communications policies, and on the accountability of central banks for their intervention decisions. At the operational level, governance arrangements for foreign exchange interventions also seem somewhat less clearly defined and more opaque than those...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Bank for International Settlements, foreign-exchange, bank, accountability; White papers 2005-06-16
Survey of Central Banks' Views on Effects of Intervention: This paper addresses how central banks in the emerging market economies assess the effects of their foreign exchange interventions on the exchange rate. It examines how they view other external effects of intervention, such as the relationship between intervention, reserve accumulation and external vulnerabilities, and the usefulness of additional rules...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Marketing research, Financial services, Bank for International Settlements, foreign-exchange, emerging market, survey, bank; White papers 2005-06-16
Motives for Intervention: Central banks intervene in foreign exchange markets in order to achieve a variety of overall economic objectives, such as controlling inflation, maintaining competitiveness or maintaining financial stability. Three immediate objectives of intervention have been important: to influence the level of the exchange rate; to dampen exchange rate volatility or supply...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Bank for International Settlements, foreign-exchange, bank, liquidity, inflation, analysis, financial; White papers 2005-06-16
The Effectiveness of Foreign Exchange Intervention in Emerging Market Countries: This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of what is known about the effectiveness of foreign exchange intervention in emerging market countries. A major stumbling block in assessing the effectiveness of intervention in emerging markets has been a lack of data. In constructing an overview of the results, it...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Marketing research, Bank for International Settlements, foreign-exchange, emerging market; White papers 2005-06-16
Foreign Exchange Market Intervention: Methods and Tactics: This paper focuses on the methods and tactics of foreign exchange market intervention with an emphasis on how the tactics of intervention can depend on intervention objectives and the environment. The paper highlights the main features of the survey responses provided by emerging market central banks on questions of the...; Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Bank for International Settlements, foreign-exchange, emerging market, bank, survey, environment; White papers 2005-06-16
Foreign Exchange Market Intervention in Emerging Market Economies: An Overview: This paper focuses on the foreign exchange market intervention. The paper fundamentally discusses that while few developed countries have actively intervened within the last decade, the outstanding exception being Japan, intervention has been commonplace in the emerging market community. There are several reasons why developed countries no longer actively intervene....; Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Bank for International Settlements, emerging market, foreign-exchange, tool; White papers 2005-06-16
Has Globalisation Reduced Monetary Policy Independence?: Growing global financial integration has influenced monetary policy in important ways. Developments have shown, however, that, while many countries have adopted more flexible exchange rate regimes, they often intervene to dampen exchange rate movements. Such developments raise several questions. The paper addresses these questions. It discusses the choice of exchange...; Tags: Financial accounting, Bank for International Settlements, financial integration, foreign-exchange, financial; White papers 2005-06-03
Process Meets Performance: Round Trip Business Decisions Through Simulation Enabled BPM: Fragile banking sector and underdeveloped capital market are two equally important root causes of the Asian financial crisis. Due to structural weaknesses characterized by lax supervision, non-autonomous management, and poor corporate governance system, the banking sector in Asian economies faced limitations in channeling large savings amounting to 30 to 40...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Investment, foreign-exchange, banking, gross domestic product, capital market, corporate governance, BPM, liquidity, performance; White papers 2005-05-06
An Overview of Non-Deliverable Foreign Exchange Forward Markets: This paper examines the markets for different products used to hedge risks associated with emerging markets, including credit default swaps, political risk insurance, as well as nondeliverable forward foreign exchange contracts NDFs. It outlines the development and characteristics of the NDF market highlighting findings from discussions with U.S. commercial and...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Federal Reserve Bank, foreign-exchange, emerging market, insurance; White papers 2005-05-01
New Rules Force Investor Rethink: The article informs that foreign investors in China may put plans on hold and reconsider their exit strategies in the wake of a recent circular issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, which for the first time makes overseas investment by mainland-based individuals as well as enterprises subject to...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, foreign-exchange, M&A, strategy; White papers 2005-04-06
Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk in Chile: Markets and Instruments: Policy makers have expressed interest in fostering the development of local foreign exchange derivatives markets with a view to reducing risks arising from currency mismatches between assets and liabilities in the corporate sector. This paper assesses foreign exchange exposure in the corporate sector in Chile, analyzes the current state of...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, IMF, foreign-exchange, Chile, asset, financial; White papers 2005-02-01
Were Bid-Ask Spreads in the Foreign Exchange Market Excessive During the Asian Crisis?: Bid-ask spreads for Asian emerging market currencies increased sharply during the Asian crisis. A key question is whether such wide spreads were excessive or explained by models of bid-ask spreads. The estimate of standard models in this paper shows that spreads during the crisis were in most cases tighter than...; Tags: IMF, foreign-exchange; White papers 2005-02-01
Getting Started in Foreign Exchange Futures: Forex futures operate similarly to traditional stock and commodity futures. There are many advantages to using them for hedging as well as speculating. The distinguishing feature of forex futures is that they are not traded on a centralized exchange. Forex futures can be used to hedge against currency fluctuations, but...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Investopedia, foreign-exchange, trader, stock; White papers 2004-10-27