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This can take the form of:
This can take the form of:
#a receipt/payment of more or less home currency than expected when a transaction is settled (transaction risk)
#A receipt/payment of more or less home currency than expected when a transaction is settled (transaction risk)
#a change in asset/liability values in a balance sheet, profit /loss in an income statement (translation risk), or
#A change in asset/liability values in a balance sheet, profit /loss in an income statement (translation risk), or
#a change in competitiveness as rates change relative to buyers, suppliers or competitors (economic risk).   
#A change in competitiveness as rates change relative to buyers, suppliers or competitors (economic risk).   


A more complex area of risk concerns contingent, or pre-transaction risk.
A more complex area of risk concerns contingent, or pre-transaction risk.
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[http://www.treasurers.org/node/5281 Currency risk, Will Spinney, ACT 2009]
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/5281 Currency risk, Will Spinney, ACT 2009]


[[Category:FX_Risk]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Revision as of 17:47, 20 April 2014

The risk that arises from a change in currency rates.

This can take the form of:

  1. A receipt/payment of more or less home currency than expected when a transaction is settled (transaction risk)
  2. A change in asset/liability values in a balance sheet, profit /loss in an income statement (translation risk), or
  3. A change in competitiveness as rates change relative to buyers, suppliers or competitors (economic risk).

A more complex area of risk concerns contingent, or pre-transaction risk.

Also known as Currency exposure or Foreign exchange risk.


See also


Other links

Currency risk, Will Spinney, ACT 2009