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(FCA).
''Risk management - foreign exchange.''


One of two key regulators for the financial services industry in the UK.  
A fixed forward contract is a foreign exchange forward contract with no option elements.


Its aims include:
It can be viewed as a ''plain vanilla'' forward contract.


# Protecting consumers;
# Ensuring the industry remains stable; and
# Promoting healthy competition between financial services providers.


Contrasted with a ''dynamic'' forward contract.


The Financial Conduct Authority's responsibilities were formerly undertaken by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).


The former FSA's other responsibilities were substantially transferred to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Corporates act to mitigate FX volatility'''''</span>
 
:Payment fintech Moneycorp suggests a number of ways in which corporates can mitigate the impact of FX exposure...
 
:Make use of forward contracts: Forward contracts, either fixed or dynamic, can be customised to allow companies to lock an exchange rate for a future overseas payment.
 
:''Philip Smith, editor, The Treasurer online - 14 October 2022.''




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Financial Services Authority]]
*[[Contract]]
* [[FRAND]]
* [[Corporate]]
* [[LIBOR]]
* [[Deal contingent forward]]
* [[Prudential Regulation Authority]]
* [[Dynamic forward contract]]
* [[CFTC]]
* [[Fixing instrument]]
* [[Foreign exchange]]
* [[Foreign exchange forward contract]]
* [[Foreign exchange risk]]
* [[Forward contract]]
* [[Forward exchange market]]
* [[Forward foreign exchange rate]]
* [[Forward market]]
* [[Forward price]]
* [[Forward rate]]
* [[Futures contract]]
* [[Hedging]]
* [[Plain vanilla]]
* [[Risk management]]
* [[Risk response]]
* [[Transfer]]
 
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[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]

Latest revision as of 08:34, 15 October 2022

Risk management - foreign exchange.

A fixed forward contract is a foreign exchange forward contract with no option elements.

It can be viewed as a plain vanilla forward contract.


Contrasted with a dynamic forward contract.


Corporates act to mitigate FX volatility
Payment fintech Moneycorp suggests a number of ways in which corporates can mitigate the impact of FX exposure...
Make use of forward contracts: Forward contracts, either fixed or dynamic, can be customised to allow companies to lock an exchange rate for a future overseas payment.
Philip Smith, editor, The Treasurer online - 14 October 2022.


See also

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