Hedging som valutasäkringsstrategi: En kvalitativ studie med empiri från intervjuer och årsredovisningar.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Research question: How are trading companies affected and managed by risks related to exchange rate changes? Why do companies choose certain hedging methods over others?
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how trading companies are affected by exchange rate changes and how these companies handle and protect themselves against currency-related financial risks.
Method: A qualitative method and deductive approach with empirical data from interviews and annual reports.
Conclusion: External currency hedging methods are the most common way of hedging currency among the companies studied. Methods used are mainly currency futures, currency options and currency swaps.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020.
Keywords [en]
Hedging, financial risks, internal / external hedging methods, currency terms, currency options, currency swaps, netting, avista, matching.
Keywords [sv]
Valutasäkring, finansiella risker, interna / externa valutasäkringsmetoder, valutaterminer, valutaoptioner, valutaswappar, netting, avista, matchning.
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-46824OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-46824DiVA, id: diva2:1388416
Subject / course
Business Administration
Presentation
(Swedish)
Supervisors
Examiners
2020-02-072020-01-242020-03-10Bibliographically approved