Survey reveals forex risk as a major concern

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In a poll of 160 treasurers conducted at the Association of Corporate Treasurers’ (ACT) annual conference in Edinburgh, 47% said FX risk was the most important risk to hedge in a portfolio.

This compared with 31% of respondents who prioritised hedging interest rate risk, and 6% who favoured hedging commodity price risk. A further 5% prioritised inflation risk and 2% credit spread risk, while the remaining 9% voted for hedging pension risk.

Matthew Hurn, group treasurer of British electronics

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