By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – BlackRock’s liability-driven investment business is urging some smaller UK pension fund clients to stop splitting assets across multiple managers, as it tries to cut…
By Stephanie Kelly and Arathy Somasekhar NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil producers, banks and hedge funds have increased purchases of put options to protect themselves from further losses, market sources…
By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wild swings in global currencies hammered corporate earnings in the past year, and while forex markets have gotten less choppy, some companies are…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s mammoth state pension fund will hedge foreign exchange risks for up to 10% of its overseas investment compared with zero up to now,…
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – The decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies last week to cut oil production has spurred a flurry of…
SHANGHAI -China’s foreign exchange regulator said on Friday it would offer new derivatives tools to help companies better hedge their currency risks, after recent huge volatility in the Chinese yuan.…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – U.S. companies are ramping up efforts to protect their profits from a relentless rally in the dollar, as the greenback surges to multi-decade…
SHANGHAI – The yuan’s slump has triggered a scramble by Chinese companies to hedge against the risk of further depreciation, which analysts say could add downward pressure on the currency.…
LONDON – Suddenly confronted with the possibility of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen winning this month’s French presidential elections against incumbent Emmanuel Macron, traders are scrambling to hedge portfolios against…
– The price of oil this week surged to its highest point since 2008 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, adding to airline costs at a time when carriers have been…