Foreign Currency Hedge

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  RBI Issues Guidelines For Forex Hedging By Foreign Companies

  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines on how Indian subsidiaries of multinational companies can hedge their currency exposure risk in the country.

• RBI Eases Rules to Re-Enter Foreign Currency-Rupee Swaps

  The RBI also said the relaxation would provide flexibility to eligible domestic individuals who enter into foreign currency-rupee swap contracts to hedge exchange rate or interest rate risk exposure.

• RBI Allows Foreigners to Access Currency Futures Market

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed foreign investors to access the currency futures market for hedging their currency risks while also partially reversing the restrictions put last year on banks proprietary trading in the exchange traded currency futures.

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  RBI Allows Foreigners to Access Forex Futures, Eases Norms for Banks

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set a limit of $10 million on banks' proprietary positions in the exchange-traded currency futures and also allowed foreign portfolio investors to hedge their currency risk without any underlying up to the same limit, the apex bank said in separate releases on Friday.

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  RBI allows foreign investors to hedge currency risks

  To improve risk-mitigating environment in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed overseas investors to hedge their currency exposure.

• RBI eases hedging rules for currency trading

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has eased rules for hedging foreign exchange exposures, allowing greater flexibility for rebooking and cancellation of forward contracts.

• FIIs pull out $3 billion from Indian capital markets in July

  The weakness in the Indian currency was instrumental in overseas investors exiting the debt markets as the rising cost of hedging a volatile rupee hurts the yield differential the FIIs work with, according to market experts.

• How Singapore's currency club fell apart

  The main product at issue, a non-deliverable forward (NDF), allows foreign investors and companies to hedge or speculate on emerging market currencies when exchange controls in those countries make it difficult to trade directly in the spot market.

• How the non-deliverable forwards market works

  Non-deliverable forwards are used to hedge or speculate against currencies when exchange controls make it difficult for foreigners to trade in the spot market directly.

• Indian hedge funds dare where foreign investors fear

  Local hedge funds are eager to show off double-digit returns in the hopes of drawing wealthy Indians and succeeding where overseas players including HSBC Holdings PLC have failed. Local market knowledge and the lack of foreign currency exposure will favour domestic funds, but it remains to be seen whether Indians would embrace new investment styles...

• RBI allows qualified foreign investors to hedge currency risk

  The Reserve Bank today permitted individual overseas investors, also called Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs), to hedge currency risk for their investments in equity or debt instruments.

• Rupee fall: 10 industries that will be most affected

  Here’s a quick guide to the effect of the rupee’s fluctuations on key sectors.

• RBI asks banks to evaluate risk of unhedged forex of companies

  The RBI has directed banks to evaluate risks from unhedged foreign currency exposure while lending

• RBI permits foreigners to hedge currency exposure in Rupee

  Reserve Bank on Thursday allowed non-residents importers and exporters to hedge their currency exposure in Rupee through forward foreign exchange contracts, a move that will facilitate transactions in domestic currency. With exports and imports invoiced in Rupee, non-resident importers and exporters can now hedge their currency risk with ba...