Institusion
STIE Indonesia Banking School
Author
Wajong, Dennis Johanes Manuel
Subject
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Datestamp
2024-07-22 03:32:10
Abstract :
The company that has cash flow in foreign currency will face a risk from foreign
currency fluctuation. Since economic crisis in Indonesia, rupiah depreciated from all foreign
currency especially US Dollar. It gave a big impact for corporate financial international trader.
For a company which have a payable in foreign currency this situation could make the company
suffer big loss cause they have to pay more their payables than they should.
A company could use hedging strategy to minimize the risk from fluctuation of foreign
currency. This research try to find which technique could give benefit for PT. XYZ?s payable in
foreign exchange that comes from import transaction which has maturity for 30 days during
2011 until 2012. The purpose of this research is to compare between the use of forward contract
and money market hedge.
According to the calculation, if the company used open position so total cash outflow to
be paid is Rp. 7.602.533.464,00. If company used forward contract so total cash outflow to be
paid is 7.601.453.100,10. If company used money market hedge so total cash outflow to be paid
is Rp 7.541.791.782,60. The conclusion is either forward contract and money market hedge can
minimize foreign exchange risk like management wish. Compared with forward contract, Hedge
with money market hedge is the best strategy because it provides saving for company.
Keyword: Hedging, Foreign Exchange Exposure, Forward Contract, Money Market hedge