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FOREIGN CURRENCY EXPOSURE [5 records]

Record 1 2009-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Finance
DEF

A term used in accounting for foreign currency translation to distinguish a foreign operation that is deemed to be financially or operationally interdependent with the reporting entity; exposure to exchange rate changes is similar to the exposure that would exist had the transactions and activities of the foreign operation been undertaken by the reporting entity itself.

OBS

Compare with "self-sustaining foreign operation."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Finances
DEF

Entité étrangère dont les liens avec l'entité mère en matière de gestion financière ou d'exploitation sont tels que l'effet des variations du cours du change est similaire à celui que l'on aurait si l'entité mère s'occupait elle-même des opérations conclues par l'entité étrangère et de l'exploitation de cette dernière.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Export sales from domestic operations divided by total sales. The ratio indicates exposure to foreign risks, since sales taking place in other countries and other currencies will be affected by fluctuations in foreign currency and the policies of foreign governments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Institutions
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Financial Accounting
DEF

A term used in accounting for foreign currency translation to distinguish a foreign operation that is deemed to be financially and operationally independent of the reporting entity; exposure to exchange rate changes is limited to the reporting entity's net investment in the foreign operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Institutions financières
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

Établissement étranger dont les activités économiques ne font pas partie intégrante de celles de l'entité mère et dont l'indépendance par rapport à l'entité mère en matière de gestion financière et d'exploitation est telle que les variations du cours du change n'ont d'incidence que sur l'investissement net de l'entité mère dans l'établissement étranger.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

A currency hedged strategy where, because of the difference in shape of the yield curves of two currencies, the difference in interest rates between these two currencies is not reflected in forward foreign exchange rates, giving arbitrage opportunities under which bonds of equivalent duration in these currencies can be swapped and the currency exposure hedged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • SIN EQUIVALENTE/NO EQUIVALENT/SANS EQUIVALENT
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Record 5 1996-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

Quanto-type instruments are an example of deals with joint equity and foreign currency exposure.

Key term(s)
  • quanto type instrument

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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