Deck 12: Operating Exposure

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Operating cash flows may occur in different currencies and at different times, but financing cash flows may occur only in a single currency.
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سؤال
Which of the following is NOT an example of a form of political risk that might be avoided or reduced by foreign exchange risk management?

A)Expropriation of assets.
B)Destruction of raw materials through natural disaster.
C)War.
D)Unfavorable legal changes.
سؤال
Which one of the following management techniques is likely to best offset the risk of long-run exposure to receivables denominated in a particular foreign currency?

A)Borrow money in the foreign currency in question.
B)Lend money in the foreign currency in question.
C)Increase sales to that country.
D)Increase sales in this country.
سؤال
________ exposure is far more important for the long-run health of a business than changes caused by ________ or ________ exposure.

A)Operating; translation; transaction
B)Transaction; operating; translation
C)Accounting; translation; transaction
D)Translation; operating; transaction
سؤال
What type of international risk exposure measures the change in present value of a firm resulting from changes in future operating cash flows caused by any unexpected change in exchange rates?

A)Transaction exposure.
B)Accounting exposure.
C)Operating exposure.
D)Translation exposure.
سؤال
The goal of operating exposure analysis is to identify strategic operating techniques the firm might adopt to enhance value in the face of unanticipated exchange rate changes.
سؤال
Which of the following is NOT an example of a financial cash flow?

A)Parent invested equity capital.
B)Interest on intrafirm lending.
C)Payment for goods and services.
D)Intrafirm principal payments.
سؤال
When disequilibria in international markets occur, management can take advantage by

A)doing nothing if they are already diversified and able to realize beneficial portfolio effects.
B)recognizing disequilibria faster than purely domestic competitors.
C)shifting operational of financing activities to take advantage of the disequilibria.
D)all of the above
سؤال
Which of the following is NOT an example of an operating cash flow?

A)Management fees and distributed overhead.
B)Royalties and license fees.
C)Rent and lease payments.
D)Dividend paid to parent company.
سؤال
Which of the following is NOT identified by your authors as a proactive management technique to reduce exposure to foreign exchange risk?

A)Matching currency cash flows.
B)Currency swaps.
C)Remaining a purely domestic firm.
D)Parallel loans.
سؤال
Purely domestic firms will be at a disadvantage to MNEs in the event of market disequilibria because

A)domestic firms lack comparative data from its own sources.
B)international firms are already so large.
C)all of the domestic firm's raw materials are imported.
D)None of the above. Domestic firms are not at a disadvantage.
سؤال
Management must be able to predict disequilibria in international markets to take advantage of diversification strategies.
سؤال
Simpson Sign Company based in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota has a 6-month C$100,000 contract to complete sign work in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The current spot rate is $1.02/C$ and the forward rate is $1.01/C$. Under conditions of equilibrium, management would use today ________ when preparing operating budgets.

A)$102,000
B)$101,000
C)$100,000
D)none of the above
سؤال
Diversification is possibly the best technique for reducing the problems associated with international transactions. Provide one example each of international financial diversification and international operational diversification and explain how the action reduces risk.
سؤال
Which of the following is NOT an example of diversifying operations?

A)Diversifying sales.
B)Diversifying location of operations.
C)Raising funds in more than one country.
D)Sourcing raw materials in more than one country.
سؤال
Another name for operating exposure is ________ exposure.

A)economic
B)competitive
C)strategic
D)all of the above
سؤال
Which of the following is NOT an example of diversification in financing?

A)Raising funds in more than one market.
B)Raising funds in more than one country.
C)Diversifying sales.
D)All of the above qualify.
سؤال
Expected changes in foreign exchange rates should already be factored into anticipated operating results by management and investors.
سؤال
________ cash flows arise from intracompany and intercompany receivables and payments while ________ cash flows are payments for the use of loans and equity.

A)Financing; operating
B)Operating; financing
C)Operating; accounting
D)Accounting; financing
سؤال
Which of the following is probably NOT an advantage of foreign exchange risk management?

A)The reduction of the variability of cash flows due to domestic business cycles.
B)Increased availability of capital.
C)Reduced cost of capital.
D)All of the above are potential advantages of foreign exchange risk management.
سؤال
A ________ occurs when two business firms in separate countries arrange to borrow each other's currency for a specified period of time.

A)natural hedge loan
B)forward loan
C)currency switch loan
D)back-to-back loan
سؤال
Which of the following is NOT an acceptable hedging technique to reduce risk caused by a relatively predictable long-term foreign currency inflow of Japanese yen?

A)Import raw materials from Japan denominated in yen to substitute for domestic suppliers.
B)Pay suppliers from other countries in yen.
C)Import raw materials from Japan denominated in dollars.
D)Acquire debt denominated in yen.
سؤال
A Canadian firm with a U.S. subsidiary and a U.S. firm with a Canadian subsidiary agree to a parallel loan agreement. In such an agreement, the Canadian firm is making a/an ________ loan to the ________ subsidiary while effectively financing the ________ subsidiary.

A)indirect; U.S.; Canadian
B)indirect; Canadian; U.S.
C)direct; U.S.; Canadian
D)direct; Canadian; U.S.
سؤال
A ________ resembles a back-to-back loan except that it does not appear on a firm's balance sheet.

A)forward loan
B)currency hedge
C)counterparty
D)currency swap
سؤال
A British firm and a U.S. Corporation each wish to enter into a currency swap hedging agreement. The British firm is receiving U.S. dollars from sales in the U.S. but wants pounds. The U.S. firm is receiving pounds from sales in Britain but wants dollars. Which of the following choices would best satisfy the desires of the firms?

A)The British firm pays dollars to a swap dealer and receives pounds from the dealer. The U.S. firm pays pounds to the swap dealer and receives dollars.
B)The U.S. firm pays dollars to a swap dealer and receives pounds from the dealer. The British firm pays pounds to the swap dealer and receives dollars.
C)The British firm pays pounds to a swap dealer and receives pounds from the dealer. The U.S. firm pays dollars to the swap dealer and receives dollars.
D)The British firm pays dollars to a swap dealer and receives dollars from the dealer. The U.S. firm pays pounds to the swap dealer and receives pounds.
سؤال
The particular strategy of trying to offset stable inflows of cash from one country with outflows of cash in the same currency is known as ________.

A)hedging
B)diversification
C)matching
D)balancing
سؤال
An MNE has a contract for a relatively predictable long-term inflow of Japanese yen that the firm chooses to hedge by seeking out potential suppliers in Japan. This hedging strategy is referred to as ________.

A)a natural hedge.
B)currency-switching.
C)matching.
D)diversification.
سؤال
Which of the following is NOT an important impediment to widespread use of parallel loans?

A)Difficulty in finding an appropriate counterparty.
B)The risk that one of the parties will fail to return the borrowed funds when agreed.
C)The process does not avoid exchange rate risk.
D)All of the above are significant impediments.
سؤال
A ________ is the term used to describe a foreign currency agreement between two parties to exchange a given amount of one currency for another, and after a period of time, to give back the original amounts.

A)matched flow
B)currency swap
C)back-to-back loan
D)none of the above
سؤال
Currency swaps are exclusively for periods of time under one year.
سؤال
Most swap dealers arrange swaps so that each firm that is a party to the transaction knows who the counterparty is.
سؤال
Which of the following is NOT seen as a potential disadvantage to the formation of an intra-company reinvoicing center?

A)Reinvoicing center personnel may develop expertise in the selection and implementation of foreign exchange hedging techniques.
B)The company must create an additional corporate unit.
C)Initial setup costs may be high.
D)A separate set of books must be kept for this new corporate division.
سؤال
Which one of the following management techniques is likely to best offset the risk of long-run exposure to payables denominated in a particular foreign currency?

A)Borrow money in the foreign currency in question.
B)Lend money in the foreign currency in question.
C)Rely on the Federal Reserve Board to enact monetary policy favorable to your exposure risk.
D)none of the above
سؤال
The Land's Beginning Company Inc. (LBC), imports extreme condition outdoor wear and equipment from The Hudson Bay Company (HBC)located in Canada. With the steady decline of the U.S dollar against the Canadian dollar LBC is finding a continued relationship with HBC to be an increasingly difficult proposition. In response to LBC's request, HBC has proposed the following risk-sharing arrangement. First, set the current spot rate as the base rate. As long as spot rates stay within 5% (up or down)LBC will pay at the base rate. Any rate outside of the 5% range, HBC will share equally with LBC the difference between the spot rate and the base rate. If LBC has a payable of C$100,000 due today and the current spot rate is C$1.17/$, how much does LBC owe in U.S. dollars?

A)$83,333
B)$85,470
C)$85,837
D)$117,000
سؤال
An MNE has a contract for a relatively predictable long-term inflow of Japanese yen that the firm chooses to hedge by paying for imports from Canada in Japanese yen. This hedging strategy is known as ________.

A)a natural hedge
B)currency-switching
C)matching
D)diversification
سؤال
The Land's Beginning Company Inc. (LBC), imports extreme condition outdoor wear and equipment from The Hudson Bay Company (HBC)located in Canada. With the steady decline of the U.S dollar against the Canadian dollar LBC is finding a continued relationship with HBC to be an increasingly difficult proposition. In response to LBC's request, HBC has proposed the following risk-sharing arrangement. First, set the current spot rate as the base rate. As long as spot rates stay within 5% (up or down)LBC will pay at the base rate. Any rate outside of the 5% range, HBC will share equally with LBC the difference between the spot rate and the base rate. If the current spot rate is C$1.20/$, what are the upper and lower limits for trading to take place at C$1.20?

A)C$1.205/$ - C$1.195/$
B)C$1.15/$ - C$1.25/$
C)C$1.14/$ - C$1.26/$
D)none of the above
سؤال
A U.S. timber products firm has a long-term contract to import unprocessed logs from Canada. To avoid occasional and unpredictable changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar, the firms agree to split between the two firms the impact of any exchange rate movement. This type of agreement is referred to as ________.

A)risk-sharing
B)currency-switching
C)matching
D)a natural hedge
سؤال
Reinvoicing centers provide the following benefits:

A)Aid in the management of foreign exchange exposure.
B)Effectively guarantee the exchange rate for future orders.
C)Help manage intra-subsidiary cash flows.
D)all of the above
سؤال
Swap agreements are treated as off-balance sheet transactions via U.S. accounting methods.
سؤال
Most swap dealers arrange swaps so that each firm that is a party to the transaction does not know who the counterparty is.
سؤال
After being introduced in the 1980s, currency swaps have remained a relatively insignificant financial derivative instrument.
سؤال
A British firm has a subsidiary in the U.S., and a U.S. firm, known to the British firm, has a subsidiary in Britain. Define and then provide an example for each of the following management techniques for reducing the firm's operating cash flows. The following are techniques to consider:
(a)matching currency cash flows
(b)risk-sharing agreements
(c)back-to-back or parallel loans
سؤال
Intracompany leads and lags are generally more feasible than comparable intercompany activities because the favorable impact of the lead or lag for one company is the reverse for the other firm.
سؤال
Costs associated with the purchase of sizeable put options positions include each of the following EXCEPT:

A)the purchase price of the options.
B)the opportunity cost of buying the options rather than diversifying operations to reduce risk.
C)executive salaries of having corporate offices in more than one country.
D)none of the above
سؤال
The empirical evidence strongly supports the proposition that contractual hedges can effectively eliminate operating exposure.
سؤال
Swap agreements are treated as line items on the balance sheet via U.S. accounting methods.
سؤال
After being introduced in the 1980s, currency swaps have gained increasing importance as financial derivative instruments.
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Deck 12: Operating Exposure
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Operating cash flows may occur in different currencies and at different times, but financing cash flows may occur only in a single currency.
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2
Which of the following is NOT an example of a form of political risk that might be avoided or reduced by foreign exchange risk management?

A)Expropriation of assets.
B)Destruction of raw materials through natural disaster.
C)War.
D)Unfavorable legal changes.
Destruction of raw materials through natural disaster.
3
Which one of the following management techniques is likely to best offset the risk of long-run exposure to receivables denominated in a particular foreign currency?

A)Borrow money in the foreign currency in question.
B)Lend money in the foreign currency in question.
C)Increase sales to that country.
D)Increase sales in this country.
Borrow money in the foreign currency in question.
4
________ exposure is far more important for the long-run health of a business than changes caused by ________ or ________ exposure.

A)Operating; translation; transaction
B)Transaction; operating; translation
C)Accounting; translation; transaction
D)Translation; operating; transaction
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What type of international risk exposure measures the change in present value of a firm resulting from changes in future operating cash flows caused by any unexpected change in exchange rates?

A)Transaction exposure.
B)Accounting exposure.
C)Operating exposure.
D)Translation exposure.
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The goal of operating exposure analysis is to identify strategic operating techniques the firm might adopt to enhance value in the face of unanticipated exchange rate changes.
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a financial cash flow?

A)Parent invested equity capital.
B)Interest on intrafirm lending.
C)Payment for goods and services.
D)Intrafirm principal payments.
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When disequilibria in international markets occur, management can take advantage by

A)doing nothing if they are already diversified and able to realize beneficial portfolio effects.
B)recognizing disequilibria faster than purely domestic competitors.
C)shifting operational of financing activities to take advantage of the disequilibria.
D)all of the above
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Which of the following is NOT an example of an operating cash flow?

A)Management fees and distributed overhead.
B)Royalties and license fees.
C)Rent and lease payments.
D)Dividend paid to parent company.
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Which of the following is NOT identified by your authors as a proactive management technique to reduce exposure to foreign exchange risk?

A)Matching currency cash flows.
B)Currency swaps.
C)Remaining a purely domestic firm.
D)Parallel loans.
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Purely domestic firms will be at a disadvantage to MNEs in the event of market disequilibria because

A)domestic firms lack comparative data from its own sources.
B)international firms are already so large.
C)all of the domestic firm's raw materials are imported.
D)None of the above. Domestic firms are not at a disadvantage.
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Management must be able to predict disequilibria in international markets to take advantage of diversification strategies.
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Simpson Sign Company based in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota has a 6-month C$100,000 contract to complete sign work in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The current spot rate is $1.02/C$ and the forward rate is $1.01/C$. Under conditions of equilibrium, management would use today ________ when preparing operating budgets.

A)$102,000
B)$101,000
C)$100,000
D)none of the above
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Diversification is possibly the best technique for reducing the problems associated with international transactions. Provide one example each of international financial diversification and international operational diversification and explain how the action reduces risk.
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Which of the following is NOT an example of diversifying operations?

A)Diversifying sales.
B)Diversifying location of operations.
C)Raising funds in more than one country.
D)Sourcing raw materials in more than one country.
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Another name for operating exposure is ________ exposure.

A)economic
B)competitive
C)strategic
D)all of the above
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Which of the following is NOT an example of diversification in financing?

A)Raising funds in more than one market.
B)Raising funds in more than one country.
C)Diversifying sales.
D)All of the above qualify.
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Expected changes in foreign exchange rates should already be factored into anticipated operating results by management and investors.
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________ cash flows arise from intracompany and intercompany receivables and payments while ________ cash flows are payments for the use of loans and equity.

A)Financing; operating
B)Operating; financing
C)Operating; accounting
D)Accounting; financing
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Which of the following is probably NOT an advantage of foreign exchange risk management?

A)The reduction of the variability of cash flows due to domestic business cycles.
B)Increased availability of capital.
C)Reduced cost of capital.
D)All of the above are potential advantages of foreign exchange risk management.
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A ________ occurs when two business firms in separate countries arrange to borrow each other's currency for a specified period of time.

A)natural hedge loan
B)forward loan
C)currency switch loan
D)back-to-back loan
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Which of the following is NOT an acceptable hedging technique to reduce risk caused by a relatively predictable long-term foreign currency inflow of Japanese yen?

A)Import raw materials from Japan denominated in yen to substitute for domestic suppliers.
B)Pay suppliers from other countries in yen.
C)Import raw materials from Japan denominated in dollars.
D)Acquire debt denominated in yen.
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A Canadian firm with a U.S. subsidiary and a U.S. firm with a Canadian subsidiary agree to a parallel loan agreement. In such an agreement, the Canadian firm is making a/an ________ loan to the ________ subsidiary while effectively financing the ________ subsidiary.

A)indirect; U.S.; Canadian
B)indirect; Canadian; U.S.
C)direct; U.S.; Canadian
D)direct; Canadian; U.S.
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A ________ resembles a back-to-back loan except that it does not appear on a firm's balance sheet.

A)forward loan
B)currency hedge
C)counterparty
D)currency swap
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A British firm and a U.S. Corporation each wish to enter into a currency swap hedging agreement. The British firm is receiving U.S. dollars from sales in the U.S. but wants pounds. The U.S. firm is receiving pounds from sales in Britain but wants dollars. Which of the following choices would best satisfy the desires of the firms?

A)The British firm pays dollars to a swap dealer and receives pounds from the dealer. The U.S. firm pays pounds to the swap dealer and receives dollars.
B)The U.S. firm pays dollars to a swap dealer and receives pounds from the dealer. The British firm pays pounds to the swap dealer and receives dollars.
C)The British firm pays pounds to a swap dealer and receives pounds from the dealer. The U.S. firm pays dollars to the swap dealer and receives dollars.
D)The British firm pays dollars to a swap dealer and receives dollars from the dealer. The U.S. firm pays pounds to the swap dealer and receives pounds.
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The particular strategy of trying to offset stable inflows of cash from one country with outflows of cash in the same currency is known as ________.

A)hedging
B)diversification
C)matching
D)balancing
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An MNE has a contract for a relatively predictable long-term inflow of Japanese yen that the firm chooses to hedge by seeking out potential suppliers in Japan. This hedging strategy is referred to as ________.

A)a natural hedge.
B)currency-switching.
C)matching.
D)diversification.
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Which of the following is NOT an important impediment to widespread use of parallel loans?

A)Difficulty in finding an appropriate counterparty.
B)The risk that one of the parties will fail to return the borrowed funds when agreed.
C)The process does not avoid exchange rate risk.
D)All of the above are significant impediments.
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A ________ is the term used to describe a foreign currency agreement between two parties to exchange a given amount of one currency for another, and after a period of time, to give back the original amounts.

A)matched flow
B)currency swap
C)back-to-back loan
D)none of the above
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Currency swaps are exclusively for periods of time under one year.
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Most swap dealers arrange swaps so that each firm that is a party to the transaction knows who the counterparty is.
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Which of the following is NOT seen as a potential disadvantage to the formation of an intra-company reinvoicing center?

A)Reinvoicing center personnel may develop expertise in the selection and implementation of foreign exchange hedging techniques.
B)The company must create an additional corporate unit.
C)Initial setup costs may be high.
D)A separate set of books must be kept for this new corporate division.
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Which one of the following management techniques is likely to best offset the risk of long-run exposure to payables denominated in a particular foreign currency?

A)Borrow money in the foreign currency in question.
B)Lend money in the foreign currency in question.
C)Rely on the Federal Reserve Board to enact monetary policy favorable to your exposure risk.
D)none of the above
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The Land's Beginning Company Inc. (LBC), imports extreme condition outdoor wear and equipment from The Hudson Bay Company (HBC)located in Canada. With the steady decline of the U.S dollar against the Canadian dollar LBC is finding a continued relationship with HBC to be an increasingly difficult proposition. In response to LBC's request, HBC has proposed the following risk-sharing arrangement. First, set the current spot rate as the base rate. As long as spot rates stay within 5% (up or down)LBC will pay at the base rate. Any rate outside of the 5% range, HBC will share equally with LBC the difference between the spot rate and the base rate. If LBC has a payable of C$100,000 due today and the current spot rate is C$1.17/$, how much does LBC owe in U.S. dollars?

A)$83,333
B)$85,470
C)$85,837
D)$117,000
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An MNE has a contract for a relatively predictable long-term inflow of Japanese yen that the firm chooses to hedge by paying for imports from Canada in Japanese yen. This hedging strategy is known as ________.

A)a natural hedge
B)currency-switching
C)matching
D)diversification
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The Land's Beginning Company Inc. (LBC), imports extreme condition outdoor wear and equipment from The Hudson Bay Company (HBC)located in Canada. With the steady decline of the U.S dollar against the Canadian dollar LBC is finding a continued relationship with HBC to be an increasingly difficult proposition. In response to LBC's request, HBC has proposed the following risk-sharing arrangement. First, set the current spot rate as the base rate. As long as spot rates stay within 5% (up or down)LBC will pay at the base rate. Any rate outside of the 5% range, HBC will share equally with LBC the difference between the spot rate and the base rate. If the current spot rate is C$1.20/$, what are the upper and lower limits for trading to take place at C$1.20?

A)C$1.205/$ - C$1.195/$
B)C$1.15/$ - C$1.25/$
C)C$1.14/$ - C$1.26/$
D)none of the above
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A U.S. timber products firm has a long-term contract to import unprocessed logs from Canada. To avoid occasional and unpredictable changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar, the firms agree to split between the two firms the impact of any exchange rate movement. This type of agreement is referred to as ________.

A)risk-sharing
B)currency-switching
C)matching
D)a natural hedge
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Reinvoicing centers provide the following benefits:

A)Aid in the management of foreign exchange exposure.
B)Effectively guarantee the exchange rate for future orders.
C)Help manage intra-subsidiary cash flows.
D)all of the above
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Swap agreements are treated as off-balance sheet transactions via U.S. accounting methods.
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Most swap dealers arrange swaps so that each firm that is a party to the transaction does not know who the counterparty is.
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After being introduced in the 1980s, currency swaps have remained a relatively insignificant financial derivative instrument.
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A British firm has a subsidiary in the U.S., and a U.S. firm, known to the British firm, has a subsidiary in Britain. Define and then provide an example for each of the following management techniques for reducing the firm's operating cash flows. The following are techniques to consider:
(a)matching currency cash flows
(b)risk-sharing agreements
(c)back-to-back or parallel loans
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Intracompany leads and lags are generally more feasible than comparable intercompany activities because the favorable impact of the lead or lag for one company is the reverse for the other firm.
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Costs associated with the purchase of sizeable put options positions include each of the following EXCEPT:

A)the purchase price of the options.
B)the opportunity cost of buying the options rather than diversifying operations to reduce risk.
C)executive salaries of having corporate offices in more than one country.
D)none of the above
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The empirical evidence strongly supports the proposition that contractual hedges can effectively eliminate operating exposure.
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Swap agreements are treated as line items on the balance sheet via U.S. accounting methods.
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After being introduced in the 1980s, currency swaps have gained increasing importance as financial derivative instruments.
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