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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is encouraging exporters in Cebu to avail of the hedging facilities offered by banks to cushion the adverse effects of the unstable foreign exchange market on their businesses.

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The Asia (ex-Japan) division of French insurer AXA Life has increased its portfolio-hedging activity since 2009.

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Despite persistent calls by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for exporters and other corporations to hedge their transactions against foreign currency risks, exporters in Cebu are still not keen on hedging facilities as these do not apply on how they deal with their buyers abroad.

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The volatility and uncertainties in the foreign exchange market requires both exporters and importers to know hedging strategies to protect their investments.

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It seems the recession is bringing out the worse in people.

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Since the hedging facility had been not much of a help to the majority of exporters, a proposal from the group has been raised for the government to re-direct the hedging funds for promotion purposes instead.

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Uncertainties in the export market have kept the exporters from taking advantage of the hedging facility offered by banks with only the bigger export companies taking the risks of hedging.

[DatePublished] => 2007-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 25822 [Title] => Not yet a popular option: Only big exporters use dollar hedging facility [Summary] =>

Although the dollar hedging facility has been strongly recommended to exporters to protect themselves from being heavily affected by the strengthening peso, only a few Cebuano exporters have taken advantage of this mechanism.

[DatePublished] => 2007-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331675 [Title] => Lepanto repays in full $3-M loan from Ivanhoe Mines [Summary] => Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co., has fully repaid the $3-million loan extended by Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. in January 2005 in exchange for an option to acquire a stake in any of the Philippine mining firm’s projects.

Ivanhoe granted a six-month loan that carried a three percent annual interest.

Lepanto incurred a net loss of P409.53 million last year, weighed down by a four-month labor strike and lower gold and silver sales.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => BSP calls on exporters anew to avail of hedging facilities
                    [Summary] => 

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is encouraging exporters in Cebu to avail of the hedging facilities offered by banks to cushion the adverse effects of the unstable foreign exchange market on their businesses.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389253 [AuthorName] => Jessica B. Natad [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 584029 [Title] => AXA Life Asia eyes derivatives [Summary] =>

The Asia (ex-Japan) division of French insurer AXA Life has increased its portfolio-hedging activity since 2009.

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Despite persistent calls by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for exporters and other corporations to hedge their transactions against foreign currency risks, exporters in Cebu are still not keen on hedging facilities as these do not apply on how they deal with their buyers abroad.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389253 [AuthorName] => Jessica B. Natad [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 562257 [Title] => Cebu exporters, importers still not keen on hedging [Summary] =>

The volatility and uncertainties in the foreign exchange market requires both exporters and importers to know hedging strategies to protect their investments.

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It seems the recession is bringing out the worse in people.

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Since the hedging facility had been not much of a help to the majority of exporters, a proposal from the group has been raised for the government to re-direct the hedging funds for promotion purposes instead.

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Uncertainties in the export market have kept the exporters from taking advantage of the hedging facility offered by banks with only the bigger export companies taking the risks of hedging.

[DatePublished] => 2007-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 25822 [Title] => Not yet a popular option: Only big exporters use dollar hedging facility [Summary] =>

Although the dollar hedging facility has been strongly recommended to exporters to protect themselves from being heavily affected by the strengthening peso, only a few Cebuano exporters have taken advantage of this mechanism.

[DatePublished] => 2007-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331675 [Title] => Lepanto repays in full $3-M loan from Ivanhoe Mines [Summary] => Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co., has fully repaid the $3-million loan extended by Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. in January 2005 in exchange for an option to acquire a stake in any of the Philippine mining firm’s projects.

Ivanhoe granted a six-month loan that carried a three percent annual interest.

Lepanto incurred a net loss of P409.53 million last year, weighed down by a four-month labor strike and lower gold and silver sales.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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