AFI: Hedging is not just for pension funds.

Fund Strategy | October 22, 2007 | Copyright

Currency hedging to reduce risk on investments overseas is a commonly used strategy in the institutional market but rarely offered to retail investors. Cost may not be the only reason.

When investing in overseas markets, currency movements can have a dramatic impact on a fund's projected and actual returns. But is currency hedging an answer for retail investors?

The strategy is used to counter the risk in investing overseas, when multi-currency movements are an unavoidable threat to potential returns. Some managers elect to manage currency passively, ...

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