Customers are not
protected against foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations by FDIC insurance, or any other insurance or guaranty program.
Not exact matches
Chinese companies that borrowed in
foreign currency at a record pace in the past three years will buy dollars to
protect against losses, he said.
That said, our
currency hedged Funds, Global Value Fund and Value Fund, were
protected against most of the dilution to return caused by declining
foreign currencies.
The Fund may attempt to hedge (
protect)
against currency risks using forward
foreign currency exchange contracts where available and advantageous to the Fund.
To the extent
currency exchange transactions do not fully
protect a Fund
against adverse changes in
currency exchange rates, decreases in the value of
currencies of the
foreign countries in which a Fund will invest relative to the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding decrease in the U.S. dollar value of a Fund's assets denominated in those
currencies (and possibly a corresponding increase in the amount of securities required to be liquidated to meet distribution requirements).
By participating in derivative securities, the Fund may attempt to hedge (
protect)
against currency risk which is the risk that the value of
foreign securities may be affected by changes in
currency exchange rates.
During the year, mandates for our UK - based Dynamic Hedging clients performed as expected in terms of allowing clients to benefit from periods of strengthening
foreign currencies, whilst being
protected against periods of weakening
foreign currencies.
Bhattacharya pointed out that Insurance
protects the policyholder
against mishaps and ailments that can be a huge financial loss when one has to spend in
foreign currency.