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VIDEO: Hedging Liabilities - Using Total Return Swaps to Hedge Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

William Blank, Managing Director, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, a broker-dealer affiliate of BNY Mellon, shares our thoughts on a different method for hedging liabilities associated with nonqualified deferred compensation plans using total return swaps. Unlike traditional hedging alternatives, total return swaps are unfunded. This allows the company to retain the use of the deferred cash for more profitable business purposes.

Author:   William Blank
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   April 2012


Hedging Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

This paper explores the various methods a plan sponsor can use to hedge its market-based nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans, the costs and benefits of each method, and the key decision factors. We conclude that using total return swaps (TRS) to hedge NQDC plan liabilities is an innovative, efficient and valuable strategy for plan sponsors looking to minimize volatility while retaining capital to reinvest in their businesses.

Author:   William Blank
In collaboration with:   Analect Benefit Finance LLC
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   April 2012


G20: A Change for the Better

Now that G7 has become G20, the risk is that centrally managed, coordinated change will prove even harder than it was before

Author:   Simon Derrick
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   October 2009


AUDIO: Monthly Market Update - April 2013

Chief Currency Strategist, Simon Derrick, presents his latest views on the European and global economies.

Author:   Simon Derrick
Business:  Global Markets
Publication date:   April 2013


The Evolution of the FX Market: An Open Discussion Sponsored by BNY Mellon

As part of a thought leadership service, BNY Mellon sponsored a recent Global Investor Editorial Forum, to discuss the state of the FX markets after the credit crisis of recent months.

Authors:   Simon Derrick, John Murray
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   July 2009


Cooperation is the Best Policy

With greater number of global representatives at the G20 table, reaching an agreement whereby the major players can work together to create solid currency policies seems a distant dream.

Author:   Simon Derrick
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   October 2009


The FX Success Story: Self Regulation 101

BNY Mellon's Rich Mahoney, Chairman of the U.S. FX Committee, explains why foreign exchange is the largest unregulated market in the world and how the industry is working to keep it that way.

Author:   Rich Mahoney
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   May 2009


Currency Hedging - Impact of FX Risk on the Investment Process and Its Effect on Performance

Recent research, conducted by London-based ClientKnowledge and commissioned by BNY Mellon, shows increasing interest on the part of institutional investors in currency hedging strategies focused on minimizing the impact of currency fluctuations on cross-border investments as well as understanding how this impacts returns. The research findings, summarized in this white paper, also indicate a growing tendency on the part of fund owners and fund managers to re-evaluate the costs and benefits of currency hedging strategies from an adjustment-of-risk perspective.

Authors:   Edward McGann, John Murray
In collaboration with:   ClientKnowledge
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   May 2010


VIDEO: Currency Risk Hedging - Finding Value Amid Volatility

Ed McGann, Head of Foreign Exchange Fund Services for BNY Mellon Global Markets, cites recent research indicating an increasing interest in currency hedging strategies among institutional investors. The research, conducted by London-based ClientKnowledge, shows that investors are focused on minimizing the impact of currency fluctuations on cross-border investments, as well as understanding how this impacts returns.

Author:   Edward McGann
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   May 2010


Currency Hedging - Impact of FX Risk on the Investment Process and Its Effect on Performance -- (UK English)

Recent research, conducted by London-based ClientKnowledge and commissioned by BNY Mellon, shows increasing interest on the part of institutional investors in currency hedging strategies focused on minimizing the impact of currency fluctuations on cross-border investments as well as understanding how this impacts returns. The research findings, summarized in this white paper, also indicate a growing tendency on the part of fund owners and fund managers to re-evaluate the costs and benefits of currency hedging strategies from an adjustment-of-risk perspective.

Authors:   Edward McGann, John Murray
In collaboration with:   ClientKnowledge
Business:   Global Markets
Publication date:   May 2010


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