Because each of our clients has unique risk and return objectives, our Currency Management team offers several ways to manage currency exposure. Each strategy is client-specific, calibrated to strike the preferred balance between risk and reward, and be responsive to the stated benchmark. Products include:

Passive Currency Management:

Hedge Maintenance – Designed for clients seeking to reduce or eliminate currency risk from their cross-border investments. This program employs fixed or strategic hedge positions to protect international holdings from the volatility and downside risks of currency exposure. Benefits include best-pricing, operational expertise, cash flow and position matching, and optimization of forward contracts.

Active Currency Management:

Currency Overlay – Designed for clients seeking to reduce currency risk and enhance the returns of their international investments. This program utilizes a time-tested process to actively hedge the currency exposure in international portfolios thereby limiting the size and frequency of currency losses while allowing currency gains to pass through. Benefits include reduced volatility, improved returns and managed cash flow.

e-view Currency Advisor – Designed to assist clients who implement their own currency risk management program. e-view Currency Advisor provides MFCM's proven risk management methodology in an easy-to-use, Web-based tool, allowing clients to implement this process themselves. Benefits include client-specific, real-time instructions as well as performance tracking and benchmarking capabilities.

Total Return:

Currency Alpha – Designed for investors who would like to add alpha to their underlying portfolio. This program generates pure, portable alpha independent of underlying investments. Benefits include a customized strategy that meets each client's specific risk and return objectives.